Built for a well known local retailer and designed by a new name in our catalog of architects.
West End Walks. 28 Chadwick Street
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Glimpses. 89 West Street
1346 Westbrook Street. The Captain Jesse Partridge House
Federalist rationalism in brick
West End Walks. 53 Chadwick Street. A visitor from jolly old England
After the turn of the century, the West End became increasingly popular and increasingly filled with an eclectic mix of styles. Our subject is a rare example of the Tudor Revival style.
30-32 Deering Street. Portland’s post war/fire revival and Maine’s own ‘czar
Built in 1875-76 for William Anderson and Edward Preble
Design by Francis Fassett. Simon Libby builder. Nathan Redlon and Samuel Knight, masons
Glimpses. 155 Western Promenade
Stripped down Palladian in brick
Glimpses. 108 & 110 Winter Street.
Glimpses. The intersection of Atlantic & Wilson Streets
55 Atlantic Street. Tax records call it ‘Italianate’. Okay. Seems like a very non descript apartment building.
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461-463 Cumberland Avenue. The Doten House
After the Civil War and the great fire, the center of Portland became increasingly commercial and many of the residential neighborhoods followed Horace Greeley’s advice and headed west. The wonderful neighborhoods of the West End were developed in this period. Another, perhaps less recognized, area is the Deering Street section in West Bayside.
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