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Glimpses. 43 Highland Street

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Built ca: 1920. Design by Charles O Poor

A modest bungalow in Longfellow Highlands

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This entry was posted in Architecture, Arts and Crafts, Charles O Poor, Glimpses, Highland Street, History, Images, Longfellow Highlands, Off the peninsula, Then & Now and tagged Architecture, Arts and Crafts, Colonial Revival, doors, Glimpses, History, images, immigration, Maine, Portland, Portland Maine, Smyrna, Turkey on April 8, 2018 by alewifecove.

120-126 Spring Street

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Built ca: 1892 for William H Stevens

A pair of double houses designed by John Calvin Stevens, no relation.

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This entry was posted in Architecture, Colonial Revival, Double House, Glimpses, History, Images, John Calvin Stevens, Spring Street, Then & Now, West End Walks and tagged 19th Century, Architecture, Colonial Revival, Glimpses, History, images, John Calvin Stevens, John Ford, Maine, Portland, Portland Maine, West End on March 10, 2018 by alewifecove.

Glimpses. 15 Carroll Street

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Built in 1923 for Clyde and Marguerite Burnet.

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This entry was posted in Architecture, Brick, Carroll Street, Colonial Revival, Glimpses, History, Images, West End Walks and tagged Architecture, Brick, Colonial Revival, entries, Glimpses, History, images, Portland, Portland Maine on February 11, 2018 by alewifecove.

Glimpses. 35 Arlington Street

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Built ca: 1850 for Warren Sparrow.

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This entry was posted in Architecture, Arlington Street, Glimpses, Gothic Revival, History, Images, Llewellyn Morse Leighton, Off the peninsula, Woodfords and tagged 19th Century, Architecture, doors, Glimpses, History, images, Maine, Portland, The Gothic Revival on January 28, 2018 by alewifecove.

Glimpses. 108 Fessenden Street.

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Built ca 1895

A nicely detailed and well-preserved Queen Anne in the USM neighborhood.

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This entry was posted in Architecture, Deering Village, Fessenden Street, Glimpses, History, Images, Oakdale, Off the peninsula, Queen Anne, Remuddling, Then & Now and tagged Architecture, Glimpses, History, images, Maine, Portland, Portland Maine, Queen Anne Style, Remuddling on September 17, 2017 by alewifecove.

38-40 Quebec Street

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Built in 2016-17

Modernism has been making its way into Portland slowly but with an increasing presence over the last few years. It’s time for us all to accept it

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This entry was posted in Architecture, Glimpses, History, Images, Modernism, Munjoy Hill, Post Modern, Quebec Street and tagged Architecture, East End, images, Maine, Modernism, Munjoy Hill, Portland on September 4, 2017 by alewifecove.

Glimpses. 30 Glenwood Avenue

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Built ca 1899

As we have seen in previous posts, the introduction of trolley and omnibus service in the 1880s & ’90s opened large tracts of former farmlands westward off the peninsula to development. Our subject is part of this trend and puts us back in touch with Mr. Llewellyn Morse Leighton.

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