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Reader Suggestion. 1040 Ocean Street

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Built ca 1900. Probably by Jacob Shattuck.

An odd, and probably doomed, Queen Anne on the Falmouth line.

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This entry was posted in Abandoned, Architecture, East Deering, Glimpses, History, Images, Ocean Avenue, Off the peninsula, Queen Anne, Reader Suggestion, Remuddling, Renovations, Then & Now and tagged Architecture, doomed, History, Hmm, images, Maine, Portland, Portland Maine, Queen Anne Style, Remuddling, Then and Now on August 2, 2020 by alewifecove.

Glimpses. 270 Veranda Street

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Built in 1916 for Harry J Ricker.

A heavily altered Arts and Crafts bungalow on Martin’s Point in the East Deering neighborhood

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This entry was posted in Architecture, Arts and Crafts, East Deering, Glimpses, History, Images, Jacob W Wilbur, Martin's Point, Ocean View Park, Off the peninsula, Remuddling, Renovations, Then & Now, Veranda Street and tagged 20th Century, Architecture, Arts and Crafts, Christian Jurgenson, Denmark, East Deering, Glimpses, Greater Portland Landmarks, Harry J Ricker, History, images, immigration, Jacob W Wilbur, Maine, Martin's Point, Ocean View Park, Then and Now on July 5, 2020 by alewifecove.

Glimpses. 34 Glenwood Avenue.

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Built in 1900 for Warren & Elizabeth Neal

A cute Queen Anne in the Rosemont neighborhood.

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This entry was posted in Architecture, garage, Glenwood Avenue, Glimpses, History, Images, Llewellyn Morse Leighton, Queen Anne, Rosemont, Then & Now and tagged 20th Century, Architecture, clapboards, Gambrell roof, Glimpses, History, images, Llewellyn Morse Leighton, Maine, Portland, Portland Maine, Queen Anne Style on April 12, 2020 by alewifecove.

Glimpses. 30 Mechanic Street

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Built ca 1850. Probably by John Neal.

A simple brick Italianate in the Bayside neighborhood

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This entry was posted in Architecture, Bayside, Brick, Glimpses, History, Images, Italianate, Mechanic Street, Then & Now and tagged 19th Century, Architecture, Brick, Glimpses, History, images, Italianate, John Neal, Maine, Portland, Portland Maine on April 12, 2020 by alewifecove.

Glimpses. 271 Summit Street

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Built ca: 1803 for Charles Frost.

A brick Federal home in the North Deering neighborhood.

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This entry was posted in Architecture, Brick, Glimpses, History, Images, North Deering, Off the peninsula, Summit Street and tagged 19th Century, Architecture, Brick, Federal style, Glimpses, History, images, Maine, Portland, Portland Maine, Then and Now on March 29, 2020 by alewifecove.

Glimpses. 327 Spring Street

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Built ca: 1846 for John Van Buskirk

A Greek Revival with later alterations in the West End

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This entry was posted in Architecture, Condominium, Glimpses, Greek Revival, History, Images, mansard roof, Mansard Style, Spring Street, Then & Now, West End, West End Walks and tagged 19th Century, Glimpses, Greek Revival, Henry W Swasey, mansard roof, Mansard Style, Portland, Portland Maine, Spring Street, Then and Now, West End on March 15, 2020 by alewifecove.

Glimpses. 499 Ocean Avenue

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Built ca: 1860 by Moses Dow

A small Italianate near Payson Park.

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This entry was posted in Architecture, Bowdoin College, Glimpses, History, Images, Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, Lunt's Corner, Ocean Avenue, Off the peninsula and tagged 19th Century, Architecture, Bowdoin College, Glimpses, History, images, Italianate, Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, Maine, Portland, Portland Maine, Then and Now on March 1, 2020 by alewifecove.

Glimpses. 36 Mechanic Street

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Built ca: 1851 by William H. Stewart

A modest Greek Revival in Bayside

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This entry was posted in Architecture, Bayside, Glimpses, Greek Revival, History, Images, Mechanic Street, Then & Now and tagged 19th Century, Architecture, Glimpses, Greek Revival, History, images, Portland, Portland Maine, Then and Now on February 16, 2020 by alewifecove.

Glimpses. 28 Clifton Street

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Built ca: 1870 by Warren Sparrow

A cute Second Empire house in Coyle Park, between Forest Avenue and Back Cove

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This entry was posted in After the fire, Architecture, Built on spec, Clifton Street, Coyle Park, Glimpses, History, Images, mansard roof, Off the peninsula, Portals, Second Empire, Warren Sparrow and tagged 19th Century, After the fire, Architecture, Glimpses, History, images, Maine, mansard roof, Second Empire, Then and Now, Warren Sparrow on January 19, 2020 by alewifecove.

Glimpses. 70 Ashmont Street

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Built ca 1897 by Arthur E Marks

A well maintained Queen Anne in the Oakdale neighborhood

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This entry was posted in Arthur E Marks, Ashmont Street, Glimpses, History, Images, Oakdale, Off the peninsula, Queen Anne, Then & Now and tagged 19th Century, Glimpses, History, images, Oakdale, Portland, Portland Maine, Queen Anne Style, Then and Now on December 22, 2019 by alewifecove.

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