Longfellow Square

Longfellow Square
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Monument in 2018, looking northwest
Map
Location within Portland
Maintained byCity of Portland
LocationPortland, Maine, U.S.
Coordinates43°39′11″N 70°16′01″W / 43.6529873°N 70.2668522°W / 43.6529873; -70.2668522
North
SouthState Street
WestState Street

43°39′11″N 70°16′01″W / 43.653113°N 70.266963°W / 43.653113; -70.266963

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. ^ "Longfellow Square and Trelawny Building, Portland, 1921". Maine Memory Network. Retrieved May 21, 2023.
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