1812 – 1882
Bas-relief sculpture of Sylvester B. Beckett. Benjamin Paul Akers. ca: 1851 Maine Memory Network
Poet, author & editor. Beckett compiled the Portland City Directory for 20+ years. Continue reading
Built ca 1854/6 for Pamela A S G Dearborn
A peculiar Greek Revival between Winter and Brackett Streets
Built ca: 1892 for Ammi Whitney
A very small house between Brackett and Clark Streets
Built ca: 1888
A pair of modest Queen Anne’s in the block between Brackett and Clark Streets
The short block of Gray Street from Brackett to Winter is home to an eclectic blend of 19th-century houses in varying states of repair.
I, of course, am drawn to the house in the ‘worse’ condition.
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