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Congress Street is the main street in Portland, Maine. Around 5.77 miles (9.29 km) long, it stretches from County Road, Portland's southwestern border with Westbrook , through a number of neighborhoods, before ending overlooking the Eastern Promenade on Munjoy Hill .
485 Congress St. 43°39′25″N 70°15′38″W / 43.656944°N 70.260556°W / 43.656944; -70.260556 ( Maine Historical The Society's 1907 Library Building, located next to the Wadsworth-Longfellow House .
Mechanics' Hall is a historic building and meeting space at 519 Congress Street in downtown Portland, Maine.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1973 [1] and additional NRHP documentation asserting national significance of the building was approved in 2022.
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Portland City Hall occupies much of the city block bounded by Congress Street, Myrtle Street, Chestnut Street, and Cumberland Avenue, and stands at the head of Exchange Street. Its original main portion is a U-shaped granite structure, the U open to Congress Street. A modern ell extends along Myrtle Street, behind the right leg of the U.
The Porteous, Mitchell and Braun Company Building (also known as the Miller Building) is a historic building at 522-528 Congress Street in downtown Portland, Maine.Built in 1904 and enlarged in 1911, it housed Porteous, which was Maine's largest department store for many years.
Portland's Arts District is based around Congress Street in downtown Portland. The District includes the Portland Museum of Art, the Maine College of Art (MECA) and the State Theatre. It is a mixed-use neighborhood with both apartments and commercial establishments. [1]
The building was designed by John Calvin Stevens, then already a well-known Portland architect, and was built in 1883. John B. Brown, in whose honor it is named, founded the Portland Sugar Company in 1855, and in 1868 built the Falmouth Hotel , on Middle Street , which was a center of the city's social activities for half a century.