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Congress Street (Portland, Maine)
Congress Street is the main street in Portland, Maine. long, it stretches from County Road, Portland's southwestern border with Westbrook, Maine, Westbrook, through a number of neighborhoods, before ending overlooking the Eastern Promenade on Munjoy Hill. In March 2009, the Portland City Council designated much of the inner portion of Congress Street a historic district. The western section of the street includes the city's Arts District (Portland, Maine), Arts District. The street was formerly known as both Country Road and Back Street.''The Origins of the Street Names of the City of Portland, Maine as of 1995'' – Norm and Althea Green, Portland Public Library (1995) West of downtown Portland, the street is known c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Congress Square Park
Congress Square Park is a small public park in the Arts District of Portland, Maine. The park includes a stage for performances and areas for sitting. It is also home to a large, historic clock which had previously been located at Union Station. History The park was built in 1982 with an urban development grant from the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. Starting in 2012, the city, led by Mayor Michael F. Brennan and City Manager Jon Jennings, sought to sell the park to a private equity firm Rockbridge Capital, which was renovating the adjacent hotel A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging on a short-term basis. Facilities provided inside a hotel room may range from a modest-quality mattress in a small room to large suites with bigger, higher-quality beds, a dresser, a re .... Rockbridge sought to build a single story event center over most of the park. However, residents (led by the Friends of Congress Square Park) drafted an ordin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Etz Chaim Synagogue
Etz Chaim Synagogue (transliterated from Hebrew as "Tree of Life") is a unaffiliated Jewish congregation, synagogue, and Jewish history museum, located at 267 Congress Street, at the head of India Street, in Portland, Maine, United States. The congregation is the only immigrant-era European-style synagogue remaining in Maine. It was founded in 1917 as an English-language Orthodox Sefardi congregation, rather than in the Yiddish-language tradition; and the synagogue was completed in 1921. In , the dwindling Orthodox congregation became egalitarian and unaffiliated with any movement. Gary S. Berenson is the congregation's rabbi A rabbi (; ) is a spiritual leader or religious teacher in Judaism. One becomes a rabbi by being ordained by another rabbi—known as ''semikha''—following a course of study of Jewish history and texts such as the Talmud. The basic form of t .... Located in the India Street Historic District, the building has also housed the Maine Jewish Mus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portland Public Library
Portland Public Library is the main library of the public library system in Portland, Maine, USA. It is located at 5 Monument Square on Congress Street in the Old Port of Portland, Maine. The library has three neighborhood branches, Burbank branch (in Deering), Peaks Island branch, and Riverton branch. History Portland Athenaeum The Portland Athenaeum (1826–1876) was a subscription library incorporated in Portland by a collection of local residents. As gratefully noted in a local newspaper in 1826: Early supporters included Stephen Longfellow (father of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow), and William Willis. By 1856, the Athenaeum had "160 proprietors and ... a library, in the hall second story of the Canal Bank building n Middle Street of 8,500 volumes." James Merrill served as librarian, . In 1861, the Athenaeum erected a brick building on a lot previously purchased in Plum street. By 1864, the library contained 10,647 bound books, and additional pamphlets. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Press Herald Building
The Press Herald Building (also known as the Gannett Building) is a historic building in Portland, Maine, built in 1923 and expanded in 1948. It is strategically located across Congress Street from Portland City Hall. It was occupied by the ''Portland Press Herald The ''Portland Press Herald'' (abbreviated as ''PPH''; Sunday edition ''Maine Sunday Telegram'') is a daily newspaper based in South Portland, Maine, with a statewide readership. The ''Press Herald'' mainly serves southern Maine and is focused ...'' newspaper until 2010. In 2015, the renovated building reopened as the Press Hotel. Portland Press Herald headquarters Built in 1923, replacing the Portland Business College building, the seven-story structure held the offices of the ''Portland Press Herald'' from 1923 until May 2010. An addition was added to the north side of the building in 1948 after the former Davis Block at 390 Congress Street was demolished. In the 1940s, News of the Day bulletin boards outs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central Fire Station (Portland, Maine)
The Central Fire Station is an historic fire station in Portland, Maine. Built between 1924 and 1925, it is home to the Portland Fire Department. In 2019, Greater Portland Landmarks listed it alongside Portland's other fire stations as "places in peril," though this designation was disputed by a city spokesperson. Adjacent to the building is The Fireman Statue, which was designed and created in 1898 from North Jay granite and located on the property in 1987. Nearby landmarks include Lincoln Park, Portland City Hall, the Press Herald Building The Press Herald Building (also known as the Gannett Building) is a historic building in Portland, Maine, built in 1923 and expanded in 1948. It is strategically located across Congress Street from Portland City Hall. It was occupied by the '' ..., and the Edward T. Gignoux United States Courthouse. References Firefighting in Portland, Maine Government buildings in Portland, Maine Fire stations in Maine Fire stations completed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
First Baptist Church (Portland, Maine)
