Monument Square (Portland, Maine)
Monument Square is a town square in downtown Portland, Maine, about halfway between the East Bayside and Old Port neighborhoods. The Time and Temperature Building, Fidelity Trust Building, and the main branch of the Portland Public Library are on Congress Street, across from the square, while One Monument Square and One City Center are among the buildings on the square itself.
The square in 2017, viewed from Congress Street
A 2024 view of Congress Street from Monument Square, including the Time and Temperature Building (left) and the M&T Bank Building
1833 city hall (with the United States Hotel behind) in 1886. It was demolished 1888 and replaced by today's Soldiers and Sailors Monument
View of the Portland City Hall circa 1910
Portland is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Maine and the seat of Cumberland County. Portland's population was 68,408 in April 2020. The Greater Portland metropolitan area has a population of approximately 550,000 people. Historically tied to commercial shipping, the marine economy, and light industry, Portland's economy in the 21st century relies mostly on the service sector. The Port of Portland is the second-largest tonnage seaport in the New England area as of 2019.
Clockwise: Portland waterfront, the Portland Observatory on Munjoy Hill, the corner of Middle Street and Exchange Street in the Old Port, Congress Street, the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument in Monument Square, and winter light sculptures in Congress Square Park
Longfellow Square (c. 1906)
Gun recovered from USS Maine on Munjoy Hill
Aerial view of Portland from the north
