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No Admittance: 1910
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 02/06/2011 - 4:13pm.
Portland Harbor, Maine, circa 1910. "Memorial column, Deering Park." This memorial to Market Hall in Portland, using one of the razed building's columns, probably provoked its shares of snickers, not to mention nests. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
It was Greek to me
Submitted by dj1973 on Fri, 02/18/2011 - 10:51am.
Here are two pictures of Monument Square in Portland, ME; one with the Market building before 1890, and one from today.
Duck house
Submitted by dj1973 on Wed, 02/09/2011 - 5:30pm.
The little house in the pond is the duck house. When the pond freezes in the winter, it's popular with skaters, or used to be when I was a kid growing up in Portland.
No longer there
Submitted by Mr Njorl on Wed, 02/09/2011 - 10:06am.
The monument is no longer in the park. Deering Oaks is used for a variety of festivals throughout the warm months. The pond was featured in the film "The Preacher's Wife" with Denzel Washington.
Parque Del Casas Poquitos
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Tue, 02/08/2011 - 6:10pm.
I can't find the Market Hall memorial today, but this inexplicable little house lives in the same park.
A little hot in summer
Submitted by Mudhooks on Mon, 02/07/2011 - 2:54pm.
I wonder how many birds thought it was a nice house until the sun hit it?
Best Laugh of the Day
Submitted by Chuck on Mon, 02/07/2011 - 10:42am.
and that award goes to JeffK! Brilliant.
Is it still there?
Submitted by JeffK on Wed, 02/09/2011 - 1:00am.
Or did they tear it down and build a monument to it.
Update: Giving credit where it's due, the picture is not mine, I think our gracious host Dave added the funny photo. Thanks, Dave!
Out of scale
Submitted by tterrace on Sun, 02/06/2011 - 8:00pm.
That's what happens when you build your monument to a Nigel Tufnel design.
Avian access
Submitted by RayT on Sun, 02/06/2011 - 6:36pm.
That does look like it just may have been the coolest birdhouse EVER!
Is the monument still there?
Why
Submitted by switzarch on Sun, 02/06/2011 - 4:47pm.
Was Market Hall razed?
[As it says on the plaque, to make way for the Soldiers and Sailors Monument. - Dave]
The Plaque
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 02/06/2011 - 4:17pm.
"Above is a model of Market Hall, built in 1825, from which this column was taken when it was removed from the spot now occupied by the Soldiers and Sailors Monument."
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