Old Port, Portland

  • Also Known As: NR Control Nos. 0831710002 also 0123732159 also 0123732161 also 0412732782 also
  • NRHP Name: Portland Waterfront Historic District

  • Address: Market St
  • Vicinity: Irregular area W of Commercial St, around Middle St
  • Type: Urban District
  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Historic District


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PLACES

Name of Notable Genus AsNotedIn Address Proximity
Name Genus AsNotedIn Address Proximity
Mariner's Church
  • Sight
  • NRHP
368 - 374 Fore St
Baxter-Davis Block
  • Sight
  • NRHPc
303, 305, 307 and 309 Commercial St Center
Rackleff Building
  • Sight
  • NRHP
  • Ntab CMB
127, 129, 131 , 133 Middle St Church St
Thompson Block
  • Sight
  • NRHP
  • Ntab CMB
117, 119, 121, 123 and 125 Middle St Church St
US Customhouse
  • Sight
  • NRHP
312 Fore St
Woodman Building
  • Sight
  • NRHP
  • Ntab CMB
133 - 141 Middle St
Tracy-Causer Block
  • Sight
  • NRHP
505 - 509 Fore St

Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1832/00/00
1850/00/00 John Bacon Curtis Owner John B Curtis and his father's gum factory, "Curtis and Son" at 291 Fore Street employs 200 workers who produced 1800 boxes of chewing gum in a day. In 1850, they added paraffin gums to their product line. Invention of Chewing Gum
1859/00/00 79-85 Commercial Street: Built of brick, 4 stories, hipped roof, square headed windows with granite lintels, shallow corbelled cornice at the roof line. The 1st story store fronts have granite piers and lintels with recessed shop fronts.

Data »

Particulars for Old Port, Portland:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Area of Significance Business
Area of Significance Commerce
Area of Significance Community Planning and Development
Criteria Exemplar
Architectural Style Federal Style
Sight Category Historic District
Architectural Style Late 19th and 20th century revivals
Architectural Style Late Victorian
Area of Significance Railroad
Area of Significance Transportation
Locale Type Urban District
Historic Use Water-related



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration:

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name:
Registry Address:
Registry Number: 74000353
Resource Type:
Owner: Private, Local
Architect: Multiple
Architectural Style: Late 19th and 20th century revivals, Late victorian, Other
Attribute: Federal
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: Local
Area of Significance: Community Planning and Development, Commerce, Transportation, Architecture
Applicable Criteria: Event, Architecture-Engineering
Period of Significance: 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1800-1824, 1825-1849, 1750-1799
Significant Year: 1832, 1846, 1872
Historic Function: Transportation, Commerce, Trade
Historic Sub-Function: Water-related, Rail-related, Business
Current Function: Commerce, Trade, Transportation, Government
Current Sub-Function: Business

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