Dock Square (Kennebunkport)

{{Short description|Public square in Kennebunkport, Maine}}

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| maint = Town of Kennebunkport

| location = Kennebunkport, Maine, U.S.

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Dock Square is a public square in Kennebunkport, Maine, United States.{{Cite web |last=Frink |first=Orrin |date=2022-03-03 |title=Guest Column – It’s hip to be Dock Square |url=https://www.pressherald.com/2022/03/03/guest-column-its-hip-to-be-dock-square/ |access-date=2022-12-25 |website=Press Herald}} It stands at the intersections of Western Avenue, Spring Street and Ocean Avenue and extends southwest to the Mathew J. Lanigan Bridge separating Kennebunkport from Kennebunk.

The square is popular with tourists browsing the shops, boutiques and galleries,{{Cite book |last=Scott |first=Connie Porter |title=Kennebunkport |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |year=1994 |isbn=9780738588407}} housed in former homes and 18th-century warehouses.{{Cite news |last=Ridley |first=Kimberly |date=2005-07-29 |title=36 Hours in Kennebunkport, Me. |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/29/travel/escapes/36-hours-in-kennebunkport-me.html |access-date=2022-12-25 |issn=0362-4331}} The town's Christmas Prelude sees a Christmas tree being lit in the center of the square, a tradition begun in 1982. In addition, a fireworks festival is held in the square annually on July 4.{{Cite news |last=Riddle |first=Lyn |date=1988-05-29 |title=NATIONAL NOTEBOOK: Kennebunkport, Me.; Historic Inn To Be Rebuilt |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/05/29/realestate/national-notebook-kennebunkport-me-historic-inn-to-be-rebuilt.html |access-date=2022-12-25 |issn=0362-4331}}

Former U.S. president George H. W. Bush and first lady Barbara often shopped in Dock Square while staying at nearby Walker's Point Estate.{{Cite news |last=Gold |first=Allan R. |last2=Times |first2=Special To the New York |date=1988-11-23 |title=Kennebunkport Journal; Slight Anxiety Over the Return of 2 Old Friends |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/11/23/us/kennebunkport-journal-slight-anxiety-over-the-return-of-2-old-friends.html |access-date=2022-12-25 |issn=0362-4331}}