Northeast

Bangor

Penobscot County, ME

Population

31,705

Walk Score

95 · Walker's Paradise

Median rent

$930

Median home value

$189,900

Settled

1769

Bangor is a city in and the county seat of Penobscot County, Maine, United States. The city proper has a population of 31,753, making it the state's third-most populous city, behind Portland (68,408) and Lewiston (37,121). Bangor is known as the "Queen City".

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On the National Register

Historic districts

  • Bangor Theological Seminary Historic District · listed 1977
  • Broadway Historic District
  • Broadway Historic District · listed 1973
  • Great Fire of 1911 Historic District · listed 1984
  • Great Fire of 1911 Historic District (Boundary Increase) · listed 2023
  • High Street Historic District
  • Mount Hope Cemetery District · listed 1974
  • West Market Square Historic District · listed 1979
  • Whitney Park Historic District
  • Whitney Park Historic District · listed 1988

Notable landmarks

  • Adams-Pickering Block · listed 1974
  • All Souls Congregational Church · listed 1992
  • Bangor Children's Home · listed 1975
  • Bangor Fire Engine House No. 6 · listed 1988
  • Bangor Hose House No. 5 · listed 1997
  • Bangor House · listed 1972
  • Bangor Mental Health Institute · listed 1987
  • Bangor Standpipe · listed 1974
  • Battleship Maine Monument · listed 1999
  • Blake House · listed 1972
  • Bryant, Charles G., Double House · listed 1986
  • Building at 84-96 Hammond Street · listed 2005
  • Colonial Apartments · listed 2012
  • Connors House · listed 1983
  • Farrar, Samuel, House · listed 1974
  • Godfrey-Kellogg House · listed 1973
  • Grand Army Memorial Home · listed 1972
  • Hamlin, Hannibal, House · listed 1979
  • Hammond Street Congregation Church · listed 1982
  • Hasey's Maine Stages Building · listed 2024
  • Jenkins, Charles W., House · listed 1990
  • Jonas Cutting-Edward Kent House · listed 1973
  • Low, Joseph W., House · listed 1973
  • Morse & Co. Office Building · listed 1973
  • Sargent-Roberts House · listed 1996
  • …and 7 more

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