Historic places in Portland, Maine
Portland in Cumberland County has 100 properties on the National Register of Historic Places: 73 buildings, 18 districts, 4 sites, 3 structures, 2 objects. The first was listed in 1966 and the most recent in 2025. The most common areas of significance here are architecture, community planning and development, social history. 6 are National Historic Landmarks: Dow, Gen. Neal, House, McLellan-Sweat Mansion, Morse-Libby Mansion, Portland Observatory, Reed, Thomas Brackett, House, Wadsworth-Longfellow House. Open to visitors: Battery Steele.
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Every National Register listing in Portland
Dow, Gen. Neal, House
The Neal Dow House, also known as Gen. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #73000236
McLellan-Sweat Mansion (also L.D.M. Sweat Memorial Art Museum; Sweat Mansion)
It forms the rear component of the Portland Museum of Art complex. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #70000073
Morse-Libby Mansion (also Victoria Mansion)
Victoria Mansion, also known as the Morse-Libby House or Morse-Libby Mansion, is a historic house in downtown Portland, Maine, United States. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #70000074
Portland Observatory (also Observatory)
The Portland Observatory is a historic maritime signal tower at 138 Congress Street in the Munjoy Hill section of Portland, Maine. [Wikipedia]
138 Congress St. · NPS record #73000122
Reed, Thomas Brackett, House
Built in 1876, the house was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1975 for its association with Thomas Brackett Reed (1839–1902), Speaker of the House of Representatives (1889–1891 and 1895–1899). [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #73000239
Wadsworth-Longfellow House
The Wadsworth-Longfellow House is a historic house and museum in Portland, Maine, United States. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #66000090
Battery Steele (also U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Battery Construction #102)
Battery Steele (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Battery Construction #102) is a United States military fortification on Peaks Island, Portland, Maine, in Casco Bay. [Wikipedia]
Florida Ave., Peaks Island · NPS record #05001176
Children's Hospital
68 High Street, formerly the Children's Hospital, is an historic colonial revival building in Portland, Maine, United States. [Wikipedia]
68 High St. · NPS record #12000065
Green Memorial A.M.E. Zion Church (also Abyssinian Congregational Church and Society)
The Green Memorial A.M.E. Zion Church is a historic church at 46 Sheridan Street in Portland, Maine, United States. [Wikipedia]
46 Sheridan St. · NPS record #73000115
Abyssinian Meeting House (also Fourth Parish (Abyssinian) Congregational Church)
Built between 1828 and 1831 by free African-Americans, it is Maine's oldest African-American church building, and the third-oldest in the nation. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #05001612
BAGHEERA (schooner) (also BEACON ROCK)
Bagheera, formerly Beacon Rock, is a historic schooner normally berthed at the Maine State Pier in Portland, Maine. [Wikipedia]
Maine State Pier, Commercial St. · NPS record #09000878
Back Cove (also Baxter Boulevard)
Roughly Baxter Blvd. along Back Cove from Baxter to Veranda Sts. · NPS record #89001706
Brown, Harrison B., House
It was built in 1861 for Harrison Bird Brown (1831–1915), one of Maine's best-known painters of the late 19th century, and was his home and studio until 1892. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #80000227
Brown, J. B., Memorial Block
The J.B. Brown Memorial Block (also known as the John B. Brown Building) is a historic commercial building at Congress and Casco Streets in downtown Portland, Maine. [Wikipedia]
Congress and Casco Sts. · NPS record #78000167
Butler, A. B., House
Built in 1868, it is a remarkably little-altered high-quality example of Second Empire architecture, and one of two surviving designs in the city of architect Matthew Stead. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #74000158
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception is a historic cathedral on Cumberland Avenue in Portland, Maine, which serves as seat of the Diocese of Portland. [Wikipedia]
