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By Request. 296 Spring Street

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Built in 1857 by Merrick Sawyer

A fine Greek Revival in the West End

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This entry was posted in Architecture, By Request, Captain Benjamin Webster, Condominium, Granite, History, Images, Italianate, Spring Street, Then & Now, West End and tagged 19th Century, By Request, Captain Benjamin Webster, Elias Thomas, Granite, History, images, Merrick Sawyer, Portland, Then and Now, West End on April 13, 2025 by alewifecove.

207-211 Spring Street

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Built ca: 1838 by Levi Bolton

An iconic Greek Revival double-house in the West End Neighborhood

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This entry was posted in Architecture, Condominium, Double House, Greek Revival, History, Images, Levi Bolton, Maine, Spring Street, Survivor, West End, West End Walks and tagged 19th Century, Architecture, Greek Revival, History, images, James Hall, Levi Bolton, Maine, Portland, Portland Maine, West End on August 31, 2024 by alewifecove.

336-338 Spring Street

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Built in 1867 for Seth and Margaret Dyer

A large Italianate in the West End Historic District Continue reading →

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This entry was posted in After the fire, Architecture, Brick, Greater Portland Landmarks, Images, Italianate, Maine, masonry, Portals, Spring Street, Then & Now, Waynflete School, West End, West End Walks and tagged 19th Century, a puzzlement, After the fire, Architecture, Brick, doors, entries, Greater Portland Landmarks, History, images, Italianate, Maine, Portals, Portland, Portland Maine, puzzlement, Seth Dyer, Spring Street, Stanley Herrick, Stanwood Fisher, Storer Street, Then and Now, Waynflete School, West End on March 10, 2024 by alewifecove.

198_200 Spring Street

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Built ca: 1827-33 by Benjamin Fickett

A much altered Federal in the West End Historic District Continue reading →

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This entry was posted in Architecture, Federal style, History, Images, Remuddling, Spring Street, Then & Now, West End, West End Walks and tagged 19th Century, Architecture, Federal style, History, Hmm, images, Maine, Portland, Portland Maine, Remuddling, Then and Now, West End on April 24, 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.

357 Spring Street

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Built in 1868 for Benjamin Farnsworth.

A grand Italianate in the West End historic district

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This entry was posted in Architecture, garage, History, Images, Italianate, Spring Street, Then & Now, Waynflete School, West End, West End Walks and tagged 19th Century, After the fire, Architecture, garage, gutters, History, images, Italianate, Seth Larrabee, The Great Fire of 1866, Then and Now, West End on May 24, 2020 by alewifecove.

Glimpses. 327 Spring Street

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Built ca: 1846 for John Van Buskirk

A Greek Revival with later alterations in the West End

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This entry was posted in Architecture, Condominium, Glimpses, Greek Revival, History, Images, mansard roof, Mansard Style, Spring Street, Then & Now, West End, West End Walks and tagged 19th Century, Glimpses, Greek Revival, Henry W Swasey, mansard roof, Mansard Style, Portland, Portland Maine, Spring Street, Then and Now, West End on March 15, 2020 by alewifecove.

365 Spring Street

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Built ca: 1877-78 for Ammi Whitney. Design probably by Francis Fassett.

A brick Italianate at the corner of Spring and Neal Streets in the West End.

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This entry was posted in Ammi Whitney, Architecture, Brick, Francis Fassett, History, Italianate, Spring Street, Then & Now, West End, West End Walks and tagged 19th Century, Alice Whitney, Ammi Whitney, Architecture, Brick, Emily Haskell Whitney, Francis Fassett, History, images, Italianate, Joseph Whitney, Kate D Whitney, Kendall & Whitney, Kendall and Whitney, Maine, Portland, Portland Maine, Then and Now, West End on October 27, 2019 by alewifecove.

119-121 State Street

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Built ca: 1854-55 for William H Stephenson.

An eclectic double house on the corner of State and Spring Streets.

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This entry was posted in Architecture, Double House, Gothic Revival, History, Images, Italianate, Spring Street, State Street, Survivor, Then & Now, West End Walks and tagged 19th Century, Architecture, doors, Greek Revival, History, images, Italianate, Maine, Portland, Portland Maine, The Gothic Revival, West End on March 25, 2018 by alewifecove.

120-126 Spring Street

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Built ca: 1892 for William H Stevens

A pair of double houses designed by John Calvin Stevens, no relation.

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This entry was posted in Architecture, Colonial Revival, Double House, Glimpses, History, Images, John Calvin Stevens, Spring Street, Then & Now, West End Walks and tagged 19th Century, Architecture, Colonial Revival, Glimpses, History, images, John Calvin Stevens, John Ford, Maine, Portland, Portland Maine, West End on March 10, 2018 by alewifecove.

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