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Chapman Building, Congress Street, Portland, ca. 1924

Chapman Building, Congress Street, Portland, ca. 1924

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Maine Historical Society

1924 - Looking East on Congress Street Toward City Hall

This view was probably made from the roof of the Porteous Department Store – now the location of the Maine College of Art.

The newly constructed Chapman Building offered eleven floors of office space and a commercial arcade.

Cars and electric trolleys filled Congress Street.


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