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    Collection

    Portland Press Herald Still-Film Negatives Collection

    Document Type

    Still Image

    Call number of Original

    63674

    Contributing Institution

    Portland Public Library Special Collections & Archives

    Location

    Portland, Cumberland, Maine, USA

    Creation Date

    4-7-1951

    Format of Original

    4 x 5" gelatin silver negative

    Description

    Oak Street Friends Meeting House (Quakers), 83 Oak Street.
    Left image: Rev. Cymbrid Hughes, standing in front of the Meeting House.
    Right image: Print of full view of the Meeting House, as it appeared circa1950.

    The Meeting House was built in 1850, and the congregation was a "programmed meeting," meaning the order of service was led by a pastor. In 1974, the Oak Street Friends congregation merged with the Portland Friends Meeting (1837 Forest Avenue).
    The building at 83 Oak Street was later used as a dance hall, and was destroyed in a March 1980 fire.

    Photo of Rev. Hughes published in the Portland Press Herald, on 7 April 1951

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    Keywords

    Portland, Me., Downtown Portland, Houses of worship, Churches, Oak Street

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    In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted.