Built in 1859 by Charles A Alexander as his own residence.
Charles A Alexander was a local architect whose work we have seen in the Spring mansions also on Danforth Street.
West End Walks. 393-395 Danforth Street
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West End Walks. 27 Chadwick Street. The Charles B Hinds house
Glimpses. 24 Mellen Street.
Built in 1882 for Malcolm F. Hammond.
Designed by Francis Fassett & John Calvin Stevens. Continue reading
Glimpses. 164 Danforth Street
Built ca: 1826.
Another example of the neighborhood’s outstanding collection of brick Federal-style housing
Glimpses. 186 Craigie Street
Built in 1909 for Neal Allen Sr and his wife Margaret.
Design by John Calvin Stevens.
Glimpses. 182 Craigie Street. A home for an architect.
West End Walks. The Spring houses. Of details and decay
On the upper blocks of Danforth Street, at the corner of Emery Street, sits a pair of imposing brick houses. Built in the early 1850s for members of a mercantile family whose history is now a bit vague, they now present a dichotomy of care and neglect.
Glimpses. 112 Winter Street
West End Walks. 149 Western Promenade
An English Country home on the most prominent street in town brings an earlier work from the architect James P Thomas.
Aurelius S Hinds. The story of a country boy who made good.
In my post about the converted garage at 99 Chadwick Street, I noted it was originally built for Aurelius Hinds. In doing a bit of research on Mr. Hinds at that time, I realized his story was worth telling as it traces a period of growth in the city of Portland both physically and economically. His presence is felt through the buildings he left behind. One in a fashionable, then and now, section of town and the other a landmark on one of the city’s busiest thoroughfares. Here is a bit more of his story. Continue reading