Cumberland Ave. & Congress Sts. · NPS record #85001257
Chapman, Leonard Bond, House
Built between 1866 and 1868, it is a fine and distinctive local example of Second Empire architecture, and is notable as the home of one Portland's leading historians of the period, Leonard Bond Chapman. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #80000228
Chestnut Street Methodist Church
The former Chestnut Street Methodist Church is an historic church building at 15 Chestnut Street in Portland, Maine. [Wikipedia]
11-19 Chestnut St. · NPS record #77000063
Clapp, Charles Q., Block (also Upper H. H. Hay Block)
The Charles Q. Clapp Block (also known as the Hay Building) is a historic commercial building in Congress Square in downtown Portland, Maine. [Wikipedia]
Congress Sq. · NPS record #78000168
Clapp, Charles Q., House (also Portland School of Fine and Applied Art)
Built in 1832, it is one of Maine's important early examples of high style Greek Revival architecture. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #72000072
Clifford, Nathan, School
The Nathan Clifford School is a former elementary school building at 180 Falmouth Street in Portland, Maine. [Wikipedia]
180 Falmouth St. · NPS record #13000925
Deering Estate Barn (also University of Maine in Portland Auditorium)
The Deering Estate Barn was an architecturally significant building on the campus of the University of Maine at Portland, now the University of Southern Maine (USM), in Portland, Maine. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #09000089
Deering Oaks
Deering Oaks Park is a 55-acre (22 ha) public park in Portland, Maine, listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [Wikipedia]
Roughly bounded by I-295, Forest St., Park Ave., and Deering Ave. · NPS record #89001708
Deering Street Historic District
The Deering Street Historic District is a historic district in the Downtown and Parkside neighborhoods of Portland, Maine. [Wikipedia]
Congress, Deering, Mellen, and State Sts. · NPS record #83000448
Dyer, Nathaniel, House
Built in 1803, it is one of the city's oldest surviving brick houses, rare for the building material and for its scale, which is for a middle-class family of the period. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #86003534
Eastern Cemetery
Eastern Cemetery is a historic cemetery at the intersection of Washington Avenue and Congress Street in the Munjoy Hill neighborhood of Portland, Maine. [Wikipedia]
Congress St., corner Mountfort St. · NPS record #73000112
Eastern Promenade
The Eastern Promenade (Eastern Prom) is a historic promenade, 68.2-acre (27.6 ha) public park and recreation area in Portland, Maine. [Wikipedia]
Roughly bounded by Eastern Promenade and Casco Bay · NPS record #89001707
Engine Company Number Nine Firehouse
Engine Company Number Nine Firehouse, also known as the Arbor Street Firehouse, is a historic former firehouse at 17 Arbor Street in the North Deering neighborhood of Portland, Maine. [Wikipedia]
17 Arbor St · NPS record #10000876
Everett Chambers (also Hotel Everett; Oak Leaf Inn)
The Everett Chambers or Hotel Everett is a historic mixed-use commercial and residential building at 47-55 Oak Street in Downtown Portland, Maine. [Wikipedia]
47-55 Oak St. · NPS record #06000397
Evergreen Cemetery (also See Also:Smith, F. O. J., Tomb)
Evergreen Cemetery is a garden-style cemetery on Stevens Avenue in the Deering neighborhood of Portland, Maine, United States. [Wikipedia]
Off W side of Stevens Ave., N of jct. with Brighton Ave. · NPS record #92000791
Fifth Maine Regiment Community Center
The Fifth Maine Regiment Community Center, now the 5th Maine Museum, is a historic building at 45 Seashore Avenue on Peaks Island, an island neighborhood of Portland, Maine in Casco Bay. [Wikipedia]
Seashore Ave., Peaks Island · NPS record #78000169
First Parish Church (also The First Parish in Portland)
First Parish Church is a historic church at 425 Congress Street in Portland, Maine. [Wikipedia]
425 Congress St. · NPS record #73000113
Fort Gorges
Fort Gorges is a former United States military fort built on Hog Island Ledge in Casco Bay, Maine, United States. [Wikipedia]
E of Portland on Hog Island, Portland Harbor · NPS record #73000114
Fort McKinley Historic District
Great Diamond Island · NPS record #85000611
Fort McKinley Torpedo Storehouse
148 Coveside Drive · NPS record #100010087
Franklin Towers
211 Cumberland Ave. (Tax ID address 61 Wilmot St.) · NPS record #100009363
Gothic House, The (also John J. Brown House)
Built in 1845, it is one of Maine's finest and earliest known examples of Gothic Revival architecture. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #72001539
Greenough, Byron, Block (also Lower H. H. Hay Block)
The Byron Greenough Block or Lower Hay Block is a historic commercial building at Free and Cross Streets in downtown Portland, Maine. [Wikipedia]
Free and Middle Sts. · NPS record #77000065
Greenwood Garden Playhouse
32 Garden Pl. · NPS record #100006989
Griffin House
Built in 1871, it is one of the city's finer examples of Second Empire architecture, and was an early example of the trend to build further away from the city's port district. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #84001360
Hamblen Block (also Hamblen's Row; See Also:Hamblen Development Historic District)
The Hamblen Block (or Hamblen's Row) is a historic series of four row houses at 188–194 Danforth Street in Portland, Maine, United States. [Wikipedia]
188-194 Danforth St. · NPS record #83000449
Hamblen Development Historic District (also See Also:Hamblen Block)
The Hamblen Development Historic District encompasses a modest collection of Greek Revival residential properties at 188–208 Danforth Street in Portland, Maine. [Wikipedia]
188--208 Danforth St. · NPS record #92000802
Hanson, Asa, Block
The Asa Hanson Block is a historic commercial building at 548-550 Congress Street in Downtown Portland, Maine. [Wikipedia]
548-550 Congress St. · NPS record #01001418
How Houses
The How Houses are a trio of Federal period houses on adjacent lots facing Danforth and Pleasant Streets in Portland, Maine. [Wikipedia]
Danforth and Pleasant Sts. · NPS record #80000377
How, Daniel, House
Built in 1799, it is one of the oldest surviving residences on Portland's Neck, notably surviving the city's great 1866 fire. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #73000265
Ingraham, Joseph Holt, House (also Churchill House)
Built in 1801, it is an important early design by architect Alexander Parris. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #73000116
Lancaster Block
The Lancaster Block is an historic commercial building in downtown Portland, Maine. [Wikipedia]
474 Congress St. · NPS record #82000745
Leighton, Adam P., House
Built in 1903, it is a fine local example of Colonial Revival architecture, and is further prominent as home to Adam P. Leighton, who was "considered the father of the American postcard industry", and served as the Mayor of Portland from 1908 to 1909. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #82000746
Lincoln Park
Lincoln Park is a 1.8-acre (0.73 ha) urban park in downtown Portland, Maine. [Wikipedia]
Bounded by Pearl, Franklin, Market, and Federal Sts. · NPS record #89001709
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, Monument
The Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Monument is a public monument in Portland, Maine's West End. [Wikipedia]
SE corner of State and Congress Sts. · NPS record #90000580
Maine Archeological Site No. 9-16 (also 9-16)
The Great Diamond Island Site, designated Site 9-16 by the Maine Archaeological Survey, is a prehistoric archaeological site on Great Diamond Island in Casco Bay, off the coast of southern Maine. [Wikipedia]
Address not published · NPS record #79000141
Maine Central Railroad General Office Building
The former Maine Central Railroad General Office Building is an historic office building at 222-242 Saint John Street in the Saint John Valley neighborhood of Portland, Maine. [Wikipedia]
222--224 St. John St. · NPS record #87002192
Maine Eye and Ear Infirmary (also Holt Hall)
The Maine Eye and Ear Infirmary is a historic medical facility that was located at 794-800 Congress Street in Portland, Maine. [Wikipedia]
794--800 Congress St. · NPS record #86002469
Maine Historical Society
485 Congress St. · NPS record #80000230
Maine Publicity Bureau Building
The Maine Publicity Bureau Building is a historic commercial building at 501 Danforth Street in Portland, Maine, United States. [Wikipedia]
