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Glimpses. 121 Dartmouth Street

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Built ‘on spec’ ca; 1922 by the Dartmouth Real Estate Company

An Arts & Crafts ‘double-decker’ in the Oakdale neighborhood.

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This entry was posted in Apartment, Architecture, Arts and Crafts, Dartmouth Real Estate Company, Dartmouth Street, Deering, double-decker, F A Rumery, Hip roof, History, Images, Maine, Oakdale, Oakdale Street, On Spec, Then & Now and tagged Apartment, Architecture, Built on spec, Dartmouth Real Estate Company, Frank Rumery, History, images, Maine, Marion Deering Noyes, Oakdale, Portland, Portland Maine, Then and Now on October 31, 2025 by alewifecove.

187 Concord Street. A home for an architect.

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Built in 1914 for Charles & Sadie Poor. Design by Charles O Poor.
Googins & Clark, builders.

An attractive Arts & Crafts in the Deering Center neighborhood Continue reading →

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-70.294000

This entry was posted in Architecture, Arts and Crafts, Charles O Poor, Concord Street, Deering, Deering Center, garage, Googins & Clark, Home of the architect, Images, Off the peninsula, Then & Now and tagged 20th Century, Architecture, Arts and Crafts, Charles O Poor, Deering, Googins & Clark, History, Home of the architect, images, Maine, Portland Maine, Then and Now on March 24, 2024 by alewifecove.

Glimpses. 59 Orland Street

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Built on spec in 1932 by James MacNutt

An interesting Arts & Crafts home in the Fessenden Park neighborhood. Continue reading →

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-70.286726

This entry was posted in Architecture, Arts and Crafts, Built on spec, Fessenden Park, Glimpses, Images, James MacNutt, Maine, Off the peninsula, On Spec, Orland Street, Then & Now and tagged 20th Century, Architecture, Arts and Crafts, Built on spec, Dorothy Small, Dorothy Snell, Glimpses, History, images, Maine, Portland, Portland Maine, Richard Small, Then and Now on August 13, 2023 by alewifecove.

Glimpses. 85 Clinton Street

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Built ca: 1921 for Karl Von Rydingsvard

A modest Arts and Crafts in the Deering Center neighborhood.

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-70.290009

This entry was posted in Arts and Crafts, Clinton Street, Deering Center, History, Images, Off the peninsula, Remuddling, Then & Now and tagged 20th Century, Architecture, Arts and Crafts, decorative carving, Glimpses, History, images, Karl Von Rydingsvard, Portland, Portland Maine, stucco, Swedish immigration on September 13, 2020 by alewifecove.

Glimpses. 270 Veranda Street

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Built in 1916 for Harry J Ricker.

A heavily altered Arts and Crafts bungalow on Martin’s Point in the East Deering neighborhood

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-70.249645

This entry was posted in Architecture, Arts and Crafts, East Deering, Glimpses, History, Images, Jacob W Wilbur, Martin's Point, Ocean View Park, Off the peninsula, Remuddling, Renovations, Then & Now, Veranda Street and tagged 20th Century, Architecture, Arts and Crafts, Christian Jurgenson, Denmark, East Deering, Glimpses, Greater Portland Landmarks, Harry J Ricker, History, images, immigration, Jacob W Wilbur, Maine, Martin's Point, Ocean View Park, Then and Now on July 5, 2020 by alewifecove.

Glimpses. 66 West Street

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Built in 1919 for James and Rose Macy

A low-key colonial revival in the West End

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This entry was posted in Architecture, Arts and Crafts, Brick, Glimpses, Greater Portland Landmarks, History, Images, Then & Now, West End Walks, West Street and tagged 20th Century, Architecture, Brick, Colonial Revival, Glimpses, Greater Portland Landmarks, History, Maine, Portland, Portland Maine, West End on August 12, 2018 by alewifecove.

Glimpses. 263 Brighton Avenue

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Built ca 1919

A brick Arts and Crafts in Fessenden Park Extension.

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This entry was posted in Architecture, Arts and Crafts, Brick, Brighton Avenue, Colonial Revival, Fessenden Park, garage, Glimpses, Off the peninsula, Then & Now, William Dyer Murray and tagged Architecture, Arts and Crafts, Brick, Glimpses, History, Hmm, images, Maine, Portland, Portland Maine on June 5, 2018 by alewifecove.

Glimpses. 43 Highland Street

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Built ca: 1920. Design by Charles O Poor

A modest bungalow in Longfellow Highlands

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This entry was posted in Architecture, Arts and Crafts, Charles O Poor, Glimpses, Highland Street, History, Images, Longfellow Highlands, Off the peninsula, Then & Now and tagged Architecture, Arts and Crafts, Colonial Revival, doors, Glimpses, History, images, immigration, Maine, Portland, Portland Maine, Smyrna, Turkey on April 8, 2018 by alewifecove.

271 Deering Avenue

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Built in 1915 for Harry ‘Henry’ Wilkie. Design by Fred Tompson.

An Arts and Crafts bungalow in the Fessenden Park neighborhood.

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This entry was posted in Architecture, Arts and Crafts, Deering Street, F A Rumery, Fessenden Street, Fred Tompson, garage, History, Images, Oakdale, Off the peninsula, Then & Now and tagged 20th Century, Albion Wilson, Architecture, Arts and Crafts, Deering, Frederick Tompson, garage, History, images, Maine, Oakdale, Portland, Portland Maine, University of Southern Maine on October 3, 2017 by alewifecove.

Glimpses. 55 Bowdoin Street

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Built in 1911 for Harrison and Helen Holt.

Design by John Calvin & John Howard Stevens

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This entry was posted in Architecture, Arts and Crafts, Bowdoin Street, Brick, Chadwick Street, Colonial Revival, garage, Glimpses, Greater Portland Landmarks, History, Images, John Calvin Stevens, John Howard Stevens, West End Walks, Western Promenade and tagged Architecture, Arts and Crafts, Brick, Colonial Revival, Glimpses, History, images, John Calvin Stevens, John Howard Stevens, Maine, Portland, West End on June 11, 2017 by alewifecove.

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