National Register of Historic Places listings in Portland, Maine facts for kids

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 National Register properties and districts; these locations may be seen together in an online map.

There are 232 properties and districts listed on the National Register in Cumberland County, including 11 National Historic Landmarks. 142 of these properties and districts, including 4 National Historic Landmarks, are located outside of Portland, and are listed separately, while the 90 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 March 31, 2017.

Current listings

	Name on the Register	Image	Date listed	Location	Description
1	Abyssinian Meeting House		February 3, 2006 (#05001612)	73-75 Newbury St. 43°39′44″N 70°14′58″W
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
3	BAGHEERA (schooner)		November 4, 2009 (#09000878)	Maine State Pier, Commercial St. 43°39′24″N 70°14′52″W
4	Battery Steele		October 20, 2005 (#05001176)	Florida Ave. on Peaks Island 43°39′32″N 70°10′50″W
5	Harrison B. Brown House		June 23, 1980 (#80000227)	400 Danforth St. 43°38′39″N 70°16′19″W
6	J.B. Brown Memorial Block		May 23, 1978 (#78000167)	Congress and Casco Sts. 43°39′21″N 70°15′42″W
7	A.B. Butler House		May 8, 1974 (#74000158)	4 Walker St. 43°39′09″N 70°16′10″W
8	Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception		June 20, 1985 (#85001257)	Cumberland Ave. and Congress St. 43°39′41″N 70°15′17″W
9	Leonard Bond Chapman House		April 23, 1980 (#80000228)	90 Capisic St. 43°39′43″N 70°18′10″W
10	Chestnut Street Methodist Church		October 20, 1977 (#77000063)	11-19 Chestnut St. 43°39′34″N 70°15′30″W
11	Children's Hospital		March 7, 2012 (#12000065)	68 High St. 43°39′08″N 70°15′38″W
12	Charles Q. Clapp Block		January 31, 1978 (#78000168)	Congress Sq. 43°39′15″N 70°15′47″W
13	Charles Q. Clapp House		February 23, 1972 (#72000072)	97 Spring St. 43°39′13″N 70°15′43″W
14	Nathan Clifford School		December 18, 2013 (#13000925)	180 Falmouth St. 43°39′37″N 70°16′49″W
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	Demolished c. 1970.
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
17	Deering Street Historic District		January 27, 1983 (#83000448)	Congress, Deering, Mellen, and State Sts. 43°39′17″N 70°16′07″W
18	Gen. Neal Dow House		April 11, 1973 (#73000236)	714 Congress St. 43°39′11″N 70°16′12″W
19	Nathaniel Dyer House		April 15, 1987 (#86003534)	168 York St. 43°38′58″N 70°15′34″W
20	Eastern Cemetery		December 12, 1973 (#73000112)	Congress St. at its junction with Mountfort St. 43°39′46″N 70°15′03″W
21	Eastern Promenade		October 16, 1989 (#89001707)	Roughly bounded by Eastern Promenade and Casco Bay 43°40′20″N 70°14′50″W
22	Eighth Maine Regiment Memorial		October 4, 2006 (#06000919)	13 8th Main Ave., Peaks Island 43°39′09″N 70°11′32″W
23	Engine Company Number Nine Firehouse		October 28, 2010 (#10000876)	17 Arbor St. 43°41′08″N 70°17′34″W
24	Everett Chambers		May 19, 2006 (#06000397)	47-55 Oak St. 43°39′18″N 70°15′42″W
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
26	Fifth Maine Regiment Community Center		January 5, 1978 (#78000169)	Seashore Ave. on Peaks Island 43°39′10″N 70°11′36″W
27	First Parish Church		January 12, 1973 (#73000113)	425 Congress St. 43°39′30″N 70°15′32″W
28	Fort Gorges		August 28, 1973 (#73000114)	East of Portland on Hog Island in Portland Harbor 43°39′46″N 70°13′18″W
