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Garden Street and City Road

East of the Crescent Valley is Sandy Point Road, which travels north to Millidgeville and south to the North End's widest valley. The "Valley's" peaks are full of beautiful homes, mansions and estates. Its slope is dominated by churches of various architectural design and the wartime housing development known as Rockwood Court. The valley itself contained the Victoria Skating Rink, the firestation, the Gladstone Tavern, and many other businesses. This area has been separated from the North End by urban renewal. Although it was part of Portland's original boundaries, many consider this an uptown area.

Jeffrey's Hill

Wright Street and Mount Pleasant Avenue from Jeffrey's Hill (renamed Garden Street), c. 1870.

"The view presented...is one of busy industry - Residences advancing rapidly to completion...and altogether Garden Street,1998the scene recalls to the mind the operations of the Tyrian multitudes in the building of an ancient city" [1864] .

The current Irving Garden Street Carwash would be at the bottom of Jeffrey's Hill.

Did You Know?
Garden Street is named after the beautiful gardens kept by William Jeffrey at the foot of "Jeffrey's Hill"




No. 4 Fire Station

No. 4 Station, City Road, c. 1940. From left to right are as follows: Lieutenant Dow, John Porter, Joe Little, Gordon Campbell, Bill Galley, and Captain Hoyt. In their 1937 report, the N.B. Board of Underwriters wrote that the condition of No. 4 Hall "is poor" and that it should be replaced by a central station on Carmarthen Street (this finally happened about forty years later). The equipment here included a La France hose and Chemical truck, and an Amoskeag streamer, put in service in 1877.





Colonial Inn, 1998Colonial Inn, located on City Road, is a familiar sight of today. This building was once a flouring mill then a gourd shop . Also, between 1865 and 1928 the Victoria Skating Rink stood at this location.



Gladstone Travern




The Gladstone Tavern is gone, but many still have fond memories. Perhaps this is one of the reasons that the horse and buggy, which stood proudly on the roof of the building, still survives; however, it has been relocated to Latimer Lake Road. The Gladstone Travern was located where the overpass now stands next to Haymarket Square. It was sadly demolished for the urban renewal project.

Did You Know?
The Gladstone Tavern was one of the last taverns where only men were allowed... a holdover from a earlier time!



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