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West End Walks. 53 Chadwick Street. A visitor from jolly old England
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After the turn of the century, the West End became increasingly popular and increasingly filled with an eclectic mix of styles. Our subject is a rare example of the Tudor Revival style.
Glimpses. 256 State Street
30-32 Deering Street. Portland’s post war/fire revival and Maine’s own ‘czar
Built in 1875-76 for William Anderson and Edward Preble
Design by Francis Fassett. Simon Libby builder. Nathan Redlon and Samuel Knight, masons
Glimpses. 155 Western Promenade
Stripped down Palladian in brick
Glimpses. 108 & 110 Winter Street.
Glimpses 15 Vaughan Street
West End Walks. 4 Orchard Street
Update 6.24.16: Having found a new resource on architects practicing in Portland, I can now state the architect of this house was James P Thomas. Thomas was a grandson of the noted William Widgery Thomas and a graduate of Harvard University. Thomas played a big role in public and residential architecture in Portland during the turn of the 19th/20th centuries.
Having highlighted the entry in the first Portals post, I think it’s time to take a closer look at this house. A product of a booming era, the home has some wonderful architectural details combined with a bit of interesting history.
Glimpses. The intersection of Atlantic & Wilson Streets
55 Atlantic Street. Tax records call it ‘Italianate’. Okay. Seems like a very non descript apartment building.
Turn the corner
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461-463 Cumberland Avenue. The Doten House
After the Civil War and the great fire, the center of Portland became increasingly commercial and many of the residential neighborhoods followed Horace Greeley’s advice and headed west. The wonderful neighborhoods of the West End were developed in this period. Another, perhaps less recognized, area is the Deering Street section in West Bayside.
Portland House Stories 