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- Collection: Main Street, Buildings of Portland and Aerial Views of Early Portland
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McKendree Methodist Church
"The Richland Methodists organized here in 1877, saving their members from traveling three miles to attend services in Fountain Head, and built their own worship sanctuary in 1882. The congregation grew up with Portland and merged with the Fountain…
Sumner County High School
This picture is of the 1931 building that was built at a cost of $70,000. It was fashioned after Isaac Litton High School in Nashville. A gymnasium was added in 1948. A new school was built in 1962 and this building became the Junior High…
Aerial view of Old Mill on Jackson Road
This shows a closer view of the Old Mill on Jackson Road. You can also see the Grocery Store better in this picture.
Hwy 109 at Jackson Rd.
Aerial view shows the crate factory warehouse (large roof building just before the Y split), the old mill building (just after Y split on bottom) and Lewis Hunter's Grocery (long white building far right toward bottom).
Aerial view of Main Street in Portland
Aerial view of Main Street. Market Street is on the bottom right.
Aerial view of Portland in 1948
This is an aerial view showing Portland in 1948. Main Street is in the upper left quadrant. The old mill building is just past the Y in the road about midline on the right. In the very top upper right corner you can just see the Methodist Church…
Old Mill on Jackson Rd. built in 1892
This is the old mill building that was originally built in 1892. This would have been on Jackson Rd. in Portland where the CEMC pole yard is currently. (2019)
