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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Portland, Maine, United States, from its settling in 1633 to the present day.
17th century
- 1632 - Casco settled.
- 1658 - Settlement renamed "Falmouth."[1]
- 1659 - George Munjoy settled what became Munjoy Hill.[2]
- 1668 - Eastern Cemetery established.
- 1676 - Village sacked by the Wampanoag during King Philip's War.
- 1690 - Battle of Fort Loyal.
18th century
- 1718 - Town of Falmouth established.[3]
- 1740 - First Parish Church built.[3]
- 1763 - Falmouth Library Society organized.
- 1764 - Population: about 2,000.[1]
- 1768
- Portland Fire Department formed.
- Portland Farmers' Market established.
- 1775
- Thompson's War[4]
- Town burned by British.[3]
- 1785 - Falmouth Gazette newspaper begins publication.[5]
- 1785/1786 - Peleg Wadsworth built what became known as the Wadsworth-Longfellow House.[3]
- 1786 - Falmouth renamed "Portland."[6]
- 1790
- 1791 - 159–161 Fore Street, the 1807 birthplace of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, built.[10]
- 1794 - Fort Sumner built.
- 1796 - Portland Marine Society incorporated.[11]
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19th century
- 1800 - Population: 3,704.[12]
- 1803
- Eastern Argus newspaper began publication.[13]
- United States Hotel built in Haymarket Square (today's Monument Square).
- 1805 - Portland Benevolent Society incorporated.[11]
- 1806 - Gorham Academy built.
- 1807
- Portland Observatory built.[3]
- Birth of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.[3]
- Queen's Hospital opened (later renamed Northern Light Mercy)
- 1819 - State constitutional convention held.[14]
- 1820
- Portland became the capital of the State of Maine.[3]
- Maine Council of Royal Masters instituted.[11]
- Population: 8,581.[8]
- 1821
- High School established.
- Maine Mineralogical Society established.[11]
- Maine Encampment of Knight Templars established.[11]
- 1822 - Maine Historical Society founded.
- 1825
- First Parish Church built.
- Market (or Haymarket) House built Haymarket Square.
- 1826 - Portland Athenaeum founded.
- 1827 - John Neal opened the first public gymnasium in the U.S. founded by an American in the Market House.[15]
- 1828
- Maine's first literary periodical, The Yankee, founded by John Neal.[16]
- Abyssinian Meeting House established.
- Mariner's Church built.
- 1829
- Theatre built on Union Street.[17][18]
- Western Cemetery established.
- 1830 - Population - 12,598.[8]
- 1831 - Westbrook Seminary chartered.[3]
- 1832
- State capital moved from Portland to Augusta.
- City of Portland chartered.[3]
- Cumberland and Oxford Canal opened bringing interior trade to Portland harbor from Long Lake.[19]
Original City Hall - 1834 - Sylvester Graham Riot at the Temple Street Church.[20]
- 1836 - Western Promenade laid out.[17]
- 1839 - B. Thurston & Co. publishers established.[21]
- 1843
- Railway service began between Boston and Portland.[22]
- Portland Society of Natural History organized.[3]
- 1844 - Portland Steam Packet Company organized.[23]
- 1845 - The Pleasure Boat newspaper began publication.[24]
- 1846 - Portland Company established to build railway locomotives.[23]
- 1849 - Portland Gas Light Co. incorporated.[25]
- 1850
- Population: 20,815.[12]
- 1851 - Kennebec and Portland Railroad began operating.[26]
- 1852 - Commercial Street completed on land reclaimed from the Fore River estuary.[27]
- 1853
- Grand Trunk Railway to Montreal began operating.
- Portland Board of Trade established.[28]
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland established.
- 1855
- Portland Rum Riot.
- Evergreen Cemetery established.
- United States Marine Hospital established.[1]
- 1856 - Chestnut Street Methodist Church built.
- 1859
- Forest City Cemetery established.
- Mechanics' Hall completed.
- 1860
- Victoria Mansion built.
- Portland Railroad Company established.[29]
- 1862
- Portland Daily Press newspaper began publication.[7]
- Maine Central Railroad Company began operations.
- Second iteration of City Hall built on Congress Street.
- Portland Water Company established.
- 1863
- Battle of Portland Harbor.
- Portland street car service began.[30]
- Galt wharf grain elevator completed for export of Canadian wheat.[31]
- 1865 - Fort Gorges completed.[32]
- 1866
- Fire.[3]
- Lincoln Park established.
- 1867
- Portland Institute and Public Library founded.[33]
- First Baptist Church built.
