Neal Dow House

Built in 1829, the Neal Dow House at 714 Congress Street is a museum presenting the life and social contributions of Neal S. Dow and the headquarters of the Maine Woman’s Christian Temperance Union. Neal S. Dow (1840-1897) was a United States General, a leading Temperance advocate, Abolitionist, and prominent Republican political leader. Dow authored the "Maine Law", the first state act outlawing the sale and consumption of alcohol, which inspired similar legislation across the nation and resulted in the national implementation of Prohibition in 1920.

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The home of a leader of the Temperance and Abolition movements

The Neal Dow House is a national historic landmark of late Federal style, built in 1829, on the occasion of Neal Dow’s marriage to Maria Maynard. This house became a center of political and humanitari

The Neal Dow House, also known as Gen. Neal Dow House, is an historic house found at 714 Congress Street in Portland, Maine. It was built in 1829 for noted politician and prohibitionist Neal Dow (1804-1897), and was later designated a National Historic Landmark for that association. Dow was the author of the first prohibition law passed by the Maine legislature in 1851 (and giving such laws the epithet "Maine law"). He was known as a tireless, internationally known activist for the temperance movement. Dow's house was a center of activism in his lifetime, and is now the headquarters of the Maine chapter of the Women's Christian Temperance Union.