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National Register of Historic Places listings in Portland, Maine 
Summary
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 National Register properties and districts; these locations may be seen together in an online map.[1]
There are 247 properties and districts listed on the National Register in Cumberland County, including 11 National Historic Landmarks. 149 of these properties and districts, including 4 National Historic Landmarks, are located outside of Portland, and are listed separately, while the 98 properties and districts in Portland are listed here. Two properties in Portland were once listed but have been removed.
This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted April 12, 2024.[2]
Current listings edit
| [3] | Name on the Register[4] | Image | Date listed[5] | Location | Description |
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| 1 | Abyssinian Meeting House |  |
February 3, 2006 (#05001612) |
73-75 Newbury St. 43°39′44″N 70°14′58″W / 43.662222°N 70.249444°W |
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| 2 | Back Cove |  |
October 16, 1989 (#89001706) |
Roughly Baxter Boulevard along Back Cove from Baxter to Veranda Sts. 43°40′25″N 70°16′15″W / 43.673611°N 70.270833°W |
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| 3 | Bagheera |  |
November 4, 2009 (#09000878) |
Maine State Pier, Commercial St. 43°39′24″N 70°14′52″W / 43.656606°N 70.247739°W |
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| 4 | Battery Steele |  |
October 20, 2005 (#05001176) |
Florida Ave. on Peaks Island 43°39′32″N 70°10′50″W / 43.658889°N 70.180556°W |
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| 5 | Harrison B. Brown House |  |
June 23, 1980 (#80000227) |
400 Danforth St. 43°38′39″N 70°16′19″W / 43.644167°N 70.271944°W |
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| 6 | J.B. Brown Memorial Block |  |
May 23, 1978 (#78000167) |
Congress and Casco Sts. 43°39′21″N 70°15′42″W / 43.655833°N 70.261667°W |
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| 7 | A.B. Butler House |  |
May 8, 1974 (#74000158) |
4 Walker St. 43°39′09″N 70°16′10″W / 43.6526°N 70.2695°W |
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| 8 | Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception |  |
June 20, 1985 (#85001257) |
Cumberland Ave. and Congress St. 43°39′41″N 70°15′17″W / 43.661389°N 70.254722°W |
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| 9 | Leonard Bond Chapman House |  |
April 23, 1980 (#80000228) |
90 Capisic St. 43°39′43″N 70°18′10″W / 43.661944°N 70.302778°W |
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| 10 | Chestnut Street Methodist Church |  |
October 20, 1977 (#77000063) |
11-19 Chestnut St. 43°39′34″N 70°15′30″W / 43.659444°N 70.258333°W |
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| 11 | Children's Hospital |  |
March 7, 2012 (#12000065) |
68 High St. 43°39′08″N 70°15′38″W / 43.652206°N 70.260441°W |
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| 12 | Charles Q. Clapp Block |  |
January 31, 1978 (#78000168) |
Congress Sq. 43°39′15″N 70°15′47″W / 43.654167°N 70.263056°W |
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| 13 | Charles Q. Clapp House |  |
February 23, 1972 (#72000072) |
97 Spring St. 43°39′13″N 70°15′43″W / 43.653611°N 70.261944°W |
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| 14 | Nathan Clifford School |  |
December 18, 2013 (#13000925) |
180 Falmouth St. 43°39′37″N 70°16′49″W / 43.660281°N 70.280317°W |
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| 15 | Deering Estate Barn |  |
August 13, 1969 (#09000089) |
Falmouth St. on the University of Southern Maine campus 43°39′49″N 70°16′40″W / 43.663611°N 70.277778°W |
Demolished 1969.[6] |
| 16 | Deering Oaks |  |
October 16, 1989 (#89001708) |
Roughly bounded by Interstate 295, Forest St., Park Ave., and Deering Ave. 43°39′32″N 70°16′20″W / 43.658889°N 70.272222°W |
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| 17 | Deering Street Historic District |  |
January 27, 1983 (#83000448) |
Congress, Deering, Mellen, and State Sts. 43°39′17″N 70°16′07″W / 43.654722°N 70.268611°W |
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| 18 | Gen. Neal Dow House |  |
April 11, 1973 (#73000236) |
714 Congress St. 43°39′11″N 70°16′12″W / 43.653056°N 70.27°W |
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| 19 | Nathaniel Dyer House |  |
