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Tales from the Timbers. 153 Concord Street revisited.

A look inside answers a question

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This entry was posted in Concord Street, Deering Center, Eliphalet Clark, History, Italianate, Renovations, Tales from the Timbers, Tooling and tagged 19th Century, Architecture, History, images, Maine, Portland, Portland Maine, Tales from the Timbers on May 18, 2024 by alewifecove.

187 Concord Street. A home for an architect.

Built in 1914 for Charles & Sadie Poor. Design by Charles O Poor.
Googins & Clark, builders.

An attractive Arts & Crafts in the Deering Center neighborhood Continue reading →

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This entry was posted in Architecture, Arts and Crafts, Charles O Poor, Concord Street, Deering, Deering Center, garage, Googins & Clark, Home of the architect, Images, Off the peninsula, Then & Now and tagged 20th Century, Architecture, Arts and Crafts, Charles O Poor, Deering, Googins & Clark, History, Home of the architect, images, Maine, Portland Maine, Then and Now on March 24, 2024 by alewifecove.

153 Concord Street

Built ca: 1885, maybe

An unusual Italianate in the Deering Center neighborhood Continue reading →

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This entry was posted in Concord Street, Deering, Deering Center, garage, Images, Italianate, Maine, Off the peninsula, Remuddling, Westbrook and tagged 19th Century, Architecture, Deering, Eliphalet Clark, History, Hmm, images, Maine, Maine Wesleyan Board of Education, Nancy Clark, Portland, Portland Maine, Remuddling, Then and Now on November 26, 2023 by alewifecove.

Glimpses. 193 Concord Street

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Built in 1910 for Howard Winslow. Design by John Calvin & John Howard Stevens.

A substantial bungalow in the Deering Center neighborhood. Continue reading →

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This entry was posted in American Can Company, Architecture, Concord Street, Deering, Deering Center, Glimpses, History, Images, John Calvin Stevens, John Howard Stevens, Maine, Off the peninsula, Then & Now and tagged 20th Century, American Can Company, Architecture, Colonial Revival, Deering, Glimpses, History, images, John Calvin Stevens, John Howard Stevens, Maine, Portland, Portland Maine, Then and Now on September 17, 2023 by alewifecove.

397 Stevens Avenue

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Built on spec in 1896 by E Vinton Earle

A pleasant Queen Anne in the Deering neighborhood

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This entry was posted in Built on spec, Deering, Deering Center, E Vinton Earle, History, Images, Income Property, Maine, Off the peninsula, On Spec, Queen Anne, Remuddling, Stevens Avenue, Then & Now and tagged 19th Century, Architecture, Built on spec, Deering, E Vinton Earle, Edward K Milliken, entries, History, images, Maine, Portland, Portland Maine, Portland String Quartet, Queen Anne Style, T.A. Huston & Company, Then and Now on November 13, 2022 by alewifecove.

Glimpses. 85 Clinton Street

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Built ca: 1921 for Karl Von Rydingsvard

A modest Arts and Crafts in the Deering Center neighborhood.

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This entry was posted in Arts and Crafts, Clinton Street, Deering Center, History, Images, Off the peninsula, Remuddling, Then & Now and tagged 20th Century, Architecture, Arts and Crafts, decorative carving, Glimpses, History, images, Karl Von Rydingsvard, Portland, Portland Maine, stucco, Swedish immigration on September 13, 2020 by alewifecove.

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