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U.S. Courthouse today. The U.S. District Court for the District of Maine (in case citations, D. Me.) is the U.S. district court for the state of Maine. The District of Maine was one of the original thirteen district courts established by the Judiciary Act of 1789, even though Maine was not a separate state from Massachusetts until 1820.
Cross Insurance Arena. / 43.65556°N 70.25917°W / 43.65556; -70.25917. Cross Insurance Arena (formerly Cumberland County Civic Center) is a multi-purpose arena located in Portland, Maine. Built in 1977, at a cost of US$8 million, it is the home arena for the Maine Mariners of the ECHL. There are 6,206 permanent seats in the arena, and ...
August 31, 1910. Dedicated to. United States Army and United States Navy who died in the American Civil War. The Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument (also known as "Our Lady of Victories") [1] is a monumental statue located in Monument Square, Portland, Maine, United States. Dedicated on October 28, 1891, [2] it honors "those brave men of Portland ...
78000167 [1] Added to NRHP. May 23, 1978. The J.B. Brown Memorial Block (also known as the John B. Brown Building) [2] is a historic commercial building at Congress and Casco Streets in downtown Portland, Maine. Built in 1883 to a design by John Calvin Stevens, it is one of the city's few examples of Queen Anne Victorian commercial architecture.
The Maine Supreme Judicial Court is the highest court in the state of Maine's judicial system. It is composed of seven justices, who are appointed by the governor and confirmed by the Maine Senate. Between 1820 and 1839, justices served lifetime appointments with a mandatory retirement age of 70. Starting in 1839, justices have been appointed ...
Portland was a center for protests against the law, and the protests culminated on June 2, 1855 in the Portland Rum Riot. Between 1,000 and 3,000 people opposed to the law gathered because Neal S. Dow , the mayor of Portland and a Maine Temperance Society leader, had authorized a shipment of $1,600 of "medicinal and mechanical alcohol."
If that report is accurate, $2.5 billion of the $2.8 billion settlement is intended for that classification. But, in many ways, these are assumptions, experts say.
Time and Temperature Building. / 43.6571°N 70.2599°W / 43.6571; -70.2599. 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 ...