April 15, 1987 (#86003534) |
168 York St. 43°38′58″N 70°15′34″W / 43.6495°N 70.2594°W |
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| 20 | Eastern Cemetery |  |
December 12, 1973 (#73000112) |
Congress St. at its junction with Mountfort St. 43°39′46″N 70°15′03″W / 43.662778°N 70.250833°W |
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| 21 | Eastern Promenade |  |
October 16, 1989 (#89001707) |
Roughly bounded by Eastern Promenade and Casco Bay 43°40′20″N 70°14′50″W / 43.672222°N 70.247222°W |
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| 22 | Eighth Maine Regiment Memorial |  |
October 4, 2006 (#06000919) |
13 8th Main Ave., Peaks Island 43°39′09″N 70°11′32″W / 43.6525°N 70.192222°W |
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| 23 | Engine Company Number Nine Firehouse |  |
October 28, 2010 (#10000876) |
17 Arbor St. 43°41′08″N 70°17′34″W / 43.685556°N 70.292778°W |
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| 24 | Everett Chambers |  |
May 19, 2006 (#06000397) |
47-55 Oak St. 43°39′18″N 70°15′42″W / 43.655°N 70.261667°W |
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| 25 | Evergreen Cemetery |  |
June 18, 1992 (#92000791) |
Off the western side of Stevens Ave., north of its junction with Brighton Ave. 43°40′51″N 70°18′04″W / 43.680833°N 70.301111°W |
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| 26 | Fifth Maine Regiment Community Center |  |
January 5, 1978 (#78000169) |
Seashore Ave. on Peaks Island 43°39′10″N 70°11′36″W / 43.652778°N 70.193333°W |
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| 27 | First Parish Church |  |
January 12, 1973 (#73000113) |
425 Congress St. 43°39′30″N 70°15′32″W / 43.658333°N 70.258889°W |
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| 28 | Fort Gorges |  |
August 28, 1973 (#73000114) |
East of Portland on Hog Island in Portland Harbor 43°39′46″N 70°13′18″W / 43.662778°N 70.221667°W |
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| 29 | Fort McKinley Historic District |  |
March 21, 1985 (#85000611) |
Great Diamond Island 43°41′00″N 70°11′47″W / 43.683333°N 70.196389°W |
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| 30 | Fort McKinley Torpedo Storehouse | March 19, 2024 (#100010087) |
148 Coveside Drive, Great Diamond Island 43°41′00″N 70°11′23″W / 43.6832°N 70.1897°W |
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| 31 | Franklin Towers |  |
March 5, 2024 (#100009363) |
211 Cumberland Ave. (Tax ID address 61 Wilmot St.) 43°39′41″N 70°15′22″W / 43.6615°N 70.2561°W |
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| 32 | The Gothic House |  |
December 31, 1974 (#72001539) |
387 Spring St. 43°38′45″N 70°16′30″W / 43.645833°N 70.275°W |
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| 33 | Green Memorial A.M.E. Zion Church |  |
January 17, 1973 (#73000115) |
46 Sheridan St. 43°39′50″N 70°14′58″W / 43.663889°N 70.249444°W |
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| 34 | Byron Greenough Block |  |
March 10, 1977 (#77000065) |
Free and Middle Sts. 43°39′25″N 70°15′28″W / 43.656944°N 70.257778°W |
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| 35 | Greenwood Garden Playhouse | September 10, 2021 (#100006989) |
32 Garden Pl., Peaks Island 43°39′13″N 70°11′54″W / 43.6537°N 70.1983°W |
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| 36 | Griffin House |  |
July 19, 1984 (#84001360) |
200 High St. 43°39′21″N 70°15′59″W / 43.655833°N 70.266389°W |
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| 37 | Hamblen Block |  |
July 21, 1983 (#83000449) |
188-194 Danforth St. 43°38′54″N 70°15′50″W / 43.648333°N 70.263889°W |
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| 38 | Hamblen Development Historic District |  |
June 18, 1992 (#92000802) |
188-208 Danforth St. 43°38′54″N 70°15′50″W / 43.648333°N 70.263889°W |
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| 39 | Asa Hanson Block |  |
December 31, 2001 (#01001418) |
548-550 Congress St. 43°39′19″N 70°15′43″W / 43.655278°N 70.261944°W |
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| 40 | How Houses |  |
January 20, 1980 (#80000377) |
23 Danforth St., 30-32, 40 Pleasant Sts. 43°39′14″N 70°15′30″W / 43.653889°N 70.258333°W |
A small group of houses belonging to the How family |
| 41 | Daniel How House |  |
April 24, 1973 (#73000265) |
23 Danforth St. 43°39′14″N 70°15′30″W / 43.653889°N 70.258333°W |
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| 42 | Joseph Holt Ingraham House |  |
