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165_167 Congress Street Redux

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Built ca: 1883 by Francis W “Frank” Cunningham. Design by Fassett & Stevens

A revisit to a post from 2016

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This entry was posted in Apartment, Architecture, Brick, Congress Street, Francis Fassett, FW Cunningham, Glimpses, History, Images, John Calvin Stevens, Maine, masonry, Munjoy Hill, Queen Anne, Redux, Then & Now and tagged 19th Century, Architecture, Brick, doors, entries, Fassett & Stevens, FW Cunningham, Glimpses, Grossman's, Grossman's Quality Crafted Homes, History, images, immigration, John Calvin Stevens, Maine, Munjoy Hill, Portals, Portland, Portland Maine, Queen Anne Style, Redux, Then and Now on May 30, 2022 by alewifecove.

Glimpses. 30-32 Vesper Street

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Built ca: 1855 by John Weeks

A modest Greek Revival double-house in the Munjoy Hill Neighborhood

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This entry was posted in Apartment, Architecture, Double House, Glimpses, Greek Revival, History, Images, Maine, Munjoy Hill, Portals, Survivor, Sylvester Beckett, Tenement, Then & Now, Vesper Street and tagged 19th Century, Architecture, Built on spec, Charles A Plummer, Charles M Plummer, doors, Double House, East End, Glimpses, Greek Revival, History, images, Maine, Munjoy Hill, Portland, Portland Maine, Sylvester Blackmore Beckett, Tenement, Then and Now on April 17, 2022 by alewifecove.

Glimpses. 12 Smith Street

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Built ca: 1868 for William Goold

A small Italianate in the India Street Historic District

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This entry was posted in After the fire, Brick, Glimpses, Images, Italianate, Maine, Munjoy Hill, Portals, Smith Street, The Great Fire of 1866, Then & Now and tagged 19th Century, After the fire, Architecture, doors, Glimpses, History, images, Italianate, Maine, Munjoy Hill, Portals, Portland, Portland Maine, The Great Fire of 1866, Then and Now on December 18, 2021 by alewifecove.

Glimpses. 23 St Lawrence Street

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Built ca: 1851 for George Marston & Charles Montgomery.

A solid late-period Greek Revival on the slope of Munjoy Hill.

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This entry was posted in Architecture, Glimpses, Greater Portland Landmarks, Greek Revival, History, Images, Munjoy Hill, St Lawrence Street and tagged 19th Century, Architecture, East End, Greater Portland Landmarks, Greek Revival, History, images, Maine, Munjoy Hill, Portland, Portland Maine, Then and Now on April 25, 2021 by alewifecove.

12 O’Brion (formerly Beckett) Street.

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Built ca: 1864 (maybe)

A much-altered Second Empire on the Eastern Promenade side of Munjoy Hill. Continue reading →

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This entry was posted in Architecture, Condominium, History, Images, mansard roof, Munjoy Hill, O'Brion Street, Remuddling, Second Empire, Then & Now and tagged Architecture, blacksmith, Charles Stanwood, East End, History, images, mansard, mansard roof, Munjoy Hill, Portland, Portland Maine on February 14, 2021 by alewifecove.

23 Waterville Street

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Built ca: 1854 for Arthur Libby

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This entry was posted in Architecture, Greek Revival, History, Images, Munjoy Hill, Then & Now, Waterville Street and tagged 19th Century, Architecture, Greek Revival, History, Hmm, images, Maine, Munjoy Hill, Portland, Portland Maine, Then and Now on July 19, 2020 by alewifecove.

7 Lafayette Street

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Built ca 1848-53

A pleasant Greek Revival on Munjoy Hill

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This entry was posted in Architecture, Built on spec, Greek Revival, History, Images, Lafayette Street, Munjoy Hill, Then & Now, Wade Noyes and tagged 19th Century, Greek Revival, images, immigration, Irish, Jamaica, Maine, Mayall's Mills, Samuel Mayall Jr, Samuel Mayall Sr on June 21, 2020 by alewifecove.

2 Atlantic Street

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Built ca 1852 for Robert Dresser

A stately Greek Revival on the corner of Fore Street

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This entry was posted in Apartment, Architecture, Atlantic Steet, Brick, Greek Revival, History, Images, Munjoy Hill, Portals, Then & Now and tagged 19th Century, Architecture, Brick, Colonial Revival, East End, Greek Revival, History, images, Maine, Munjoy Hill, Portland, Portland Maine, suffragette, Then and Now on April 26, 2020 by alewifecove.

Glimpses. 53 Sheridan Street

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Built ca 1881 by Sarah and William Connor.

A brick Italianate on the southeast slope of Munjoy Hill

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This entry was posted in Architecture, Brick, Cunningham Brothers, East End, History, Images, Italianate, Munjoy Hill, Then & Now and tagged 19th Century, Brick, East End, Glimpses, History, images, Italianate, Maine, Munjoy Hill, Portland, Portland Maine, Then and Now on July 21, 2019 by alewifecove.

147 Congress Street

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Built ca 1857 for Simeon Hall.

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This entry was posted in Architecture, Brick, Condominium, Congress Street, East End, History, Images, Munjoy Hill, Then & Now and tagged 19th Century, Architecture, Brick, East End, History, images, Italianate, Maine, Munjoy Hill, Portland on October 30, 2017 by alewifecove.

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