Built in 1802 by Oakes Sampson
Home, in the early 1920s, to the American Impressionist painter Walter Parsons Shaw Griffin.
Glimpses. 1246 Westbrook Street
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Glimpses. 5 Oakdale Street
Driving down Falmouth Street by the university and this caught my eye. Something intriguing and not quite right at the same time.
320 Danforth Street. A new style for the West End.
Glimpses. 99 Chadwick Street
Originally a garage for Aurelius S Hinds. A successful druggist and businessman. At some point, it was converted to a home. The details of the street facades and gardens are wonderful.
In the gutter redux
It doesn’t get much worse
1365 Westbrook Street. The Francis Waldo / Daniel Dole house.
Much has been said and written about General Samuel Waldo. War hero. Scoundrel. Promoter of colonial settlement. Opportunist. Above all of these, for our purposes, he was a powerful force in the early settlement of Portland and the area.
Images. In the gutter
The Great Fire. Greater Portland Landmarks gets into the spirit.
West End Walks. 28 Chadwick Street
Built for a well known local retailer and designed by a new name in our catalog of architects.
