Category Archives: Pleasant Street

Glimpses. 136 Pleasant Street

Built ca: 1830. Probably built by Joseph Ilsley.

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110 Pleasant Street. A carriage house with a long history.

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It sits, rather forlornly, behind the group home at 71 High Street. Neglected and overlooked, it seems to be the victim of ‘destruction by neglect’. A sad state for a building with a long story to tell. With a construction date of 1800, I believe it to be the oldest carriage house in Portland.

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