Contributed by Maine Historical Society
Description
In 1951, Maine General Hospital, Children's Hospital, and Maine Eye and Ear Infirmary merged to form Maine Medical Center. To accommodate the growing hospital, a new building was required. When construction began in 1954, Arsenal Street was closed and the building constructed on top of it. Additionally, nine Bramhall Street houses were purchased and demolished. As the opening of the new facility neared, patients put off elective surgery so they could be among the first to receive treatment at the new Maine Medial Center.
About This Item
- Title: Arsenal Street during Maine Medical Center construction, Portland, 1954
- Creation Date: 1954
- Subject Date: 1954
- Location: West End, Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: photographic print
- Dimensions: 20.3 cm x 25.4 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 4221, Box 111, Folder 5
- Collection: Maine Medical Center collection
- Object Type: Image
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Arsenal Street (Portland, Me.)
- Hospital buildings--Design and construction
- Hospitals--Maine--Portland
- Maine Medical Center (Portland, Me.)
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Maine Historical Society485 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
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