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Collection
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]
Recommended Citation
"Libby Memorial Building, 1978" (1978). Businesses & Buildings - Portland Newspapers (Guy Gannett) Still Film Negatives. 153.
https://digitalcommons.portlandlibrary.com/pphnegs_images_business/153
Keywords
Portland, Me., Downtown Portland, Congress Square, Congress Street, High Street
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