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336-338 Spring Street

Built in 1867 for Seth and Margaret Dyer

A large Italianate in the West End Historic District Continue reading →

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This entry was posted in After the fire, Architecture, Brick, Greater Portland Landmarks, Images, Italianate, Maine, masonry, Portals, Spring Street, Then & Now, Waynflete School, West End, West End Walks and tagged 19th Century, a puzzlement, After the fire, Architecture, Brick, doors, entries, Greater Portland Landmarks, History, images, Italianate, Maine, Portals, Portland, Portland Maine, puzzlement, Seth Dyer, Spring Street, Stanley Herrick, Stanwood Fisher, Storer Street, Then and Now, Waynflete School, West End on March 10, 2024 by alewifecove.

183 Allen Avenue

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Built ca: 1825-26 by James Meader (Meeder)

A modest Federal style home in the Allen Avenue neighborhood Continue reading →

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This entry was posted in Allen Ave, Allen Avenue, Architecture, Brick, Christian Kragelund, Deering, Falmouth, Federal style, History, Images, masonry, Off the peninsula, Portals, Then & Now, Westbrook and tagged 19th Century, Architecture, Brick, Christian Kragelund, doors, entries, Federal style, History, images, Maine, Portland Maine, Then and Now on January 14, 2024 by alewifecove.

By Request. 22 Carleton Street

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Built in on spec 1871 by William Burrowes

A substantial Second Empire Double House in the West End Historic District Continue reading →

This entry was posted in Brick, Built on spec, By Request, Carleton Street, Christian Kragelund, History, Images, mansard roof, On Spec, Royal Realty, Second Empire, West End, William Burrowes and tagged 19th Century, Architecture, Brick, Built on spec, Christian Kragelund, Double House, History, images, immigration, Maine, mansard roof, Portland, Portland Maine, Royal Realty, Second Empire, Then and Now, West End, William Burrowes on September 4, 2023 by alewifecove.

104 Park Street and the Park Street Row

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Built in 1835/36 for the Trustees of the Park Street Proprietary. William Dyer & Joshua Haskell masons. Simeon Rice carpenter.

A Greek Revival row house in Park/Pleasant Street Neighborhood.

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This entry was posted in Architecture, Brick, Built on spec, Greater Portland Landmarks, Greek Revival, History, Images, Joshua Haskell, masonry, On Spec, Park Street, Park/Pleasant Street, Portals, Simeon Rice, Survivor, Then & Now, William Dyer and tagged 19th Century, Alfred Brinkler, Architecture, Brick, Built on spec, City Bank of Portland, doors, entries, Greater Portland Landmarks, Greek Revival, History, Hope-Jones Organ Company, images, James Cahoon, James T McCobb, John Neal, Kotzschmar Organ, Maine, Marshall French, Martin Gore, Oliver Dorrance, Panic of 1837, Park Street Row, pipe organ, Portals, Portland, Portland Maine, Robert Robison, row house, Rowhouse, St Luke's Catherdral, Then and Now, Trustees of the Park Street Proprietary on May 23, 2023 by alewifecove.

Glimpses. 16 Lincoln Street

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Built in 1855 for Rufus D Bean

A transitional Greek Revival-Italianate in the Woodfords Corner neighborhood. Continue reading →

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This entry was posted in Architecture, Brick, Deering, Glimpses, Greek Revival, History, Images, Italianate, Lincoln Street, Maine, masonry, Off the peninsula, shudders, Then & Now, Woodfords and tagged 19th Century, Architecture, Brick, Deering, Glimpses, Greek Revival, History, Horatio Q Wheeler, images, Italianate, Maine, Portland, Portland and Forest Avenue Horse Railroad, Portland Maine, Rufus D Bean, Then and Now, William Southard, Woodfords, Woodfords Corner on May 8, 2023 by alewifecove.

Glimpses. 104 Neal Street

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Built in 1892/93 by George E Philbrook

A fascinatingly detailed Colonial Revival in the West End Continue reading →

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This entry was posted in Architecture, Brick, Colonial Revival, George E Philbrook, Glimpses, Images, Maine, Neal Street, Remuddling, Then & Now, West End, West End Walks and tagged 19th Century, Architecture, Brick, Colonial Revival, Glimpses, History, images, Irish, Irish Immigration, Maine, Portland, Portland Maine, Remuddling, Then and Now, West End on February 12, 2023 by alewifecove.

38 High Street

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Built ca: 1822-23 by James Crockett

A diminutive Federal in the Danforth Street neighborhood.

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This entry was posted in Architecture, Brick, Danforth, Federal style, High Street, Hip roof, History, Images, James Crockett, Maine, masonry, Portals, Then & Now and tagged 19th Century, Architecture, Brick, doors, Federal style, Francis O'Brien, hipped roof, History, images, James Crockett, John Bradford, Joseph Swift, Portland, Portland Maine, spar maker, Then and Now on January 29, 2023 by alewifecove.

79-81 North Street

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Built ca: 1854-55 by Moses Gould

A somewhat ungainly Greek Revival double house in the Munjoy Hill neighborhood

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This entry was posted in Architecture, Brick, Double House, garage, Greek Revival, History, Images, Italy, Maine, Moses Gould, Munjoy Hill, North Street, Real Estate, Survivor, The Great Fire of 1866, Then & Now and tagged 19th Century, Brick, Double House, East End, Greek Revival, Hmm, images, immigration, Maine, Munjoy Hill, Portland, Portland Maine, Real Estate, The Great Fire of 1866, Then and Now on January 15, 2023 by alewifecove.

In Focus: Charles A Alexander. Addendum.

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A look at a missed home and a couple that make me go Hmmm

Birds-Eye view of Portland. Library of Congress

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This entry was posted in Architecture, Brick, Charles A Alexander, Dependence H Furbush, History, Horace P Storer, Images, In Focus, Italianate, Phyllis Thaxter, Portals, Portland Sugar House, Spring Street, Spruce Street, Storer Street, Sydney Thaxter, Then & Now, Waynflete School, West End and tagged 19th Century, Architecture, Brick, Charles A Alexander, Charles J Barbour, Dependence H Furbush, History, Hmm, Horace P Storer, images, Italianate, John Mace, Maine, Phyllis Thaxter, Portals, Portland, Portland Maine, Seth Dyer, Storer Street, Sydney SF Thaxter, Sydney Thaxter, Then and Now, Waynflete School, West End on December 25, 2022 by alewifecove.

West End Walks. 151 Pine Street

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Built ca 1881 for Henry & Ernestine Maling. Design by Francis Fassett

A large Italianate in the West End Historic district.

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This entry was posted in Architecture, Brick, Byron Greenough, Condominium, Francis Fassett, History, Images, Italianate, Maine, masonry, Pine Street, Then & Now, West End, West End Walks and tagged 19th Century, Architecture, Brick, Christian Kragelund, Francis Fassett, Hawaii, Henry Maling, History, images, Italianate, Maine, Oceanic Steamship Company, Portland Maine, Sandwich Islands, Then and Now, West End on September 11, 2022 by alewifecove.

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