Keywords: Deering Oaks
Item 148237
Bandstand, Deering Oaks Park, Portland, 1887
Contributed by: City of Portland - Planning & Development Date: 1887-08-02 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print
Item 148247
Deering Oaks Park, Portland, 1887
Contributed by: City of Portland - Planning & Development Date: 1887-09-05 Location: Portland Media: Photographic Print
Item 109949
Rock Garden for Deering Oaks, Detail of Planning, Portland, 1935
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1935 Location: Portland Client: City of Portland Architect: unknown
Item 109974
Waiting room at Deering Oaks Park, Portland, 1894
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1894 Location: Portland Client: unknown Architect: Frederick A. Tompson
Exhibit
Passamaquoddy Indians from Washington County traveled to Portland in 1920 to take part in the Maine Centennial Exposition. They set up an "Indian Village" at Deering Oaks Park.
Exhibit
From Sewers to Skylines: William S. Edwards's 1887 Photo Album
William S. Edwards (1830-1918) was a civil engineer who worked for the City of Portland from 1876-1906. Serving as First Assistant to Chief Engineer William A. Goodwin, then to Commissioner George N. Fernald, Edwards was a fixture in City Hall for 30 consecutive years, proving indispensable throughout the terms of 15 Mayors of Portland, including all six of those held by James Phineas Baxter. Edwards made significant contributions to Portland, was an outstanding mapmaker and planner, and his works continue to benefit historians.
Site Page
Rum, Riot, and Reform - Women Leaders and Temperance
"Originally located in Portland's Deering Oaks Park, the statue was moved to the courtyard of the Portland Public Library in 1979."
Site Page
"… by members of the Wabanaki community at Deering Oaks was a crowd and media favorite. The state of Maine invited European and Asian allied nations…"
Story
Apple Time - a visit to the ancestral farm
by Randy Randall
Memories from childhood of visiting the family homestead in Limington during apple picking time.
Story
History of Forest Gardens
by Gary Libby
This is a history of one of Portland's oldest local bars