July 16, 1973 (#73000116) |
51 State St. 43°39′00″N 70°15′41″W / 43.65°N 70.261389°W |
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| 43 | Lancaster Block |  |
September 29, 1982 (#82000745) |
474 Congress St. 43°39′25″N 70°15′35″W / 43.656944°N 70.259722°W |
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| 44 | Adam P. Leighton House |  |
September 29, 1982 (#82000746) |
261 Western Promenade 43°39′04″N 70°16′34″W / 43.651111°N 70.276111°W |
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| 45 | Lincoln Park |  |
October 16, 1989 (#89001709) |
Bounded by Pearl, Franklin, Market, and Federal Sts. 43°39′35″N 70°15′18″W / 43.659722°N 70.255°W |
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| 46 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Monument |  |
April 5, 1990 (#90000580) |
Southeastern corner of State and Congress Sts. 43°39′11″N 70°16′02″W / 43.653056°N 70.267222°W |
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| 47 | Maine Archeological Site No. 9-16 | May 7, 1979 (#79000141) |
Great Diamond Island[7] |
Native American site | |
| 48 | Maine Central Railroad General Office Building |  |
January 7, 1988 (#87002192) |
222-224 St. John St. 43°39′03″N 70°16′48″W / 43.650833°N 70.28°W |
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| 49 | Maine Eye and Ear Infirmary |  |
September 25, 1986 (#86002469) |
794-800 Congress St. 43°39′13″N 70°16′24″W / 43.653611°N 70.273333°W |
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| 50 | Maine Historical Society |  |
November 17, 1980 (#80000230) |
485 Congress St. 43°39′25″N 70°15′38″W / 43.656944°N 70.260556°W |
The Society's 1907 Library Building, located next to the Wadsworth-Longfellow House. |
| 51 | Maine Publicity Bureau Building |  |
January 26, 1990 (#89002344) |
501 Danforth St. 43°38′38″N 70°16′34″W / 43.643895°N 70.276083°W |
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| 52 | Marine Hospital |  |
August 21, 1974 (#74000161) |
331 Veranda St. 43°41′18″N 70°14′51″W / 43.688333°N 70.2475°W |
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| 53 | Mariner's Church |  |
April 23, 1973 (#73000117) |
368-374 Fore St. 43°39′23″N 70°15′11″W / 43.656389°N 70.253056°W |
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| 54 | Masonic Temple |  |
February 11, 1982 (#82000748) |
415 Congress St. 43°39′32″N 70°15′30″W / 43.658889°N 70.258333°W |
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| 55 | McLellan-Sweat Mansion |  |
March 5, 1970 (#70000073) |
111 High St. 43°39′12″N 70°15′45″W / 43.653333°N 70.2625°W |
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| 56 | Mechanics' Hall |  |
October 3, 1973 (#73000118) |
519 Congress St. 43°39′23″N 70°15′43″W / 43.656389°N 70.261944°W |
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| 57 | William Minott House |  |
July 10, 1979 (#79000142) |
45 Park St. 43°39′03″N 70°15′38″W / 43.650833°N 70.260556°W |
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| 58 | Morse-Libby Mansion |  |
May 19, 1970 (#70000074) |
109 Danforth St. 43°39′06″N 70°15′40″W / 43.651667°N 70.261111°W |
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| 59 | North School |  |
April 12, 1982 (#82000749) |
248-264 Congress Street 43°39′44″N 70°15′07″W / 43.662222°N 70.251944°W |
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| 60 | Park Street Row |  |
February 23, 1972 (#72000074) |
88-114 Park St. 43°39′06″N 70°15′46″W / 43.651667°N 70.262778°W |
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| 61 | Porteous, Mitchell and Braun Company Building |  |
September 27, 1996 (#96001039) |
522-528 Congress St. 43°39′21″N 70°15′40″W / 43.655833°N 70.261111°W |
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| 62 | Portland City Hall |  |
May 7, 1973 (#73000119) |
389 Congress St. 43°39′34″N 70°15′27″W / 43.659444°N 70.2575°W |
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| 63 | Portland City Hospital |  |
March 21, 1985 (#85000612) |
Brighton Ave. 43°40′37″N 70°19′31″W / 43.6769°N 70.3253°W |
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| 64 | Portland Club |  |
January 25, 1973 (#73000120) |
156 State St. 43°39′07″N 70°15′58″W / 43.6519°N 70.2661°W |
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| 65 | Portland High School |  |
November 23, 1984 (#84003879) |
284 Cumberland Ave. 43°39′33″N 70°15′34″W / 43.6592°N 70.2594°W |
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| 66 | Portland Observatory |  |
