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Clippings. The American Architect & Building News and the Jekyll Island Club House

The American Architect & Building News was the standard trade publication in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Most of the issues are available for reading and, in most cases, download.

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This entry was posted in American Architect & Building News, Charles A Alexander, Field Trips, History, Images, Jekyll Island Club, Off the peninsula and tagged Architecture, Charles A Alexander, Clippings, History, images, Jay Gould, Jekyll Island Club, Jekyll Island GA, JP Morgan, Marshall Field, The American Architect & Building News on November 3, 2024 by alewifecove.

Field Trip. 857 Broadway, South Portland

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Built ca: 1850-60 for Albert & Louisa Pillsbury

A remuddled Gothic Revival in the Pleasantdale neighborhood of South Portland.
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43.631782
-70.266659

This entry was posted in Broadway, Field Trips, garage, Gothic Revival, History, Images, Income Property, Maine, Remuddling, South Portland, Survivor, Turners Island and tagged 19th Century, Architecture, Broadway, Cape Elizabeth, gothic cottage, gothic hood molding, History, Hmm, images, Maine, Remuddling, South Portland, Summer Street, The Gothic Revival on July 30, 2023 by alewifecove.

Field Trip. 88-90 Sawyer Street, South Portland

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Built ca: 1849 by Stephen Hubbard

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43.648417
-70.240761

This entry was posted in Architecture, Double House, Field Trips, Greek Revival, History, Images, Maine, Off the peninsula, Portals, Sawyer Street, South Portland, South Portland and tagged 19th Century, Architecture, doors, entries, Glimpses, Greek Revival, images, Maine, Portals, South Portland, Stephen Hubbard on August 17, 2021 by alewifecove.