Architectural Fact Sheet
Preservation Project
- Restoration and Construction costs: $8.6 million
- Construction began in October 2000, completed in October 2002
- Principal Architect: Pamela W. Hawkes of Ann Beha Architects, Massachusetts
- Contractor: Pizzagalli Construction Company, South Portland, Maine
McLellan House
- Federal-style three-story mansion
- Built 1801
- Architect: John Kimball, Sr.
- Original construction cost: $20,000
- 5,000 square feet
- 3,300 square feet of exhibition space
- National Historic Landmark, 1970; Official Project of Save America?s Treasures, 1999
L. D. M. Sweat Memorial Galleries
- Beaux-arts style
- Built 1911
- Architect: John Calvin Stevens
- 7500 square feet
- 4,000 square feet of exhibition space
Charles Shipman Payson Building
- Built 1983
- Architect: Henry Nichols Cobb of I. M. Pei & Partners
- Original construction cost: $8.2 million
- 62,790 square feet
- 20,000 square feet of exhibition space
- Honor Award, American Institute of Architects, 1985
Museum Information
The Portland Museum of Art is located at Seven Congress Square in downtown Portland. The Museum is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday, and 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Friday. Memorial Day through Columbus Day, the Museum is open on Mondays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Museum admission is $10 for adults, $8 for seniors and students with I.D., $4 for youth ages 6 to 17, and children under 6 are free. The Museum is free on Friday evenings from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Museum Cafe and Store. For more information, call (207) 775-6148. Web site www.portlandmuseum.org.