• Source: Congress Street (Portland, Maine)

Congress Street is the main street in Portland, Maine. Around 5.77 miles (9.29 km) long, it stretches from County Road, Portland's southwestern border with Westbrook, through a number of neighborhoods, before ending overlooking the Eastern Promenade on Munjoy Hill. In March 2009, the Portland City Council designated much of the inner portion of Congress Street a historic district. The western section of the street includes the city's Arts District.
The street was formerly known as both Country Road and Back Street. West of downtown Portland, the street is known colloquially as Outer Congress Street.
Portland City Hall stands at 389 Congress Street, at the head of Exchange Street.




History


When what is now Portland was founded by British colonists in the early 18th century, the population settled primarily on the waterfront near today's India Street. Congress was laid out and originally known as Back Street and later Queen Street. The first prominent structures on the street were the First Parish Meeting House, built in 1740 and replaced to the present structure in the 1820s as well as the hay scales in Market Square, later known as Monument Square. From the early settlement of Portland until the American Revolutionary War period, Back Street was considered the far edge of the town. It took the name of Congress Street beginning in 1823.
In 1921, the Etz Chaim Synagogue was built on the eastern end of Congress Street approaching Munjoy Hill. As of 2011, it was the only immigrant-era synagogue still functioning in Maine.
A study in 2011 sought to change a number of features on the street, including decreasing the number of stoplights and ending left hand turns off of the street. Greater Portland planners also called the street the most congested artery in the region.




Notable addresses


Munjoy Hill: Congress Street begins on the Eastern Promenade, located on Munjoy Hill
Portland Observatory, 138 Congress Street, historic marine signal tower and museum
Eastern Cemetery, bounded by Congress and Mountfort Street at the base of Munjoy Hill
North School, 248–264 Congress Street
Lincoln Park, between Pearl, Federal, Congress and Franklin streets
Etz Chaim Synagogue, 267 Congress Street
St. Paul's Church and Rectory, 279 Congress Street
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, 307 Congress Street
First Baptist Church, 353 Congress Street
Central Fire Station, 380 Congress Street
Press Herald Building, 390 Congress Street, between and Exchange and Market streets
First Parish Church, 425 Congress Street
Monument Square (also home to the Portland Public Library and One City Center buildings)
Lancaster Block, 474 Congress Street
Time and Temperature Building, 477 Congress Street
Maine Historical Society and Wadsworth-Longfellow House, 489 Congress Street
Mechanics' Hall, 519 Congress Street
Porteous, Mitchell and Braun Company Building (home of the Maine College of Art & Design), 522–528 Congress Street
Asa Hanson Block, 548–550 Congress Street
Salt Institute for Documentary Studies, 561 Congress Street
Green Elephant Vegetarian Bistro, 608 Congress Street
State Theatre, 609 Congress Street
Baxter Building, 619 Congress Street
Lafayette Apartments (former Lafayette Hotel), 638 Congress Street
Maine Eye and Ear Infirmary, 794–800 Congress Street
Portland Museum of Art, Congress Square at the intersection of Free Street and High Street
Congress Square Park, a small park on the corner of High and Congress Street
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Monument, located in Longfellow Square at the intersection of Congress Street and State Street
West End: Congress Street passes through the West End
Deacon John Bailey House, 1235 Congress Street
Fore River Sanctuary, outer Congress Street
Fore River, estuary in Portland crossed by Congress Street
Stroudwater, historic district near Fore River
Tate House, located just off of Congress Street in Stroudwater
The Second Parish Payson Memorial Church formerly stood to the right of City Hall, at Pearl Street, where the Top of the Hill parking lot is today.




Public transportation


Greater Portland Metro's route 1 (Congress Street), 5 (The Maine Mall), 7 (Falmouth Flyer), 8 (Peninsula Loop), 9A (North Deering via Stevens Avenue), 9B (North Deering via Washington Avenue) and the BREEZ, and Biddeford Saco Old Orchard Beach Transit's route 60 serve Congress Street.




See also


Portland Railroad Company




References






External links


"A Soundwalk in Portland Maine", CoLab Radio, Listening to the City, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, May 26, 2015

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