April 24, 1973 (#73000122) |
138 Congress St. 43°39′56″N 70°14′11″W / 43.6656°N 70.2364°W |
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| 67 | Portland Packing Company Factory |  |
June 7, 1996 (#96000651) |
14-26 York St. 43°39′14″N 70°15′27″W / 43.6539°N 70.2575°W |
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| 68 | Portland Soldiers and Sailors Monument |  |
April 1, 1998 (#98000308) |
Junction of Congress St. and Federal St. 43°39′26″N 70°15′34″W / 43.6572°N 70.2594°W |
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| 69 | Portland Waterfront Historic District |  |
May 2, 1974 (#74000353) |
Waterfront area; also 79-85 and 295-309 Commercial and 3 Center Sts.; also Merrill's Wharf, 252-260 Commercial St.; also 113-115 Middle St. 43°39′17″N 70°15′37″W / 43.6547°N 70.2603°W |
Addresses on Commercial and Center Sts. represent boundary increases of December 23, 1984 and March 7, 2012; addresses on Middle Street represent a boundary increase approved October 5, 2020. |
| 70 | Rackleff Building |  |
May 9, 1973 (#73000123) |
129–131 Middle St. 43°39′31″N 70°15′14″W / 43.6586°N 70.2539°W |
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| 71 | Thomas Brackett Reed House |  |
May 7, 1973 (#73000239) |
30-32 Deering St. 43°39′15″N 70°16′03″W / 43.6542°N 70.2675°W |
Home of Thomas Brackett Reed, nineteenth-century Speaker of the United States House of Representatives |
| 72 | Thomas B. Reed School |  |
January 6, 2020 (#100004827) |
26 Homestead Ave. 43°41′42″N 70°18′06″W / 43.6950°N 70.3017°W |
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| 73 | John B. Russwurm House |  |
July 21, 1983 (#83000450) |
238 Ocean Ave. 43°40′44″N 70°16′49″W / 43.6789°N 70.2803°W |
Home of John B. Russwurm, abolitionist |
| 74 | Sagamore Village Historic District |  |
August 3, 2020 (#100005397) |
Cabot, Purchase, Popham, Godfrey, and Josselyn Sts., and portions of Taft and Brighton Aves. 43°40′35″N 70°19′19″W / 43.6764°N 70.3219°W |
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| 75 | St. Joseph's Academy and Convent |  |
March 27, 2017 (#100000806) |
605 Stevens Ave.; also 631 Stevens Ave. 43°40′44″N 70°17′39″W / 43.6790°N 70.2941°W |
631 Stevens Ave. represents a boundary increase approved December 30, 2022. |
| 76 | St. Lawrence Church |  |
October 1, 1979 (#79000145) |
76 Congress St. 43°40′01″N 70°14′48″W / 43.6669°N 70.2467°W |
Church demolished; parish hall converted to a performing arts center. |
| 77 | St. Paul's Church and Rectory |  |
December 22, 1978 (#78000176) |
279 Congress St. 43°39′43″N 70°15′12″W / 43.6619°N 70.2533°W |
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| 78 | Schlotterbeck and Foss Building |  |
July 11, 2016 (#16000436) |
117 Preble St. 43°39′37″N 70°15′48″W / 43.6603°N 70.2632°W |
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| 79 | F.O.J. Smith Tomb |  |
December 31, 1974 (#74000166) |
Evergreen Cemetery 43°40′47″N 70°18′08″W / 43.6797°N 70.3022°W |
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| 80 | Sparrow House |  |
October 29, 1982 (#82000421) |
35 Arlington St. 43°40′12″N 70°16′58″W / 43.67°N 70.2828°W |
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| 81 | Spring Street Historic District |  |
April 3, 1970 (#70000043) |
Roughly bounded by Forest, Oak, Danforth, Brackett and Pine Sts. 43°39′08″N 70°15′50″W / 43.6522°N 70.2639°W |
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| 82 | John Calvin Stevens House |  |
July 16, 1973 (#73000125) |
52 Bowdoin St. 43°38′48″N 70°16′30″W / 43.6467°N 70.275°W |
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| 83 | Stroudwater Historic District |  |
February 16, 1973 (#73000126) |
Residential area at the confluence of the Stroudwater and Fore Rivers 43°39′24″N 70°18′52″W / 43.6567°N 70.3144°W |
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| 84 | Tate House |  |
January 12, 1970 (#70000072) |
1270 Westbrook St. 43°39′25″N 70°18′43″W / 43.656944°N 70.311944°W |
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| 85 | Thompson Block |  |
February 28, 1973 (#73000127) |
117, 119, 121, 123, and 125 Middle St. 43°39′32″N 70°15′11″W / 43.658889°N 70.253056°W |
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| 86 | Timberwind (Schooner) |  |
March 26, 1992 (#92000274) |
Maine State Pier, Commercial St. Coordinates missing |
Moved from Rockport to Belfast in 2015 and to Portland in 2018.[8] |
| 87 | Tracy-Causer Block |  |
