My first road trip since the COVID era allowed me to retrace neighborhoods in Helena, MT., that introduced me to old buildings in my childh...

Heather Flint Chatto A new era of community-based architectural preservation advocacy in Portland appears to be in the offing with the hirin...

Loyalty and Hamilton Buildings The recent auction of two historic Portland office buildings offers further evidence of the economic trauma a...

  Robert Wright, Wendy Rahm and Brooke Best celebrate a rare achievement Several of Portland’s most dedicated preservation enthusiasts met i...

  Despite its 107 year history, many Portlanders have never seen one of the city's most charming Georgian revival buildings that sits at...

  The building above bears no formal historic designation.  Still, it truly is a “landmark” in the dictionary sense of being a prominent fea...

  While we might quibble about the causes of human impoverishment, there is no need to hedge about the damage done to Portland buildings and...

  Potential renovation (David Campbell Memorial Association) Occasionally, someone with no preservation expertise steps forward to make a hu...

  In its latest annual chat with the City Council, the Portland Historic Landmarks Commission urged the city to find suicide prevention devi...

One vital tool for saving historic buildings is finding new uses when their original functions no longer survive. The shorthand term is “ada...

  The red brick bones of architect A.E. Doyle’s stately Georgian-style Central Library that have graced downtown Portland since 1909 remain ...