29	Fort McKinley Historic District		March 21, 1985 (#85000611)	Great Diamond Island 43°41′00″N 70°11′47″W
30	The Gothic House		December 31, 1974 (#72001539)	387 Spring St. 43°38′45″N 70°16′30″W
31	Green Memorial A.M.E. Zion Church		January 17, 1973 (#73000115)	46 Sheridan St. 43°39′50″N 70°14′58″W
32	Byron Greenough Block		March 10, 1977 (#77000065)	Free and Middle Sts. 43°39′25″N 70°15′28″W
33	Griffin House		July 19, 1984 (#84001360)	200 High St. 43°39′21″N 70°15′59″W
34	Hamblen Block		July 21, 1983 (#83000449)	188-194 Danforth St. 43°38′54″N 70°15′50″W
35	Hamblen Development Historic District		June 18, 1992 (#92000802)	188-208 Danforth St. 43°38′54″N 70°15′50″W
36	Asa Hanson Block		December 31, 2001 (#01001418)	548-550 Congress St. 43°39′19″N 70°15′43″W
37	How Houses		January 20, 1980 (#80000377)	23 Danforth St., 30-32, 40 Pleasant Sts. 43°39′14″N 70°15′30″W	A small group of houses belonging to the How family
38	Daniel How House		April 24, 1973 (#73000265)	23 Danforth St. 43°39′14″N 70°15′30″W
39	Joseph Holt Ingraham House		July 16, 1973 (#73000116)	51 State St. 43°39′00″N 70°15′41″W
40	Lancaster Block		September 29, 1982 (#82000745)	474 Congress St. 43°39′25″N 70°15′35″W
41	Adam P. Leighton House		September 29, 1982 (#82000746)	261 Western Promenade 43°39′04″N 70°16′34″W
42	Lincoln Park		October 16, 1989 (#89001709)	Bounded by Pearl, Franklin, Market, and Federal Sts. 43°39′35″N 70°15′18″W
43	Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Monument		April 5, 1990 (#90000580)	Southeastern corner of State and Congress Sts. 43°39′11″N 70°16′02″W
44	Maine Archeological Site No. 9-16		May 7, 1979 (#79000141)	Great Diamond Island	Native American site
45	Maine Central Railroad General Office Building		January 7, 1988 (#87002192)	222-224 St. John St. 43°39′03″N 70°16′48″W
46	Maine Eye and Ear Infirmary		September 25, 1986 (#86002469)	794-800 Congress St. 43°39′13″N 70°16′24″W
47	Maine Historical Society		November 17, 1980 (#80000230)	485 Congress St. 43°39′25″N 70°15′38″W	The Society's 1907 Library Building, located next to the Wadsworth-Longfellow House.
48	Maine Publicity Bureau Building		January 26, 1990 (#89002344)	501 Danforth St. 43°38′38″N 70°16′34″W
49	Marine Hospital		August 21, 1974 (#74000161)	331 Veranda St. 43°41′18″N 70°14′51″W
50	Mariner's Church		April 23, 1973 (#73000117)	368-374 Fore St. 43°39′23″N 70°15′11″W
51	Masonic Temple		February 11, 1982 (#82000748)	415 Congress St. 43°39′32″N 70°15′30″W
52	McLellan-Sweat Mansion		March 5, 1970 (#70000073)	111 High St. 43°39′12″N 70°15′45″W
53	Mechanics' Hall		October 3, 1973 (#73000118)	519 Congress St. 43°39′23″N 70°15′43″W
54	William Minott House		July 10, 1979 (#79000142)	45 Park St. 43°39′03″N 70°15′38″W
55	Morse-Libby Mansion		May 19, 1970 (#70000074)	109 Danforth St. 43°39′06″N 70°15′40″W
56	North School		April 12, 1982 (#82000749)	248-264 Congress Street 43°39′44″N 70°15′07″W
57	Park Street Row		February 23, 1972 (#72000074)	88-114 Park St. 43°39′06″N 70°15′46″W
58	Porteous, Mitchell and Braun Company Building		September 27, 1996 (#96001039)	522-528 Congress St. 43°39′21″N 70°15′40″W
59	Portland City Hall		May 7, 1973 (#73000119)	389 Congress St. 43°39′34″N 70°15′27″W
60	Portland City Hospital		March 21, 1985 (#85000612)	Brighton Ave. 43°40′37″N 70°19′31″W
61	Portland Club		January 25, 1973 (#73000120)	156 State St. 43°39′07″N 70°15′58″W
