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    Collection

    Portland Press Herald Still-Film Negatives Collection

    Document Type

    Still Image

    Call number of Original

    PH 03 FEB 1996

    Contributing Institution

    Portland Public Library Special Collections & Archives

    Location

    Portland, Cumberland, Maine, USA

    Creation Date

    2-3-1996

    Format of Original

    35mm color negatives

    Description

    Views of Portland Friends Meeting House (Quakers), 1837 Forest Avenue, after major renovations to the exterior and interior, completed in early 1996.
    The Quaker Meeting House had been originally built in 1855.

    Top image: Full exterior view of the Meeting House, with new entrance and wheelchair ramp.
    Bottom image: Interior view of sanctuary, with Clerk of the Meeting Mary Hillas standing and addressing the congregation with "It's so good to be home again," as the temporary place of worship was the nearby Pride's Corner Congregational Church.

    Photos published in the Portland Press Herald, on 3 February 1996.


    (See this link for earlier views of the building)



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    Keywords

    Portland, Me., Riverton, Forest Avenue, Houses of worship, Churches, Quaker Community

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    In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted.