Portland Star Match Factory
The Portland Star Match Factory is a historic industrial building on West Commercial Street in Portland, Maine, United States. From 1870 to 1908, approximately 75-100 workers, mostly women, produced matches at the factory.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St. Louis Catholic Church and Portland Fire Museum.
St. Louis Catholic Church
Church
Photo: Namiba, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St. Louis Catholic Church is situated 900 feet northwest of Portland Star Match Factory.
Portland Fire Museum
Museum
The Portland Fire Museum is a fire museum in Portland, Maine. Located at 157 Spring Street in the former home of Fire Engine 4, the museum is operated by the Portland Veteran Firemen's Association. Portland Fire Museum is situated 2,400 feet north of Portland Star Match Factory.
Waynflete School
School
Waynflete School is a private, co-educational college preparatory day school established in 1898 for early childhood education to the 12th grade. It is located in the West End of Portland, Maine. Waynflete School is situated 1,300 feet west of Portland Star Match Factory.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include West End and Arts District.
West End
Quarter
The West End is a downtown neighborhood in Portland, Maine. It is located on the western side of Portland's peninsula primarily on Bramhall Hill and is noted for its architecture and history.
Arts District
Neighborhood
The Arts District is a section of downtown Portland, Maine’s designated in 1995 as to promote the cultural community and creative economy of the city. It covers a large part of upper Congress Street towards the West End and spans Congress Street toward the East ending at Portland City Hall and its Merrill Auditorium concert hall.
South Portland
Photo: Paul VanDerWerf, CC BY 2.0.
South Portland is a city in Cumberland County, Maine, United States, and is the fourth-most populous city in the state, incorporated in 1898. At the 2020 census, the city population was 26,498.
Portland Star Match Factory
- Type: Building
- Also known as: “Portland Star Match Co.”
- Location: City of Portland, Cumberland County, Lakes and Mountains, Maine, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
43.6454° or 43° 38′ 43″ northLongitude
-70.26481° or 70° 15′ 53″ westOpen location code
87MFJPWP+53OpenStreetMap ID
way 761815323OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesWikidata ID
Q123944046
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