The First Baptist Church is a Baptist church congregation currently meeting at 360 Canco Road in Portland, Maine. It met for many years in a now-demolished 1867 church building on Congress Street, where the Top of the Old Port parking lot is now located. That building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ... in 1978, and was removed in 2015. See also * National Register of Historic Places listings in Portland, Maine References Baptist churches in Maine Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Maine Churches completed in 1867 19th-century Baptist churches in the United States Churches in Portland, Maine Demolished buildings and structures in Portland, Maine National Register of Historic Pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cathedral Of The Immaculate Conception (Portland, Maine)
The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception is a historic cathedral on Cumberland Avenue in Portland, Maine, which serves as seat of the Diocese of Portland. The rector is Father Seamus Griesbach. The church, an imposing Gothic Revival structure built in 1866–69, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. Until 2023, it was the tallest building in Portland. It was surpassed by 201 Federal Street. Architecture and history The Roman Catholic diocese complex occupies most of a city block, bounded by Cumberland Avenue, Locust Street, Congress Street, and Franklin Street. The main church building is set on the northwest side of the property, facing Cumberland Avenue, while the parish hall extends northeast from its rear, and the bishop's residence stands to its southeast, facing Congress Street. To the left (south) of the residence stands a two-story school. Formerly the church-affiliated Kavanagh K-8 School, since 2013 the building has housed Portland Adult ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franklin Street (Portland, Maine)
Franklin Street is a four-lane street in Portland, Maine, United States. It is a major corridor for traffic from Interstate 295 to Portland's downtown, Old Port, and to other neighborhoods located on the Portland peninsula. Part of U.S. Route 1A, it is around long, running between Marginal Way in the northwest and Commercial Street in the southeast. History In 1756, when the street was laid out between Middle Street and Back Street (today's Congress Street), it was known as Fiddle Street.''The Origins of the Street Names of the City of Portland, Maine as of 1995'' – Norm and Althea Green, Portland Public Library (1995) It became known as Essex Street later in the 18th century, but changed to Franklin Street by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Federal Street (Portland, Maine)
Federal Street is a historic downtown street in Portland, Maine, United States. It runs for around , from Monument Square, in the southwest to Mountfort Street, at the foot of Munjoy Hill, in the northeast. Its middle section was wiped out by the widening of Franklin Street in 1967. It forms the southern boundaries of both Lincoln Park (established in 1866) and Eastern Cemetery (1668). Both are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Upon its completion in 2023, The Casco, at 201 Federal Street, became the tallest residential building in Maine, at , surpassing Franklin Towers. It is the third-tallest building in the state overall, behind the Agora Grand Event Center in Lewiston. Intersections The following major streets intersect with Federal Street (from southwest to northeast): * Monument Square * Temple Street * Exchange Street * Market Street * Pearl Street * India Street * Mountfort Street Notable addresses Northeast to southwest: * John Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lincoln Park (Portland, Maine)
Lincoln Park is a urban park in downtown Portland, Maine. Created as Phoenix Square in 1866, following that year’s Great Fire, which burned down most of the buildings of Portland, it was renamed on January 24, 1867, in honor of former president Abraham Lincoln. It is bounded by Congress Street to the west, Pearl Street to the south, Federal Street to the east and Franklin Street to the north. The park was added to the National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ... in 1989. Description Lincoln Park is located near the geographic center of peninsular Portland, at the southern corner of Congress and Franklin Streets. It is shaped roughly like a parallelogram, and is a relatively flat open grassy area, dotted with trees. A network of w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North School (Portland, Maine)
The North School is an historic former school at 248 Congress Street in Portland, Maine. Built in 1867, it was the first primary school in the state to separate students by grade, and was the largest primary school in the state when built. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. It was converted into subsidized housing for seniors by the City of Portland. Description and history The North School is located in Portland's East Bayside India Street neighborhood, on the southeast side of Congress Street, just west of the Eastern Cemetery. It is a three-story brick building with Italianate styling. A four-story tower projects from its southwest-facing front facade, capped by a square turret with clock. Windows in the tower are predominantly tall round-arch windows, while windows elsewhere are in part similar, with some replaced by bands of rectangular sash. When built, the building also had a mansard roof; this was removed in 1920–22, when the win ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mountfort Street
Munjoy Hill is a neighborhood and prominent geographical feature of Portland, Maine. It is located east of downtown and south of East Deering. In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the neighborhood had a large Irish and Italian American population. The neighborhood is named for George Munjoy, who settled near the intersection of Mountfort Street and Fore Street. The neighborhood became known as "Mount Joy" for a period of the early 19th century, before reverting to "Munjoy". Geography At the northeastern end of Portland's peninsula, Munjoy Hill, at , overlooks the downtown and harbor to the south, Casco Bay and its islands to the east and north, and shallow Back Cove to the west. The Eastern Promenade rings the neighborhood and offers panoramic views of these features, as well as two lighthouses, Mason Station power plant, and the stone battlement of Fort Gorges. While densely settled, it is largely residential and, due to the shape of the peninsula, it is isolate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
