Greater Portland Landmarks is a preservation organization founded in 1964 and based in

Portland, Maine Portland is the List of municipalities in Maine, most populous city in the U.S. state of Maine and the county seat, seat of Cumberland County, Maine, Cumberland County. Portland's population was 68,408 at the 2020 census. The Portland metropolit ...

, United States. It was formed three years after the demolition of the city's

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, during the

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movement, with the intention of preventing further such losses. The company is also the custodian of the Portland Observatory on

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. The structure is included on the company's logo. , the president of Greater Portland Landmarks is Bruce Roullard. Its executive director is Kate Lemos McHale.

History

Greater Portland Landmarks received two grants in 2022, one of which (from the

National Trust for Historic Preservation The National Trust for Historic Preservation is a privately funded, nonprofit organization based in Washington, D.C., that works in the field of historic preservation in the United States. The member-supported organization was founded in 1949 ...

) was to fund the search for sites in Greater Portland related to its Armenian American, Chinese American and African American heritage. In 2024, it sued the City of Portland in an attempt to prevent the demolition of the building, constructed in 1830, which was formerly the home of the Children's Museum and Theatre of Maine. The City Council had approved a plan to remove a historic classification from the building, which stands in Free Street in

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References

External links

Official website
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