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Portland Press Herald Still-Film Negatives Collection

Document Type

Still Image

Call number of Original

133371

Contributing Institution

Portland Public Library Special Collections & Archives

Location

Portland, Cumberland, Maine, USA

Creation Date

3-16-1978

Format of Original

35mm gelatin silver negatives

Description

Full exterior views of the Libby Memorial Building, 10 Congress Square, from northwest. Free Street at left; High Street at right. The building was named in memory of Joseph Ralph Libby (1845-1917).

The Libby Building was designed by Portland Architect Frederick Augustus Tompson, and built in 1897 for the Y.M.C.A. (Young Men's Christian Association). When the Y.M.C.A. moved to newer quarters (70 Forest Avenue) in 1927, the Libby Building served as a commercial office building until its demolition in January 1981.

The footprint became the site of the Portland Museum of Art Payson building.


Photos published in the Evening Express, on 16 March 1978.

[A postcard of the Libby Building can be seen, by clicking on this link]

Keywords

Portland, Me., Downtown Portland, Congress Square, Congress Street, High Street

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In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted.