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253981
91-103 Chestnut Street PORTLAND, ME 04101
.91
PORTIONS OF MAP 25/BLOCK D, MAP 26/BLOCKS A AND B, AND MAP 33 BLOCK H
43.66166851841996 / -70.26118446415126
1
Byrne, James
byrne.james@epa.gov
617-918-1389


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CAs Associated with this Property

CA NameCA #StateTypeAnnouncement Year
Portland City ofBF00A01177MEAssessment2023
Portland, City ofBF00A00666MEAssessment2020


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Assessment Activities at this Property

ActivityEPA FundingStart DateCompletion DateCAAccomplishment Counted?Counted When?
Cleanup Planning$2,420.7503/08/2024Portland City of
Phase I Environmental Assessment$3,748.0007/26/202208/10/2022Portland, City ofYFY23


Is Cleanup Necessary? Unknown
EPA Assessment Funding: $6,168.75
Leveraged Funding:
Total Funding: $6,168.75


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Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Planning or Assessment

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Contaminants and Media




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Cleanup Activities

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Total ACRES Cleaned Up: .91
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Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Demolition or Cleanup

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Redevelopment and Other Leveraged Accomplishments

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Additional Property Attributes

The Subject Property is comprised of 10 non-contiguous parcels of land. The properties comprising the
Subject Property are generally bounded to the north by residential dwellings and Halls Court; to the east
by Chestnut Street; to the south by Oxford Street, and to the west by Cedar Street, with two additional
parcels located at the northeast corner of Chestnut and Lancaster Streets, and one additional parcel located
west of Cedar Street and south of a parking lot along Lancaster Street. Addresses generally associated
with the Subject Property are 74, 78, 82, and 91-103 Chestnut Street; 147-155 Lancaster Street, 60-66
Kennebec Street; 1-5 and 4-8 Halls Court; 27-31, 35, and 50 Cedar Street; and 205-209 Oxford Street.
The Subject Property consists of a combination of parking/driveway areas, a community garden,
undeveloped grass lawns, and a patio/lawn area and outbuilding for the Oxford Street Homeless Shelter,
which is located east of Subject Property Parcel 26-B-12-13.
The Subject Property is located in an Urban Commercial Business Zone (B7) in the West Bayside
neighborhood of Portland, Maine. Land use in the vicinity of the Subject Property has been generally
commercial, industrial, and manufacturing since the area's development in the late 1800's. An 1837 map
of Portland shows that Back Cove formerly covered much of the Subject Area (up to East Street). The
Subject Property is in an area that was reportedly filled with the remnants of the Great Portland Fire of
1866 (fill materials, debris, ash, etc.).
In 1886, the Subject Property was developed with residential dwellings in most parcels and the Portland
Rochester Railroad at the northern edge of Parcel 25-D-9. Parcel 25-D-9 was reportedly used for railroad
operations and lumber/iron storage until circa 1980. Parcel 25-D-10 was reportedly vacant from circa
1886 to circa 1896, used for lumber storage from circa 1896 to circa 1909, towel manufacturing (Thomas
Towels Co.) from circa 1909 to circa 1949, and contractor equipment storage from circa 1949 until circa
1980, by which time Parcels 25-D-9 and 25-D-10 were redeveloped as a parking lot. Based on review of
Sanborn maps, parcels 25-D-9 and 25-D-10 may have formerly been associated with a junkyard facility
that has historically operated on the easterly-adjacent property. One undated historical property card also
notes Parcel 25-D-10 as a "mill"; no additional details were provided. The remaining Subject Property
parcels consisted of residential development from circa 1886 until circa 1980, when the former residential
dwelling on 26-B-12-13 was demolished. Other remaining residential dwellings at the Subject Property
reportedly were demolished after 1988.


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