Time and Temperature Building

Time and Temperature Building
The building viewed from Center Street
Time and Temperature Building is located in Maine
Time and Temperature Building
Time and Temperature Building
Location within Maine
Former namesChapman Building
General information
TypeHigh-rise building
Architectural styleNeoclassical
LocationPortland, Maine, United States
Address477 Congress Street
Coordinates43°39′26″N 70°15′36″W / 43.6571°N 70.2599°W / 43.6571; -70.2599
Completed1924 (100 years ago) (1924)
Renovated1996
OwnerTT Maine Venture LLC
Height184 ft (56 m)
Technical details
Floor count14
Lifts/elevators3
Design and construction
Architect(s)Herbert W. Rhodes
References
[1][2]

The Time and Temperature Building, originally known as the Chapman Building, and officially 477 Congress Street, is a 14-story office building on Congress Street in downtown Portland, Maine. The building, which replaced Preble House (a successor to the mansion of Commodore Edward Preble),[3] is named after a large three-sided four-element eggcrate display screen on the roof that flashes the local time and temperature. It was built in 1924 as a 12-story building, with Maine's first indoor shopping center on its ground floor.[4][5] It sits across Preble Street from the 10-story Fidelity Trust Building.[5] Until the 1970s, these buildings were Portland's only skyscrapers.[6]

The building, one of Portland's tallest, is visible from miles away, including from Peaks Island across the harbor, and it has become a landmark to Portlanders who depend on it for the sign's time and temperature, but also mariners sailing into Portland harbor.

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  2. ^ "477 Congress Street". The Skyscraper Center. Retrieved May 31, 2020.
  3. ^ Ledman, Paul J. (2016). Walking Through History: Portland, Maine on Foot. Next Steps Publishing. p. 16. ISBN 978-0-9728587-1-7.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Anderson 2019 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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  6. ^ "A Snapshot of Portland, 1924: The Taxman Cometh". Maine Memory Network. Retrieved May 31, 2020.