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==Arts and culture== [[Image:DowntownBiddeford.png|thumb|Main Street]] ===Tourism=== Anchoring Biddeford's historic downtown are [[McArthur Public Library]] and [[Biddeford's City Theater]]. Biddeford has a number of properties and two Historic Districts entered into the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref>NPS-National Register of Historic Places. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreghome.do {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150506234758/http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreghome.do |date=2015-05-06 }}</ref> The newest addition is the Main Street Historic District, entered into the National Register on December 24, 2009. Other downtown National Register properties include the Biddeford-Saco Mills Historic District, Biddeford City Hall, Dudley Block and the U.S. Post Office. National Register properties outside of downtown and in the Biddeford Pool area include the John Tarr House, [[First Parish Meetinghouse]], Fletcher's Neck Lifesaving Station and the James Montgomery Flagg House.<ref>NPS-National Register of Historic Places. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natregsearchresult.do?briefnav=true {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111016040516/http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natregsearchresult.do?briefnav=true |date=2011-10-16 }}</ref> There are also many festivals and concerts held around the city.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hatt |first=Coley |date=2022-07-14 |title=Singer Eli Lev performs at Flourish Music Cafe in Biddeford |url=https://www.pressherald.com/2022/07/14/singer-eli-lev-performs-at-flourish-music-cafe-in-biddeford/ |access-date=2023-09-07 |website=Press Herald}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=2023 River Jam & Fringe Fest |url=https://heartofbiddeford.org/riverjam/ |access-date=2023-09-07 |website=heartofbiddeford.org}}</ref> ===Sites of interest=== *Biddeford Historical Society *[[First Parish Meetinghouse]] *[[McArthur Public Library]] *Franco-American Genealogical Society of York County *[[City Theater (Biddeford, Maine)|City Theater for the Performing Arts]] *Biddeford Cultural and Heritage Center *Biddeford History and Heritage Project//Maine Memory Network *Biddeford Mills Museum
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