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28 Monument Square was built in 1871. In 2006, the first floor and basement of the building became the home of Public Market House, in which several vendors flank a narrow central corridor. Some vendors relocated to Public Market House from the nearby Portland Public Market building, at the corner of
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gymnastics, which Neal learned in London from Carl Voelker, a German refugee. It was Maine's first organized athletic program, making Neal the "father of athletics in Maine" according to historian William Barry. Called the Portland Gymnasium, it had 300 members by 1828.
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in Market (or Haymarket) Square 1825. Also known as Military Hall, the first floor in the building's early years housed stalls used by farmers to sell agricultural products. In 1827, the upper floor housed the second public
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Eisenberg, Christiane (2007). "'German Gymnastics' in Britain, or the Failure of Culture Transfer". In Manz, Stefan; Beerbühl, Margrit Schulte; Davis, John R. (eds.).
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from the roof and adding a portico to the front. The cupola was reinstalled on the Universalist school house (now Alumni Hall on the
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now stands on the former site of the Market House. Portland's current Public Market House is on the right
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The building's simple gable appearance was modified in 1833, to plans made the previous year by
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Barry, William D. (May 20, 1979). "State's Father of Athletics a Multi-Faceted Figure".
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Today's Public Market House, located in the Emerson Clapp Building (built in 1871)
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in the country, founded by eccentric and influential writer, critic, and activist
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Businesses & Buildings - Portland Press Herald Still Film Negatives
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from the market house, pictured in 2024 on Alumni Hall on the
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Migration and Transfer from Germany to Britain, 1660–1914
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Charles Quincy Goodhue
Portland's first city hall
Haymarket Square
Portland, Maine
43°39′27″N 70°15′32″W / 43.65738°N 70.25891°W / 43.65738; -70.25891
Market House (Portland, Maine) is located in Maine
Portland, Maine
Monument Square
Portland's first city hall
Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument
Portland
market house
gymnasium
John Neal
Turnen
Charles Quincy Clapp
Portland's first city hall
Greek Revival
cupola
University of New England
Portland Rum Riot
Neal Dow
United States Hotel
Cumberland Avenue


Monument Square
Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument
The cupola from the market house, pictured in 2024 on Alumni Hall on the University of New England's Portland campus

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