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38 High Street

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Built ca: 1822-23 by James Crockett

A diminutive Federal in the Danforth Street neighborhood.

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This entry was posted in Architecture, Brick, Danforth, Federal style, High Street, Hip roof, History, Images, James Crockett, Maine, masonry, Portals, Then & Now and tagged 19th Century, Architecture, Brick, doors, Federal style, Francis O'Brien, hipped roof, History, images, James Crockett, John Bradford, Joseph Swift, Portland, Portland Maine, spar maker, Then and Now on January 29, 2023 by alewifecove.

In Focus: Charles A Alexander. Addendum.

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A look at a missed home and a couple that make me go Hmmm

Birds-Eye view of Portland. Library of Congress

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This entry was posted in Architecture, Brick, Charles A Alexander, Dependence H Furbush, History, Horace P Storer, Images, In Focus, Italianate, Phyllis Thaxter, Portals, Portland Sugar House, Spring Street, Spruce Street, Storer Street, Sydney Thaxter, Then & Now, Waynflete School, West End and tagged 19th Century, Architecture, Brick, Charles A Alexander, Charles J Barbour, Dependence H Furbush, History, Hmm, Horace P Storer, images, Italianate, John Mace, Maine, Phyllis Thaxter, Portals, Portland, Portland Maine, Seth Dyer, Storer Street, Sydney SF Thaxter, Sydney Thaxter, Then and Now, Waynflete School, West End on December 25, 2022 by alewifecove.

Glimpses. 23 Hampshire Street

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Built ca: 1867-68 by Jotham Lewis

A remuddled Italianate in the India Street Historic District.

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This entry was posted in After the fire, Architecture, Brick, Condominium, garage, Glimpses, Hampshire Street, History, Images, India Street, Italianate, Maine, mansard roof, masonry, Portals, Remuddling and tagged 19th Century, After the fire, Architecture, Brick, doors, East End, Glimpses, History, images, Italianate, Maine, mansard roof, Portland, Portland Maine, Remuddling, The Great Fire of 1866, Then and Now on July 24, 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.

117-119 Pine Street. House number 200

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Built in 1876 for Francis & Edward Fassett

An iconic High Victorian in the West End Historic District

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This entry was posted in After the fire, Architecture, Brick, Condominium, Double House, Francis Fassett, Greater Portland Landmarks, High Victorian, History, Home of the architect, House #200, Images, Maine, mansard roof, Nathan E Redlon, Pine Street, Portals, The Great Fire of 1866, West End and tagged 19th Century, After the fire, Architecture, Brick, doors, entries, Francis Fassett, Greater Portland Landmarks, High Victorian, History, images, Maine, mansard roof, masonry, Portals, Portland, Portland Maine, The Great Fire of 1866, Then and Now, West End on November 28, 2021 by alewifecove.

369-371 Cumberland Avenue

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Built ca 1846 by James R Hawkes

A Greek Revival double-house in the Bayside neighborhood. Continue reading →

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This entry was posted in Architecture, Bayside, Cumberland Avenue, Double House, Glimpses, Greek Revival, James R Hawkes, Portals, Then & Now and tagged 19th Century, Architecture, doors, Double House, Edgar Hawkes, Greek Revival, History, images, James R Hawkes, Maine, Maine Charitable Mechanics Association, Mechanics Hall, Portland, Portland Maine, Solomon Hawkes, Then and Now on October 24, 2021 by alewifecove.

Glimpses. 33 Cushman Street.

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Built ca: 1868 for William and Mary Milliken. Possibly by James Tenney.

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This entry was posted in After the fire, Architecture, Cushman Street, Glimpses, History, Images, Italianate, James A Tenney, Maine, Portals, Remuddling, Then & Now, West End, West End Walks and tagged 19th Century, After the fire, Architecture, entries, Glimpses, History, Hmm, images, Italianate, Maine, Portals, Portland, Portland Maine, Remuddling, Then and Now, vinyl siding, walking, West End on September 26, 2021 by alewifecove.

19 Anderson Street

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Built ca: 1882 for Robert McCloskey

A scruffy but vibrant Italianate in the East Bayside neighborhood. Continue reading →

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This entry was posted in Anderson Street, Apartment, Architecture, Commercial, Condominium, East Bayside, History, Images, Italianate, Maine, Portals, Remuddling, Then & Now and tagged 19th Century, Architecture, doors, East End, History, images, immigration, Irish, Italianate, Maine, Munjoy Hill, Portland, Portland Maine, Remuddling, Then and Now on September 12, 2021 by alewifecove.

Glimpses. 40 Belmont Street

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Built ca: 1902 on spec for Lewellyn Morse Leighton. Design by Fred Tompson

A lovely Colonial Revival in the Coyle Park neighborhood.
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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.

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