Monument Square (Portland, Maine)

Monument Square
The square in 2017, viewed from Congress Street
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Location within Portland
Maintained byCity of Portland
LocationPortland, Maine, U.S.
Coordinates43°39′26″N 70°15′32″W / 43.657342°N 70.258924°W / 43.657342; -70.258924

Monument Square (formerly Market Square[1] or Haymarket Square)[2] is a town square in downtown Portland, Maine, about halfway between the East Bayside and Old Port neighborhoods. One Monument Square and One City Center are among the buildings on the square itself, while 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.

Prior to 20th-century redevelopment, Middle Street originated from Market Square.[3][4] It ran east through where The Maine Lobsterman statue is today, before continuing its current route from its intersection with Temple, Spring and Union Streets. The original stretch, which formerly met Federal Street in the square, is now paved with bricks and is no longer Middle Street.

  1. ^ Maine Register Or State Year-book and Legislative Manual from April 1 ... to April 1 ... J.B. Gregory. 1888.
  2. ^ "Hay Market Square, Portland, 1830". Maine Memory Network. Retrieved 2024-03-11.
  3. ^ "Middle Street from Monument Square, Portland, ca. 1910". Maine Memory Network. Retrieved 2024-03-11.
  4. ^ "Middle St. looking towards Monument Square, Portland, Me - Digital Collections - National Library of Medicine". collections.nlm.nih.gov. Retrieved 2024-03-11.