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Monument Square (Portland, Maine)

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28 Monument Square was built in 1871. In 2006, the first floor and basement of the building became the home of Public Market House, in which several vendors flank a narrow central corridor. Some vendors relocated to Public Market House from the nearby Portland Public Market building, at the corner of
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in Market Square to facilitate the sale produce and livestock. In 1833, the structure was modified to serve as Portland's first city hall. In 1862, it was replaced by a
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statue is today, before continuing its current route from its intersection with Temple, Spring and Union Streets. The original stretch, which formerly met
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The Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument (also known as "Our Lady of Victories") stands in the center of Monument Square, on the former site of Portland's
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Remnants of the building, formerly attached to 15 Monument Square, demolished to make way for the entrance to One City Center parking garage
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One Monument Square is a ten-story office building on the eastern edge of the square, located on the former site of the
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behind) in 1886. It was demolished 1888 and replaced by today's Soldiers and Sailors Monument
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Maine Register Or State Year-book and Legislative Manual from April 1 ... to April 1 ...
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in the square, is now paved with bricks and is no longer Middle Street.
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Acts and resolves passed by the ... Legislature of the state of Maine
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A 2024 view of Congress Street from Monument Square, including the
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originated from Market Square. It ran east through where
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Congress Street
Portland, Maine
43°39′26″N 70°15′32″W / 43.657342°N 70.258924°W / 43.657342; -70.258924
town square
Portland, Maine
East Bayside
Old Port
Time and Temperature Building
Fidelity Trust Building
Portland Public Library
Congress Street
One Monument Square
One City Center
Middle Street
The Maine Lobsterman
Federal Street

Time and Temperature Building
M&T Bank Building
United States Hotel
Pierce, Atwood, Scribner, Allen, Smith & Lancaster
Amica Mutual Insurance
Cumberland Avenue
Old City Hall (Portland, Maine)
Market House
new city hall
Exchange Street
Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument (Portland, Maine)
1833 city hall

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