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Portland Public's Entrance. Visitors are greeted by The Little Water Girl which has been at the Library since 1979. 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.
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 was a center for protests against the law, and the protests culminated on June 2, 1855, in the Portland Rum Riot. Between 1,000 and 3,000 people opposed to the law gathered because Neal S. Dow , the mayor of Portland and a Maine Temperance Society leader, had authorized a shipment of $1,600 of "medicinal and mechanical alcohol."
The Portland Library Society (1763–1826) or Portland Library was a subscription library in Portland, Maine. [1] The library "was originally established in 1763. It was revived in 1786, and re-established in 1806." [2] Samuel Freeman served as librarian ca.1785-1807; [3] [4] [5] followed by Oliver Bray (ca.1812-1817). [6] [7] New members were ...
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 Baxter Building circa 1905. The Baxter Building is an historic building located at 619 Congress Street in downtown Portland, Maine.Completed in 1888, it served as the Portland Public Library from its founding until 1978, when the Library moved to another location on Congress Street.
Maine Historical Society: November 17, 1980 : 485 Congress St. The Society's 1907 Library Building, located next to the Wadsworth-Longfellow House. 51: Maine Publicity Bureau Building: Maine Publicity Bureau Building: January 26, 1990
The library underwent an extensive renovation in 2007, at which time it was named for the Browns. [4] Since 1822, the Maine Historical Society has maintained a library collection. The holdings are dedicated to the history of Maine and include books, archival material, maps, newspapers, photographs, as well as engineering and architectural drawings.