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Need a Fall Reading List? We've got Suggestions!
Now that summer is drawing to a close are you adding books to your reading list? Do you plan to spend one last sunny September weekend in your hammock with a good book? We are! Here are some titles on...
View ArticleEasy Energy Upgrades for Your Older Home
By Noelle Lord CastleThis article was originally published in the Landmarks ObserverBack when your drafty old place was built, believe me they had energy efficiency in mind. Buildings were oriented so...
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Minor League Baseball in Bayside: A History of the Bayside Park Baseball Stadium
A view of Bayside Park baseball stadium from Washington Avenue in Portland. Portland Maine History 1786 to Present Bayside Park served as home to several independent baseball teams from its...
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Saying Goodbye to the UMaine School of Law Building
The Home of the University of Maine Law School is being demolished after 50 years of looming over Oakdale.By Archer ThomasSince 1972, the hulking concrete mass of the University of Maine School of Law...
View ArticleFederal Advocacy Alert
Ask your legislators to support theHistoric Tax Credit enhancement provisions included in the infrastructure legislation.Your outreach will directly determinehow much support HTC provisions will...
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Bayside's Cedar Street
by Julie Larry and Evan BrisentineBayside is full of some of the earliest homes in Portland, as they escaped the Great Fire of 1866. While other Portland neighborhoods lost most of their Federal and...
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Historic Preservation and Rising Waters
Flooding in Gardiner in 1936 Fogler Library, University of Maine Downtown Gardiner Floods in 1987 Portland Press Herald Flooding in a watery state like Maine is not unusual. Spring thaw usually brings...
View ArticlePortland City Council Candidates Survey
As many of Portland's historic districts and buildings are located in District One and District Two, we know you are interested in learning more about the candidates in this year's City Council...
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October Federal Advocacy Alert
Ask your legislators to support theHistoric Tax Credit enhancement provisions included in the infrastructure legislation.Your outreach will directly determinehow much support HTC provisions will...
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November Federal Advocacy Alert: Historic Tax Credit Provision
Historic Tax Credit Provisions REMOVED from bill! Last week, a new iteration of the reconciliation infrastructure bill was released and was significantly reduced in scope, excluding the Historic Tax...
View ArticleAdvocacy Alert: Munjoy Hill Neighborhood Conservation Overlay Zone REPEAL
Portland City Council to hold workshop on repealing the Munjoy Hill Neighborhood Conservation Overlay Zone on Monday, June 13In February, Portland’s planning board recommended that Portland City...
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Did You Know, part 1: Training the Preservationists of the Future
November 9, 2022 2022 summer intern Hilary Bergen surveying historic resources interns Hilary Bergen, Lilu McNiff & Liam McNiff take a break from research to visit the Observatory As an...
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Did You Know, part 2: A Focus on Policy & Advocacy
November 16, 2022 The B&M Baked Bean Factory Interior view of Fort Gorges As an organization that’s been around for nearly 60 years, we are involved in a lot of different things, and we want to...
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Did You Know? Part 3: Investigating Home Histories
November 30, 2022 Marker program plaques Original wallpaper in a marker home ca. 1890 As an organization that’s been around for nearly 60 years, we are involved in a lot of different things, and we...
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Did You Know? Part 4: Providing Support for the Trades
December 7, 2022 Bagala Window Works display at 2019 Old House Trade Show Plaster Magic display at 2019 Old House Trade Show As an organization that’s been around for nearly 60 years, we are involved...
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Did You Know? Part 5: Preservation & Sustainability
December 14, 2022 Historic barn in Gorham, now boasting solar panels High tide flooding on Commercial Street, photo by Corey Templeton As an organization that’s been around for nearly 60 years, we are...
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Did You Know? Part 6: Uncovering History
December 21, 2022 Before and after photos of 190-192 Oxford Street, former home of an Armenian grocery store 1933 view of Congress Square, with Empire Chop Suey Chinese restaurant at center, courtesy...
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Our View: PMA Campus Expansion & Unification
Aerial view of the Portland Museum of Art’s campus with the Payson Building at center-right and, to its left, the former Children’s Museum where the expansion plan is focused. Photo appeared in the...
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Advocacy Alert: Support Expanding the Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credit
Join Us in Supporting LD1810 to ExpandMaine's Historic Rehabilitation Tax CreditOn Tuesday, May 9 at 1pm, the Taxation Committee of the Maine State Legislature will hold a hearing on LD 1810, An Act...
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