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The erection of the Maine Mall, an indoor shopping center established in the suburb of South Portland during the 1970s, had a significant effect on Portland's downtown. Department stores and other major franchises, many from Congress Street or Free Street, either moved to the nearby mall or went out of business.
Location of Portland in Maine. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Portland, Maine. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many ...
Portland Society of Natural History organized. [3] 1844 - Portland Steam Packet Company organized. [21] 1845 - The Pleasure Boat newspaper begins publication. [22] 1846 - Portland Company established to build railway locomotives. [21] 1849 - Portland Gas Light Co. incorporated. [23] 1850 Curtis' chewing gum manufactory in business. [24 ...
Portland (/ ˈ p ɔːr t l ə n d / PORT-lənd) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Maine and the seat of Cumberland County.Portland's population was 68,408 at the 2020 census. [4]
The Deering Street Historic District is a historic district in the Downtown and Parkside neighborhoods of Portland, Maine.Encompassing all of Deering Street and much of State Street, as well as adjacent portions of Congress and Mellen Streets, it is a cohesive collection of high quality architect-designed buildings from the second half of the 19th century, that were originally predominantly ...
Hub furniture store, 291 Fore Street. Fore Street is a downtown street in Portland, Maine, United States.Dating to 1724, [1] it runs for around 1 mile (1.6 km), from the Eastern Promenade on Munjoy Hill in the northeast to Pleasant Street in the southwest.
The West End is a downtown neighborhood in Portland, Maine. It is located on the western side of Portland's peninsula primarily on Bramhall Hill and is noted for its architecture and history. [ 1 ] The neighborhood is home to many late 19th- and early 20th-century homes [ 2 ] and, in 2010, it was called "one of the best preserved Victorian ...
Victoria Mansion, also known as the Morse-Libby House or Morse-Libby Mansion, is a historic house in downtown Portland, Maine, United States. [1] The brownstone exterior, elaborate interior design, opulent furnishings and early technological conveniences provide a detailed portrait of lavish living in nineteenth-century America.