62	Portland High School		November 23, 1984 (#84003879)	284 Cumberland Ave. 43°39′33″N 70°15′34″W
63	Portland Observatory		April 24, 1973 (#73000122)	138 Congress St. 43°39′56″N 70°14′11″W
64	Portland Packing Company Factory		June 7, 1996 (#96000651)	14-26 York St. 43°39′14″N 70°15′27″W
65	Portland Soldiers and Sailors Monument		April 1, 1998 (#98000308)	Junction of Congress St. and Federal St. 43°39′26″N 70°15′34″W
66	Portland Waterfront		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. 43°39′17″N 70°15′37″W	Addresses on Commercial and Center Sts. represent boundary increases of December 23, 1984 and March 7, 2012
67	Rackleff Building		May 9, 1973 (#73000123)	127, 129, 131, and 133 Middle St. 43°39′31″N 70°15′14″W
68	Thomas Brackett Reed House		May 7, 1973 (#73000239)	30-32 Deering St. 43°39′15″N 70°16′03″W	Home of Thomas Brackett Reed, nineteenth-century Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
69	John B. Russwurm House		July 21, 1983 (#83000450)	238 Ocean Ave. 43°40′44″N 70°16′49″W	Home of John B. Russwurm, abolitionist
70	St. Lawrence Church		October 1, 1979 (#79000145)	76 Congress St. 43°40′01″N 70°14′48″W	Church demolished; parish hall converted to a performing arts center.
71	St. Paul's Church and Rectory		December 22, 1978 (#78000176)	279 Congress St. 43°39′43″N 70°15′12″W
72	Schlotterbeck and Foss Building		July 11, 2016 (#16000436)	117 Preble St. 43°39′37″N 70°15′47″W
73	F.O.J. Smith Tomb		December 31, 1974 (#74000166)	Evergreen Cemetery 43°40′47″N 70°18′08″W
74	Sparrow House		October 29, 1982 (#82000421)	35 Arlington St. 43°40′12″N 70°16′58″W
75	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
76	John Calvin Stevens House		July 16, 1973 (#73000125)	52 Bowdoin St. 43°38′48″N 70°16′30″W
77	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
78	Tate House		January 12, 1970 (#70000072)	1270 Westbrook St. 43°39′25″N 70°18′43″W
79	Thompson Block		February 28, 1973 (#73000127)	117, 119, 121, 123, and 125 Middle St. 43°39′32″N 70°15′11″W
80	Tracy-Causer Block		March 17, 1994 (#89001941)	505-509 Fore St. 43°39′18″N 70°15′26″W
81	U.S. Courthouse		February 12, 1974 (#74000168)	156 Federal St. 43°39′31″N 70°15′42″W
82	U.S. Customhouse		May 17, 1973 (#73000128)	312 Fore St. 43°39′26″N 70°15′05″W
83	US Post Office-Portland Main		May 9, 1986 (#86001011)	125 Forest Ave. 43°39′30″N 70°16′00″W
84	Wadsworth-Longfellow House		October 15, 1966 (#66000090)	487 Congress St. 43°39′23″N 70°15′40″W
85	Wendameen (Yacht)		March 26, 1992 (#92000273)	Maine State Pier, Commercial St. 43°39′26″N 70°14′55″W	Although listed in Camden, she is now based in Portland.
86	Westbrook College Historic District		September 15, 1977 (#77000066)	716 Stevens Ave. 43°41′00″N 70°17′45″W
87	Western Promenade		October 16, 1989 (#89001710)	Roughly Western Promenade from Maine Medical Center to Valley St. 43°38′48″N 70°16′32″W
88	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
89	Williston-West Church and Parish House		June 22, 1980 (#80000232)	32 Thomas St. 43°38′52″N 70°16′16″W
90	Woodman Building		February 23, 1972 (#72000075)	133-141 Middle St. 43°39′31″N 70°15′15″W

Former listings

	Name on the Register	Image	Date listed	Date removed	Location	Summary
1	First Baptist Church		January 31, 1978 (#78000170)	July 14, 2015	353 Congress St. 43°39′37″N 70°15′20″W
2	Portland Stove Foundry		November 18, 1974 (#74000164)	January 22, 2009	57 Kennebec St. 43°39′44″N 70°15′40″W