3 St. John St. · NPS record #89002344
Marine Hospital
The Marine Hospital is a historic medical facility at 331 Veranda Road in Martin's Point in Portland, Maine. [Wikipedia]
331 Veranda St. · NPS record #74000161
Mariner's Church
Mariner's Church (also known as the Old Port Tavern and Mariner's Church Banquet Center) is a historic church and commercial building at 366–376 Fore Street in Portland, Maine. [Wikipedia]
368-374 Fore St. · NPS record #73000117
Masonic Temple
The Masonic Temple is a historic commercial and fraternal society building at 415 Congress Street in downtown Portland, Maine. [Wikipedia]
415 Congress St. · NPS record #82000748
Mechanics' Hall
Mechanics' Hall is a historic building and meeting space at 519 Congress Street in downtown Portland, Maine. [Wikipedia]
519 Congress St. · NPS record #73000118
Mechanics' Hall (Additional Documentation) (also Maine Charitable Mechanic Association)
Mechanics' Hall is a historic building and meeting space at 519 Congress Street in downtown Portland, Maine. [Wikipedia]
519 Congress St. · NPS record #73000118
Minott, William, House
It is one of Portland's few Federal period houses, notably surviving the city's devastating 1866 fire. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #79000142
North School
The North School is an historic former school at 248 Congress Street in Portland, Maine. [Wikipedia]
248-264 Congress Street · NPS record #82000749
Park Street Row (also Park Street Block)
Built in 1835, it is the largest known 19th-century rowhouse in the state, and is a local example of Greek Revival architecture. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #72000074
Porteous, Mitchell and Braun Company Building (also Miller Building)
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. [Wikipedia]
522--528 Congress St. · NPS record #96001039
Portland City Hall
Portland City Hall is the center of city government in Portland, Maine. [Wikipedia]
389 Congress St. · NPS record #73000119
Portland City Hospital
The Loring House Apartments are a senior housing complex at 1125 Brighton Avenue in Portland, Maine. [Wikipedia]
Brighton Ave. · NPS record #85000612
Portland Club (also Hunnewell-Shepley House)
It operates as a 501(c)(3) Public Charity; in 2024, it claimed total revenue of $55,650 and total assets of $519,025. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #73000120
Portland High School
Portland High School is a public high school established in 1821 in Portland, Maine, United States, which educates grades 9–12. [Wikipedia]
284 Cumberland Ave. · NPS record #84003879
Portland Packing Company Factory
The Portland Packing Company Factory is an historic factory building at 14–26 York Street in Portland, Maine. [Wikipedia]
14--26 York St. · NPS record #96000651
Portland Soldiers and Sailors Monument (also Our Lady of Victories)
Monument Square (formerly Market Square or Haymarket Square) is a town square in downtown Portland, Maine, about halfway between the East Bayside and Old Port neighborhoods. [Wikipedia]
Jct. of Congress St. and Federal St. · NPS record #98000308
Portland Waterfront (also NR Control Nos. 0831710002; 0123732159)
Waterfront Area · NPS record #74000353
Portland Waterfront (Boundary Increase) (also Portland Waterfront Historic District)
Merrill's Wharf, 252-260 Commercial St. · NPS record #12000066
Portland Waterfront Historic District (Boundary Increase III) (also Portland Waterfront)
113-115 Middle St. · NPS record #100005648
Portland Waterfront Historic District (Boundary Increase) (also See Also:Portland Waterfront)
79-85 and 295-309 Commercial and 3 Center Sts. · NPS record #84000497
Rackleff Building
The Rackleff Building is an historic commercial building at 129–131 Middle Street in the Old Port commercial district of Portland, Maine. [Wikipedia]
127, 129, 131, 133 Middle St. · NPS record #73000123
Russwurm, John B., House
Built about 1810, it was the residence of American abolitionist and Liberian colonist John Brown Russwurm. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #83000450
Sagamore Village Historic District
Cabot, Purchase, Popham, Godfrey, and Josselyn Sts., and portions of Taft and Brighton Aves. · NPS record #100005397
