Fence Project

Spirits Alive and an anonymous donor provided the funds for the city to contract with StandFast Works Forge to make the Congress Street fence look beautiful and be more secure.

The fence was donated to the cemetery in 1908¹ as Portland High School had undergone renovations making it up for grabs. See a photo of the fence in front of the high school in 1900. All of our fence photos can be seen in our Flickr set.

Problems

The fence has suffered from natural deterioration and abuse:

• Missing pickets
• Rust damage
• Chipping paint
• Gate locking mechanism in ill-repair

The StandFast Works Forge:

• Cast new and install pickets in place of missing or broken pickets
• Repaired picket knuckles that were rusted
• Repaired gate locking mechanism

¹Burial records, 1717-1962, of the Eastern Cemetery, Portland, Maine compiled by William B. Jordan, Jr. 1987, Heritage Books, Bowie, Md.

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Spirits Alive was formed in 2006 when folks decided to organize around its dedication to the preservation and beautification of one of the area's oldest public burial grounds, the Eastern Cemetery in Portland, Maine.

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