A look at a missed home and a couple that make me go Hmmm
Birds-Eye view of Portland. Library of Congress
In Focus: Charles A Alexander. Addendum.
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In Focus. Charles A Alexander Part 3. Commercial, Church, & other Works.
Part 3 of an in-depth look at one of Portland’s lesser-known architects.
Portland Sugar House warehouse. 1852
This is the third and final part of our look at Charles A Alexander. Continue reading
In Focus. Charles A Alexander Part 2. Residences and Cottages
Part 2 of an in-depth look at one of Portland’s lesser-known architects.
Safford House. 1857
In Focus. Charles A Alexander Part 1. Biography
Part One of an in-depth look at one of Portland’s lesser-known architects.
Chestnut Street Methodist Church. 1856
Commercial Interests. 22 Monument Square. The Press Building
Constructed in 1913 for James P Baxter. Design by John Calvin Stevens.
A Chicago Style building in Monument Square. Continue reading
Glimpses. 16 Storer Street
Built prior to 1860 for Dependence and/or Henry Furbush (Furbish). Possibly designed by Charles A Alexander.
A fascinating brick Italianate on the Waynflete Campus.
171-175 Danforth Street
Built ca 1849-50 ‘on spec’ by Horace B Richards
A simple, and slightly quirky, Greek Revival double house between State and Brackett Streets
85 Park Street. Facing the past and future.
West End Walks. 113 Vaughan Street.
West End Walks. 393-395 Danforth Street
Built in 1859 by Charles A Alexander as his own residence.
Charles A Alexander was a local architect whose work we have seen in the Spring mansions also on Danforth Street.
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