A rare opportunity to see the interior of a Portland landmark.
In early 2024, one of the city’s landmark antebellum homes came on the market under some odd circumstances.
Continue readingGlimpses. 308 Danforth Street. A peek inside.
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16-22 Pine Street
Built on spec in 1856 by the Granville & Sewall Chase. Design by Charles A Alexander
A quartet of substantial Italianate townhouses in the Longfellow Square neighborhood
Continue readingClippings. 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.
278-280 State Street
Built in 1886 for William & Elizabeth Sanborn. Design by John Calvin Stevens
An attractive Queen Anne-Colonial Revival double townhouse in the Parkside neighborhood.
Continue reading207-211 Spring Street
Built ca: 1838 by Levi Bolton
An iconic Greek Revival double-house in the West End Neighborhood
1245-1247 Forest Avenue
Built by Levi Morrill/Morrell. When is not clear.
A fascinating late Federal in the Morrills Corner neighborhood
Continue reading10-12 Pine Street
Built in 1848 by Sewall Chase
A Greek Revival double-house in the Longfellow Square neighborhood Continue reading
74 St. Lawrence Street. By Request
Built in 1845/6 for Gabriel Mark(s)
A modest Greek Revival in the Munjoy Hill Historic District. Continue reading
Tales from the Timbers. 153 Concord Street revisited.
46 Eastern Promenade. By Request
Built in 1874 for William & Clara Gray
A tall Italianate in the Munjoy Hill neighborhood. Continue reading
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