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Glimpses. 32 Veranda Street

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Built in 1858 by Isaac Sylvester

A substantial Italianate in the East Deering neighborhood. Continue reading →

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This entry was posted in Architecture, Back Cove Village, East Deering, Glimpses, History, Images, Isaac Sylvester, Italianate, Jacob Winslow, Lunt's Farm, Maine, Off the peninsula, Survivor, Then & Now, Veranda Street and tagged 19th Century, antebellum, Architecture, Back Cove Village, East Deering, George Russell, Glimpses, images, Isaac Sylvester, Italianate, Jacob Winslow, Lunt's Farm, Maine, Mary Lunt, Peter Lunt, Portland, Portland Maine, Russell Shipyard, Shipbuilding, Then and Now, Westbrook on December 8, 2023 by alewifecove.

41 Veranda Street

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Built ca: 1850 by David G Drinkwater

A fascinating Gothic Revival home in the East Deering neighborhood. Continue reading →

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This entry was posted in Architecture, Back Cove Village, Deering, East Deering, Gothic Revival, History, Images, Maine, Off the peninsula, Portals, Remuddling, Survivor, Then & Now, Veranda Street and tagged 19th Century, Architecture, Back Cove Village, Deering, doors, East Deering, entries, gothic hood molding, Gothic Revival, History, images, Maine, Portland, Portland Maine, The Gothic Revival, Then and Now on October 1, 2023 by alewifecove.

Reader Suggestion. 1040 Ocean Street

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Built ca 1900. Probably by Jacob Shattuck.

An odd, and probably doomed, Queen Anne on the Falmouth line.

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This entry was posted in Abandoned, Architecture, East Deering, Glimpses, History, Images, Ocean Avenue, Off the peninsula, Queen Anne, Reader Suggestion, Remuddling, Renovations, Then & Now and tagged Architecture, doomed, History, Hmm, images, Maine, Portland, Portland Maine, Queen Anne Style, Remuddling, Then and Now on August 2, 2020 by alewifecove.

Glimpses. 270 Veranda Street

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Built in 1916 for Harry J Ricker.

A heavily altered Arts and Crafts bungalow on Martin’s Point in the East Deering neighborhood

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This entry was posted in Architecture, Arts and Crafts, East Deering, Glimpses, History, Images, Jacob W Wilbur, Martin's Point, Ocean View Park, Off the peninsula, Remuddling, Renovations, Then & Now, Veranda Street and tagged 20th Century, Architecture, Arts and Crafts, Christian Jurgenson, Denmark, East Deering, Glimpses, Greater Portland Landmarks, Harry J Ricker, History, images, immigration, Jacob W Wilbur, Maine, Martin's Point, Ocean View Park, Then and Now on July 5, 2020 by alewifecove.

Glimpses. 129 Sherwood Street

Built between 1864 and 1872 by William Hamblen

A charming Italianate in the East Deering neighborhood

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This entry was posted in Architecture, East Deering, Italianate, Off the peninsula, Sherwood Street, Then & Now and tagged 19th Century, Architecture, East Deering, Glimpses, History, images, Italianate, Maine, Portland, Portland Maine, Then and Now on January 5, 2020 by alewifecove.

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