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Fort Allen Park, Portland, Maine Restoration Project02-22-12 | News

Fort Allen Park, Portland, Maine Restoration Project

Once the Portland Historic Preservation Board and Planning Department approve the design for Fort Allen Park, Friends of the Eastern Promenade will go into fundraising mode with the aim to complete the park restoration in time for Fort Allen?EUR??,,????'?????<

Friends of the Eastern Promenade (Friends) is sponsoring the restoration of Fort Allen Park to its ?EUR??,,????'?????<https://easternpromenade.org/project-priorities/fort-allen-park-restoration-2/)

Fort Allen Park is a 1.5-mile public park on Portland, Maine?EUR??,,????'?????<

Friends hired the design team of Martha Lyon and Regina Leonard to research the park?EUR??,,????'?????<

Fort Allen Park is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and recognized as a Historic Landscape by Portland. As a designated historic landmark, park improvements must follow guidelines set by the Secretary of the Interior.

The park contains the original Fort Allen berm (1814) that helped protect the entrance to Portland?EUR??,,????'?????<

Landscape and infrastructure changes have altered the park?EUR??,,????'?????<

Designs for Fort Allen Park are guided by the park?EUR??,,????'?????<

Highlights of other changes:

Replace the central walkway to the bandstand.
Replace the pedestrian walkways on either side of the carriage drive and connect them to the lower path.
Realign the carriage drive to its original layout and reinstating the cobblestone gutters.
Rebuild the overlook terrace to improve accessibility for people with disabilities.
Replace fencing at the top of the slope and the overlook terrace.
Relocate utility lines.
Address drainage issues, details and materials and ensure pathways meet current code regulations.
Repair the Civil War cannons and carriages.
Repair and repaint the bandstand.
Install low-level bollard lights for walkways.
Add more benches in the upper park.
Replace and add new interpretive signage and kiosks.
Add an ADA accessible overlook.