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1 Cobb Avenue

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This entry was posted in Architecture, Cobb Avenue, History, Images, Maine, Off the peninsula, Post Colonial, Stroudwater, Survivor, Then & Now and tagged 18th century, Architecture, Broad's Tavern, History, images, Maine, Portals, Portland, Portland International Jetport, Portland Maine, Stroudwater, Then and Now on November 21, 2021 by alewifecove.

Glimpses. 107 Beacon Street

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This entry was posted in Architecture, Built on spec, Glimpses, History, Images, Off the peninsula, Queen Anne, Then & Now, Woodfords and tagged 20th Century, Architecture, Built on spec, Deering, Glimpses, images, Maine, Portland, Portland Maine, Queen Anne Style, Woodfords, Woodfords Corner on November 7, 2021 by alewifecove.

Glimpses. 95 Deerfield Road.

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Built in 1914 for Hazel & Harold Blanchard. Design probably by the firm John Calvin Stevens Architects.

A substantial Shingle Style home in the Boulevard Park neighborhood. Continue reading →

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This entry was posted in Architecture, Boulevard Park, Deerfield Road, Glimpses, History, Images, John Calvin Stevens, John Howard Stevens, Maine, Off the peninsula, Shingle Style, Then & Now and tagged 20th Century, Architecture, Colonial Revival, Deering, Glimpses, History, images, John Calvin Stevens, John Howard Stevens, Maine, Portland, Portland Maine, Shingle Style, Then and Now on October 10, 2021 by alewifecove.

Glimpses. 40 Belmont Street

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This entry was posted in Architecture, Austin Pease, Belmont Street, Colonial Revival, Coyle Park, Deering, Fred Tompson, Glimpses, Greater Portland Landmarks, History, Images, Jacob Winslow, Llewellyn Morse Leighton, Maine, Off the peninsula, Portals, Then & Now and tagged 20th Century, Architecture, Austin Pease, Colonial Revival, Coyle Park, Eleazer W Clark, Frederick Tompson, Glimpses, Greater Portland Landmarks, History, images, Jacob Winslow, Portland, Portland Maine, Then and Now on August 29, 2021 by alewifecove.

Field Trip. 88-90 Sawyer Street, South Portland

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Built ca: 1849 by Stephen Hubbard

A charming Greek Revival double-house in the Ferry Village neighborhood Continue reading →

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This entry was posted in Architecture, Double House, Field Trips, Greek Revival, History, Images, Maine, Off the peninsula, Portals, Sawyer Street, South Portland, South Portland and tagged 19th Century, Architecture, doors, entries, Glimpses, Greek Revival, images, Maine, Portals, South Portland, Stephen Hubbard on August 17, 2021 by alewifecove.

Glimpses. 672 Ocean Avenue

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Probably built between 1804 and 1814 by Nathan Sawyer. A transitional Georgian/Federal in the Lunt’s Corner neighborhood. Continue reading →

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This entry was posted in Architecture, Federal style, Glimpses, History, Images, Lunt's Corner, Ocean Avenue, Off the peninsula, Portals, Remuddling, Renovations, Survivor, Then & Now and tagged 19th Century, Architecture, Deering, doors, East Deering, entries, Federal style, Georgian, Glimpses, History, Hmm, images, Jessie Wright, Maine, Portals, Portland, Portland Maine, Remuddling, Then and Now, Westbrook on July 18, 2021 by alewifecove.

In Focus. Edward Henry Elwell

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A pioneering editor, publisher, historian, and civic booster.

Edward H. Elwell ca. 1875. Maine Memory Network

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This entry was posted in Architecture, Deering, Edward Elwell, Harrison Bird Brown, History, Images, In Focus, Italianate, Italy, Off the peninsula, Pleasant Avenue, Quotations, Then & Now, William Widgery Thomas, Woodfords and tagged 19th Century, Deering, Edward H Elwell, Harrison Bird Brown, History, images, Maine, Portland, Portland Maine, The Grand Tour on January 31, 2021 by alewifecove.

26 Belmont Street

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Built ca 1906 for Captain Lincoln Jewett. Design by John Calvin and John Howard Stevens

A handsome Queen-Anne in the Coyle Park neighborhood. Continue reading →

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This entry was posted in Architecture, Belmont Street, Coyle Park, Edward Winslow, Greater Portland Landmarks, History, Images, John Calvin Stevens, John Howard Stevens, Llewellyn Morse Leighton, Off the peninsula, Queen Anne, Remuddling, Then & Now and tagged 20th Century, 6 masted schooner, Architecture, Captain Lincoln W Jewett, Coyle Park, Greater Portland Landmarks, History, images, Jacob Winslow, John Calvin Stevens, John Howard Stevens, Lincoln Jewett, Llewellyn Morse Leighton, Maine, Percy & Small Shipyard, Portland, Portland Maine, Queen Anne Style, Remuddling, Schooner Eleanor A. Percy, Then and Now on January 17, 2021 by alewifecove.

Glimpses. 18 Davis Street

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Built ca: 1900 by the West End Land Company

A small Queen Anne in the Libby’s Corner neighborhood Continue reading →

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This entry was posted in Architecture, Davis Street, Deering, Glimpses, History, Images, Libby's Corner, Off the peninsula, West End Land Company and tagged 20th Century, Architecture, Deering, Glimpses, History, Horatio Jose, images, John M Brown, Libby's Corner, Phillip Brown, Portland Terminal Company, Queen Anne Style, Stick Style, West End Land Company on November 22, 2020 by alewifecove.

Glimpses. 22 Deblois Street

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Built ca 1910 for Frederic Dudley. Design by Miller and Mayo.

An imposing Colonial Revival in the Longfellow Highlands neighborhood.

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This entry was posted in Architecture, Colonial Revival, Deblois Street, History, Images, Landlocked, Longfellow Highlands, Miller and Mayo, Off the peninsula, Portals, Remuddling, Then & Now and tagged 20th Century, Architecture, Colonial Revival, Glimpses, History, Hmm, images, Miller and Mayo, Remuddling, vinyl siding on October 25, 2020 by alewifecove.

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