Schlotterbeck and Foss Building
The Schlotterbeck and Foss Building is a historic factory building at 117 Preble Street in Portland, Maine. [Wikipedia]
117 Preble St. · NPS record #16000436
Smith, F.O.J., Tomb
The F.O.J. Smith Tomb is an historic tomb in Evergreen Cemetery in Portland, Maine. [Wikipedia]
Stevens Ave. in Evergreen Cemetery · NPS record #74000166
Sparrow House
Built in 1852, it is a well-preserved example of Gothic Revival architecture. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #82000421
Spring Street Historic District (Additional Documentation)
The Spring Street Historic District encompasses surviving elements of the 19th-century commercial and surviving residential areas of Portland, Maine. [Wikipedia]
Roughly bounded by Forest, Oak, Danforth, Brackett, and Pine Sts. · NPS record #70000043
St. Joseph's Academy and Convent-Catherine McAuley School (Additional Documentation)
605 and 631 Stevens Ave. · NPS record #100000806
St. Joseph's Academy and Convent-Catherine McAuley School (Boundary Increase)
605 and 631 Stevens Ave. · NPS record #100008511
St. Lawrence Church (also St. Lawrence Wright Memorial Congregational Church)
The Hill Arts, formally known as the St. [Wikipedia]
76 Congress St. · NPS record #79000145
St. Paul's Church and Rectory
St. [Wikipedia]
279 Congress St. · NPS record #78000176
Stevens, John Calvin, House
Built in 1884, it was the home of architect John Calvin Stevens, and was one of Portland's earliest examples of Shingle style architecture. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #73000125
Stroudwater Historic District
Stroudwater Historic District is a historic district in the Stroudwater neighborhood of Portland, Maine. [Wikipedia]
Residental area at confluence of Stroudwater and Fore Rivers · NPS record #73000126
Thomas B. Reed School
26 Homestead Ave. · NPS record #100004827
Thompson Block
The Thompson Block is a historic commercial building located at 117–125 Middle Street in downtown Portland, Maine. [Wikipedia]
117, 119, 121, 123 and 125 Middle St. · NPS record #73000127
Tracy-Causer Block
The Tracy-Causer Block is a historic commercial building located at 505–509 Fore Street in the Old Port commercial district of Portland, Maine. [Wikipedia]
505--509 Fore St. · NPS record #89001941
Trefethen-Evergreen Improvement Association (also Dayburn Casino)
12 Trefethen Avenue, Peaks Island · NPS record #100010086
U.S. Courthouse
The Edward T. Gignoux U.S. Courthouse is a historic courthouse at 156 Federal Street in Portland, Maine, United States. [Wikipedia]
156 Federal St. · NPS record #74000168
U.S. Customhouse
The United States Custom House is a historic custom house at 312 Fore Street in downtown Portland, Maine. [Wikipedia]
312 Fore St. · NPS record #73000128
US Post Office-Portland Main
The Portland Main Post Office is located at 125 Forest Avenue in the Parkside neighborhood of Portland, Maine. [Wikipedia]
125 Forest Ave. · NPS record #86001011
Westbrook College Historic District
The Westbrook College Historic District is a historic district in the Deering neighborhood of Portland, Maine. [Wikipedia]
716 Stevens Ave. · NPS record #77000066
Western Cemetery
6 Vaughan Street · NPS record #100011543
Western Promenade
The Western Promenade is a historic promenade, an 18.1-acre (7.3 ha) public park and recreation area in the West End neighborhood of Portland, Maine. [Wikipedia]
Roughly Western Promenade from Maine Medical Center to Valley St. · NPS record #89001710
Western Promenade Historic District
The Western Promenade Historic District encompasses a late 19th-and early 20th-century neighborhood in the West End of Portland, Maine. [Wikipedia]
Roughly bounded by Western Promenade and Bramhall, Brackett, Emery, and Danforth Sts. · NPS record #84001363
Williston-West Church and Parish House
The church was built in 1897, and is a significant Gothic work by Francis H. Fassett. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #80000232
Woodman Building (also Cook, Everett and Pennell Building)
The Woodman Building is a historic commercial block located at 133–141 Middle Street in Portland, Maine. [Wikipedia]
133-141 Middle St. · NPS record #72000075
Other towns in Cumberland County
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