- Water company established to supply the city from Sebago Lake.[1]
- 1868 - Third City Hall, St. Paul's Church and Rectory and the Falmouth Hotel built.
- 1869
- Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception construction completed.[1]
- Portland Yacht Club established.
- 1870 - Cumberland and Oxford Canal abandoned when Portland and Ogdensburg Railroad reached Sebago Lake.[34]
United States Custom House - 1874
- Deering High School established.
- Maine Medical Center established.
- 1875
- Southworth Press established.[35]
- The Cumberland Club established.
- 1878 - University of Southern Maine established.
Deering Oaks Park - 1881 - Young People's Society of Christian Endeavour founded by Francis Edward Clark.[36][3]
- 1882
- Portland Society of Art founded.
- Evening Express newspaper begins publication.
- 1884 - Maine Genealogical Society organized.
- 1886
- Portland centennial.[37]
- The Portland Club established.
Union Station - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Monument unveiled at Longfellow Square in West End.[3]
- First City Hall demolished.
- Union Station built.
- 1890 - Population: 36,425.[8][3]
- 1891
- Portland Soldiers and Sailors Monument, erected on the site of the first City Hall, dedicated in Monument Square.
- Maine Eye and Ear Infirmary building completed.
- 1892 - Six Towns Times established.
- 1895 - State of Maine Armory building completed.
- 1897
- Jefferson Theatre opened.[17]
- Maine Music Festival began.[3]
- St. Lawrence Church and Williston-West Church built.
- 1898 - Waynflete School established.
- 1899
- 1900 - Population: 50,145.[3]
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20th century
- 1901 - New England Elevator Company built the largest grain elevator on the Atlantic coast.[40]
- 1902 - First Amato's opened on India Street.[41]
Grand Trunk Railway Station - Portland Company ceased building railway locomotives.[42]
- Grand Trunk Railway Station built on India Street.
- 1908
- Portland Society of Arts and Crafts organized.[43]
- City Hall destroyed by fire.
City Hall - The fourth and current City Hall built.[1]
- Children's Hospital built at 68 High Street.
- 1910
- Memorial statue of Thomas Brackett Reed unveiled on the Western Promenade.[44]
- Cumberland County Courthouse built.
- Population: 58,571.[3]
- 1911
- L. D. M. Sweat Memorial Art Museum dedicated.[45]
- Portland Terminal Company formed.
- Masonic Temple built.
- Edward T. Gignoux United States Courthouse built.
- 1912
- Merrill Auditorium built.
- Eastern Promenade laid out according to design by Olmsted Brothers.[46]
- 1913
- State of Maine Express began direct Pullman railway service from major U.S. cities to Portland.[47]
- Historical pageant took place on Eastern Promenade.[48]
- B&M Baked Beans factory built.
- 1914
- Portland–Lewiston Interurban service began between Portland and Lewiston.[30]
- Green Memorial A.M.E. Zion Church,[49] Portland Exposition Building and Woodfords Club built.
- 1916 - Million Dollar Bridge opened.
Baxter Boulevard - Baxter Boulevard established at Back Cove.
- Cheverus High School established.
- Oakhurst Dairy established.
- 1919
- Portland designated eastern end of the Theodore Roosevelt International Highway.[50]
- Casco Bay Lines established.
- 1921 - Etz Chaim Synagogue built.
- 1923
- Portland Symphony Orchestra and Children's Theatre of Portland established.
- Press Herald Building completed.
- Canadian National Railway began diverting export traffic from Portland to Canadian Maritime ports.[51]
- 1924
- Maine State Pier and Chapman Building constructed.
- Longfellow Garden Club organized.[52]
- 1925 - Central Fire Station built on part of Lincoln Park.
- 1926 - U.S. Route 1 linked Portland to the United States highway system.[53]
- 1927 - Eastland Hotel opened.
- 1928 - James E. Barlow hired as second City Manager.
- 1929 - State Theatre opened.
- 1930
- The Gull began international Pullman train service through Portland from the Maritimes.[54]
Portland International Jetport
- 1931 - Portland-Westbrook Municipal Airport (later Portland International Jetport) opened.
- 1932 - Main Post Office building completed.
- 1933
- End of interurban service from Portland to surrounding communities.[30]
- 1934 - Flying Yankee began streamliner service to Portland.[55]
- 1936 - The Village Cafe opened on Newbury Street. It remained in business for 71 years.
