142 Free Street is the One Building in Portland on the Maine Preservation 2024 Endangered Building.  Greater Portland Landmarks has Filed a Lawsuit Against the City of Portland for its Reclassification Which Permits the Portland Museum of Art do Demolish it for Itx Expansion Purposes.

Maine Preservation has just announced its 2024 list of Most Endangered Historic places.  Nominations came in from across the state, with those places requiring the greatest need making the final list.

The Endangered List is intended to highlight and amplify local efforts to protect our built heritage, from communities in central Maine. whipping up votes that save town halls to a Downeast cultural institution seeking support to repair  and repurpose an iconic church.  The one building in Portland to make this list is 142 Free Street, in the Arts District of Portland.

The Portland Museum of Art’s proposal to reclassify 142 Free Street is a non-contributing resouorce in the Congress Street Historic District and the subequent overruling of the Historic Review and Planning  Board.  The city council set a dangerous precedent for other designated properties across the city.  The Museum can be both a steward of historic architecture and a supporter of contemporary design by incorporating the existing character-defining features of 142 Free Street into the modern expansion of their campus, following the same design review process in place since 1990.

Greater Portland Landmarks has filed a lawsuitd against the City of Portand for the reclassification vote by the city council. For more background information on Greater Portland Landmarks’ suit against the city of Portland, please visit post herein dated June 24, 2024.

The others on this list are:  Maine Light Stations; Town Hall, Sangerville; Central Congregational Church, Eastport; Starling Hall, Fayette; Eagle Island State Historic Site, Harpswel; and Kneisel Hall, Blue Hill.