Category Archives: Gray Street

In Focus. Sylvester Blackmore Beckett

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 →

64 Gray Street

Built ca 1854/6 for Pamela A S G Dearborn

A peculiar Greek Revival between Winter and Brackett Streets

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Glimpses. 90 & 94 Gray Street

Built ca: 1888

A pair of modest Queen Anne’s in the block between Brackett and Clark Streets

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Glimpses. 67 Gray Street

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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