Part 3 of an in-depth look at one of Portland’s lesser-known architects.
This is the third and final part of our look at Charles A Alexander. Continue reading
Part 3 of an in-depth look at one of Portland’s lesser-known architects.
This is the third and final part of our look at Charles A Alexander. Continue reading
Part 2 of an in-depth look at one of Portland’s lesser-known architects.
Part One of an in-depth look at one of Portland’s lesser-known architects.
Constructed in 1913 for James P Baxter. Design by John Calvin Stevens.
A Chicago Style building in Monument Square. Continue reading
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.
Built ca 1849-50 ‘on spec’ by Horace B Richards
A simple, and slightly quirky, Greek Revival double house between State and Brackett Streets
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.
On the upper blocks of Danforth Street, at the corner of Emery Street, sits a pair of imposing brick houses. Built in the early 1850s for members of a mercantile family whose history is now a bit vague, they now present a dichotomy of care and neglect.