- 1940 - East Wind began summer passenger train service to Portland for vacationers from major eastern cities.[56]
- 1941
- Portland–Montreal Pipe Line completed.[57]
- Portland became United States Navy destroyer base Sail during the Battle of the Atlantic.[58]
- Victoria Mansion museum opened.
- Portland street car system dismantled.[30]
- 1942 - Battery Steele built.
- 1944 - A-26 Invader crashed near Portland airport, Maine's worst aircraft accident.[59]
- 1946 - Baxter Woods municipal forest established.[60]
- 1947 - Maine Turnpike connected Portland to what became the Interstate Highway System.[61]
- 1950 - Population: 77,634.[8]
- 1953 - WCSH begins broadcasting.
- 1954
- WMTW begins broadcasting.
Tukey's Bridge
- 1960 - Tukey's Bridge built.
- 1961
- Demolition of Union Station ended daily passenger train service to Portland.[62]
- Greyhound bus station built on St. John Street.[63]
- 1963 - Falmouth Hotel demolished.
- 1964 - Greater Portland Landmarks preservation group formed.[64]
- 1965
- Kennedy Park housing built.
- United States Hotel demolished in Monument Square.
- 1966
- Greater Portland Transit District established.
- Grand Trunk Railway Station demolished.
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- 1967
- Summer weekend passenger train service to Portland ended.[65]
- Franklin Street demolished, to be replaced by Franklin Arterial.[66]
- 1969
- One Monument Square opened on the former site of the United States Hotel.
- Franklin Towers completed, becoming Maine's tallest residential building.
- Portland Rugby Football Club established.
- 1970 - University of Southern Maine's Portland campus established.
- 1971
- The Canal Bank Plaza is built on the site of the former Falmouth Hotel.
- Construction of Interstate 295 through Portland was completed.[67]
- 1973
- Old Port Festival began.
- WMPG begins broadcasting.
- Salt Institute for Documentary Studies founded.
- 1974
- The Hollow Reed restaurant in the Old Port was founded.[68]
- Profile Theatre established (later renamed Portland Stage Company).
- 1975 - Portland Pirates ice hockey team established.
- 1976 - Children's Museum of Maine founded.
Cumberland County Civic Center - Cumberland County Civic Center built.
- American Hockey League iteration of the Maine Mariners ice-hockey team established.
- 1978 - Portland Stage Company active.
East End Treatment Plant - 1983 - Portland Museum of Art expanded into the Charles Shipman Payson Building.
- 1984
- Sister city relationship established with Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan.[70]
- Portland Ice Arena opened.
- 1985 - Portland Monthly magazine began publication.
- 1988
- Maine Island Trail Association established.
- Gritty McDuff's, considered Maine's first brewpub, opens on Fore Street.[71]
- 1989 - East Coast Hockey League iteration of the Maine Mariners ice-hockey team established.
- 1992 - AHL Maine Mariners became defunct.
- 1993
- Portland Pirates ice hockey team formed.
- Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Museum opened.
- Children's Museum moved to its third home, beside the Portland Museum of Art on Free Street.[72]
Hadlock Field - Portland Chamber Music Festival began.
- PORTopera founded.
- Portland Sea Dogs minor-league baseball team established; Hadlock Field opened.
- Cumberland County Jail built.
- 1996
- Westbrook College merged with the University of New England, later assuming the name of the latter.[73]
- Portland bus terminal opened at Thompson's Point.
- 1997
- Casco Bay Bridge opens.
- City website went online (approximate date).[74][chronology citation needed]
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21st century
- 2000 - First Friday Art Walk established.[75]
- 2001
- Portland Transportation Center completed, incorporating a train station beside the bus station.
- Downeaster restored passenger train service to Portland.[76]
- 2003 - Sister city relationship established with Mytilene, Greece.[70]
- 2006 - Maine Roller Derby and Portland Society of Architects founded.[77]
- 2008 - Ocean Gateway International Marine Passenger Terminal opened.
- 2009
- Port City Music Hall opened.[78]
- Congress Street designated an historic district.[79]
- Maine Celtics basketball team established.
201 Federal Street
- 2010
- New Veterans Memorial Bridge completed.
- 2014 - The fourth and current iteration of the Martin's Point Bridge is completed.
- 2016
- Portland Pirates ice hockey team became defunct.
- First departure from International Marine Terminal.[80]
- 2021- Children's Museum & Theatre of Maine opened at Thompson's Point.[72]
- 2023
- Portland Hearts of Pine soccer team established.
- 201 Federal Street completed, surpassed Franklin Towers as Maine's tallest residential building.
- 2024 - Record tide level of the Fore River causes severe flooding.[81]
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