Longfellow Square Explained

Longfellow Square
Coordinates:43.653°N -70.2669°W
Maint:City of Portland
Location:Portland, Maine, U.S.
South:State Street
West:State Street

Longfellow Square is a public square in Portland, Maine, United States. Named for the poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, it is one of the three main squares on the city's Congress Street — the others being Congress Square and Monument Square, both located a short distance to the northeast. A monument to Wadsworth, erected in 1888, stands in the center of the square, with the seated subject looking east.[1]

The square is bounded by Congress Street to the north and State Street (which intersects Congress Street) to the west and south. Adjacent to the square is One Longfellow Square, a small performing-arts center.

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  1. Web site: Longfellow Square and Trelawny Building, Portland, 1921 . 2023-05-21 . Maine Memory Network . en.