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Description
The Chamber of Commerce building at 142 Free Street in Portland about 1926.
The Chamber purchased the 85-year-old Free Street Baptist Church building in 1926 and hired John Calvin Stevens and his son, John Howard Stevens, to restore the building to its original appearance. It was originally built in 1830 as a theater.
The building later became home to the Children's Museum of Maine.
About This Item
- Title: Chamber of Commerce, Portland. ca. 1926
- Creation Date: circa 1926
- Subject Date: circa 1926
- Location: Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Postcard
- Local Code: Coll. 4014, Portland--Buildings
- Collection: Postcard collection
- Object Type: Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Automobiles--Maine--Portland--1910-1920
- Buildings--Maine--Portland
- Chambers of Commerce--Maine--Portland
- Churches--Maine--Portland
- Free Street (Portland, Me.)
- Historic buildings--Maine--Portland
- Museums--Maine
- Portland Regional Chamber of Commerce (Me.)--History
- Streets--Maine--Portland
- Theaters--Maine--Portland
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