. Here and there in New England and Canada . public subscriptions; and the unveiling and dedi-cation occurred in 1888, in the presence of upwards of five tliousandpeople. Among the notable and interestin;j churclies of the city are the 122 Episcopal Cathedral of St. Luke, the great Catholic Catlicdral of theImmaculate Conception, with a spire sixteen feet liiglier than IJnuker-Ilill Monument; the old First-Parisli clmrch (Unitarian), Avitli lieavywalls of granite and a quaint clock-tower; tlie Second-Parish churcli,of stone, and tlie First Baptist Church. The house in wliicli Longfellow was Ij
. Here and there in New England and Canada . public subscriptions; and the unveiling and dedi-cation occurred in 1888, in the presence of upwards of five tliousandpeople. Among the notable and interestin;j churclies of the city are the 122 Episcopal Cathedral of St. Luke, the great Catholic Catlicdral of theImmaculate Conception, with a spire sixteen feet liiglier than IJnuker-Ilill Monument; the old First-Parisli clmrch (Unitarian), Avitli lieavywalls of granite and a quaint clock-tower; tlie Second-Parish churcli,of stone, and tlie First Baptist Church. The house in wliicli Longfellow was Ijorn still stands at tlie cornerof Fore and Ilancoclc Streets, once a fasliional:)le quarter, but now tliedingiest part of the town, amid docks and elevators and railways. It isoccupied by several Irisli families. Up in the busj residence-quarter,on Congress Street, stands tlie ancestral Wadsworth mansion, Long-. fellows abiding-place when he visited Portland in later years. Nextdoor is the Preble House, erected by an Italian architect in 1806, forthe home of Commodore Preble (Preble of Tripoli). State Street is one of the famous old residence-streets of NewEngland, with double rows of murmuring elms, and lines of great oldmansions, dating from the days When men lived in a grander way,With ampler hospitality. As a centre of summer-excursions, Portland has many advantages,in its comfortable hotels, its beautiful and historic environs, its rail- 123 roads running in a fcAv miles to manj- famous beach and lake resorts,and lines of steamboats to the islands of the harbor and Casco Bay,and outside to Squirrel Island, Damariscotta, and other points. Here,too, the Mount-Desert steamers may be taken, for longer voyages tothe eastward, over the open sea. Among the interesting drives fromTortland we may go out over Tukeys Bridge, by East Deering and theUnited-States Marine Hospital on Martins Point, to
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