March 17, 1994 (#89001941) |
505-509 Fore St. 43°39′18″N 70°15′26″W / 43.655°N 70.257222°W |
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| 88 | Trefethen-Evergreen Improvement Association | March 19, 2024 (#100010086) |
12 Trefethen Avenue, Peaks Island 43°40′09″N 70°11′31″W / 43.6692°N 70.1920°W |
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| 89 | U.S. Courthouse |  |
February 12, 1974 (#74000168) |
156 Federal St. 43°39′31″N 70°15′42″W / 43.658611°N 70.261667°W |
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| 90 | U.S. Customhouse |  |
May 17, 1973 (#73000128) |
312 Fore St. 43°39′26″N 70°15′05″W / 43.657222°N 70.251389°W |
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| 91 | US Post Office-Portland Main |  |
May 9, 1986 (#86001011) |
125 Forest Avenue 43°39′30″N 70°16′00″W / 43.658333°N 70.266667°W |
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| 92 | Wadsworth-Longfellow House |  |
October 15, 1966 (#66000090) |
487 Congress St. 43°39′23″N 70°15′40″W / 43.656389°N 70.261111°W |
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| 93 | Wendameen (Yacht) |  |
March 26, 1992 (#92000273) |
Maine State Pier, Commercial St. 43°39′26″N 70°14′55″W / 43.657160°N 70.248559°W |
Although listed in Camden, she is now based in Portland.[9] |
| 94 | Westbrook College Historic District |  |
September 15, 1977 (#77000066) |
716 Stevens Ave. 43°41′00″N 70°17′45″W / 43.683333°N 70.295833°W |
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| 95 | Western Promenade |  |
October 16, 1989 (#89001710) |
Roughly Western Promenade from Maine Medical Center to Valley St. 43°38′48″N 70°16′32″W / 43.646667°N 70.275556°W |
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| 96 | Western Promenade Historic District |  |
February 16, 1984 (#84001363) |
Roughly bounded by Western Promenade and Bramhall, Brackett, Emery, and Danforth Sts. 43°38′54″N 70°16′19″W / 43.648333°N 70.271944°W |
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| 97 | Williston-West Church and Parish House |  |
June 22, 1980 (#80000232) |
32 Thomas St. 43°38′52″N 70°16′16″W / 43.647778°N 70.271111°W |
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| 98 | Woodman Building |  |
February 23, 1972 (#72000075) |
133-141 Middle St. 43°39′31″N 70°15′15″W / 43.658611°N 70.254167°W |
Former listings edit
| [3] | Name on the Register | Image | Date listed | Date removed | Location | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | First Baptist Church | January 31, 1978 (#78000170) | July 14, 2015 | 353 Congress St. 43°39′37″N 70°15′20″W / 43.660278°N 70.255556°W |
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| 2 | Portland Stove Foundry | November 18, 1974 (#74000164) | January 22, 2009 | 57 Kennebec St. 43°39′44″N 70°15′40″W / 43.6622°N 70.2611°W |
Significantly damaged by fires in 1989[10] and 1991. Subsequently demolished. |
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References edit
- ^ The latitude and longitude information provided in this table was derived originally from the National Register Information System, which has been found to be fairly accurate for about 99% of listings. Some locations in this table may have been corrected to current GPS standards.
- ^ National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior, "National Register of Historic Places: Weekly List Actions", retrieved April 12, 2024.
- ^ a b Numbers represent an alphabetical ordering by significant words. Various colorings, defined here, differentiate National Historic Landmarks and historic districts from other NRHP buildings, structures, sites or objects.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 24, 2008.
- ^ The eight-digit number below each date is the number assigned to each location in the National Register Information System database, which can be viewed by clicking the number.
- ^ "Deering Barn, ca. 1947". Maine Memory Network. Retrieved 2015-12-22.
- ^ "Portland Comprehensive Plan, Part 1B" (PDF). City of Portland. Retrieved 2010-10-09.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Historic Belfast-based schooner sold, moving to Portland
- ^ "Portland Schooner Company - sailing Portland Maine's only historic windjammers". Archived from the original on 2015-07-15. Retrieved 2016-04-12.
- ^ "No cause found for foundry fire". Sun Journal (Lewiston, Maine). February 24, 1989. p. 4A. Retrieved July 6, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.