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Collection
Portland Press Herald Still-Film Negatives Collection
Document Type
Still Image
Call number of Original
142935
Contributing Institution
Portland Public Library Special Collections & Archives
Location
Portland, Cumberland, Maine, USA
Creation Date
1-27-1984
Format of Original
35mm gelatin silver negatives
Description
Interior views of Saint Francis Chapel, 30 Milk Street, lower (basement) level. Created by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland as a place of prayer and reflection in the Old Port, the Chapel at Milk and Exchange Street replaced the former Saint Francis de Sales Chapel that had been at 13 Brown Street, from 1961-1968.
Above the Saint Francis Chapel was the Saint Joseph the Provider thrift shop.
Top image: Interior view of the chapel, with Rev. Giles Barreda, OFM (Franciscan), pastor.
Bottom image: General interior view of the chapel.
Photos published in the Evening Express, on 27 January 1984
Recommended Citation
"Saint Francis Chapel, 1984" (1984). Businesses & Buildings - Portland Press Herald Still Film Negatives. 483.
https://digitalcommons.portlandlibrary.com/pphnegs_images_business/483
Keywords
Portland, Me., Old Port, Houses of worship, Churches
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