Fidelity Trust Building (Portland, Maine)
{{Short description|Office building in Portland, Maine, United States}}
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The Fidelity Trust building (previously, Maine Bank and Trust Building and the People's United Bank Building; currently the M&T Bank Building){{Cite web |date=2023-11-06 |title=Welcome to M&T Bank {{!}} People’s United Bank and M&T Bank: What to Expect {{!}} M&T Bank |url=https://www3.mtb.com/homepage/about-us/welcome-to-mandt/peoples-united |access-date=2024-04-17 |website=www3.mtb.com |language=en}} is a historic office building in Monument Square, Portland, Maine.
Designed in the Beaux-Arts style by Boston architect George Henri Desmond, the 135-foot, 10-story building was Maine's first skyscraper.{{Cite web |title=Fidelity Trust Building, Portland, ca. 1910 |url=https://www.mainememory.net/artifact/8082}} It is also notable for the ornate facade that covers the side and the top of the structure. It opened in 1910 to great fanfare, altering Portland's skyline."Northern New England's Largest Bank: INDIVIDUAL SERVICE HISTORY OF BANK SHOWS RAPID GROWTH THE CENTER OF ECONOMIC LIFE WOMEN'S DEPARTMENT MODERN SAFE DEPOSIT VAULTS INVITATION." Bankers' Magazine (1896-1943) 95, no. 5 (11, 1917): 697 The building replaced The Portland Theatre (also known as Ward's Opera House, the Nickel Theatre, the Adelphia Theatre and the Family Theatre).{{Cite book |last=Ledman |first=Paul J. |title=Walking Through History: Portland, Maine on Foot |publisher=Next Steps Publishing |year=2016 |isbn=978-0-9728587-1-7 |pages=8}}
The building contains three elevators made by the Portland Company on Munjoy Hill. Two were electric, while the freight elevator was hydraulic.{{Cite book |last=Ledman |first=Paul J. |title=Walking Through History: Portland, Maine on Foot |publisher=Next Steps Publishing |year=2016 |isbn=978-0-9728587-1-7 |pages=15}}
As of 2019, the Fidelity Building was Maine's 11th-tallest building and the state's fourth-largest office building. It sits across Preble Street from the Time and Temperature Building. The building commands easterly views of downtown Portland and Casco Bay. Its westerly views show Back Cove and out to the White Mountains and Mount Washington in New Hampshire.
Today, it is often called the People's United Bank Building after its main tenant and large sign at the top. Other tenants include New England Cablevision, Dirigo Financial Group, and Nexrep.{{Cite web|url=https://www.pressherald.com/2019/06/20/new-owners-have-high-end-plans-for-landmark-building-in-downtown-portland/|title = New owners have high-end plans for landmark building in downtown Portland|date = 20 June 2019}} It is listed as an historic Portland Landmark.