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79-81 North Street

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This entry was posted in Architecture, Brick, Double House, garage, Greek Revival, History, Images, Italy, Maine, Moses Gould, Munjoy Hill, North Street, Real Estate, Survivor, The Great Fire of 1866, Then & Now and tagged 19th Century, Brick, Double House, East End, Greek Revival, Hmm, images, immigration, Maine, Munjoy Hill, Portland, Portland Maine, Real Estate, The Great Fire of 1866, Then and Now on January 15, 2023 by alewifecove.

Glimpses. 29 Munjoy Street

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This entry was posted in Architecture, Glimpses, Greek Revival, Hansen's Lane, History, Images, Maine, Munjoy Hill, Munjoy Street, Remuddling, Renovations, Survivor, Then & Now and tagged 19th Century, Architecture, East End, Glimpses, Greek Revival, Hansen's Lane, History, Hmm, images, Maine, Munjoy Hill, Portland, Portland Maine, Remuddling, The Hill on October 30, 2022 by alewifecove.

102 Ashmont Street

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Built ca: 1843-44 on spec by Christopher Wilson

A unique Greek Revival in the Woodford’s Corner neighborhood

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This entry was posted in Architecture, Ashmont Street, Built on spec, Deering, Glimpses, Greek Revival, History, Images, Maine, Off the peninsula, Survivor, Then & Now, Woodfords and tagged 19th Century, Architecture, Built on spec, Deering, doors, entries, Glimpses, Greek Revival, History, images, Maine, Portland Maine, Westbrook, Woodfords Corner on August 14, 2022 by alewifecove.

Glimpses. 30-32 Vesper Street

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This entry was posted in Apartment, Architecture, Double House, Glimpses, Greek Revival, History, Images, Maine, Munjoy Hill, Portals, Survivor, Sylvester Beckett, Tenement, Then & Now, Vesper Street and tagged 19th Century, Architecture, Built on spec, Charles A Plummer, Charles M Plummer, doors, Double House, East End, Glimpses, Greek Revival, History, images, Maine, Munjoy Hill, Portland, Portland Maine, Sylvester Blackmore Beckett, Tenement, Then and Now on April 17, 2022 by alewifecove.

75 Vaughan Street Redux

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Built in 1859 for William Goodwin

A quirky Gothic Revival on the corner of Vaughan and Bowdoin Streets

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This entry was posted in Architecture, Bowdoin Street, Gothic Revival, History, Images, John Bundy Brown, John Calvin Stevens, Redux, Survivor, Then & Now, Vaughan Street, West End and tagged 19th Century, Architecture, Bowdoin Street, Edward Woodman, Hannah Woodman, History, images, JB Brown, John Bundy Brown, John Calvin Stevens, Maine, mansard roof, Portland, Portland Maine, Redux, Revisited, The Gothic Revival, Vaughan Street, West End, William E Goodwin on January 16, 2022 by alewifecove.

1 Cobb Avenue

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Built ca: 1782 by Thaddeus Broad

A modest Post Colonial in the Stroudwater neighborhood.

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This entry was posted in Architecture, Cobb Avenue, History, Images, Maine, Off the peninsula, Post Colonial, Stroudwater, Survivor, Then & Now and tagged 18th century, Architecture, Broad's Tavern, History, images, Maine, Portals, Portland, Portland International Jetport, Portland Maine, Stroudwater, Then and Now on November 21, 2021 by alewifecove.

Glimpses. 672 Ocean Avenue

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Probably built between 1804 and 1814 by Nathan Sawyer. A transitional Georgian/Federal in the Lunt’s Corner neighborhood. Continue reading →

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This entry was posted in Architecture, Federal style, Glimpses, History, Images, Lunt's Corner, Ocean Avenue, Off the peninsula, Portals, Remuddling, Renovations, Survivor, Then & Now and tagged 19th Century, Architecture, Deering, doors, East Deering, entries, Federal style, Georgian, Glimpses, History, Hmm, images, Jessie Wright, Maine, Portals, Portland, Portland Maine, Remuddling, Then and Now, Westbrook on July 18, 2021 by alewifecove.

44 Cedar Street

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Built sometime between 1845 and 1852 by Edward P Thompson.

A sturdy Greek Revival in the Bayside neighborhood.

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This entry was posted in Architecture, Bayside, Brick, Cedar Street, Greek Revival, History, Images, Survivor, Then & Now and tagged 19th Century, Architecture, Armenia, Armenian immigration, Brick, Greek Revival, History, immigration, Maine, Portland, Portland Maine, Survivor, Then and Now on August 16, 2020 by alewifecove.

2-3 Mechanic Place

Built ca 1853 by Benjamin Megguire.

A fascinating Greek Revival double-house in the Bayside neighborhood.

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This entry was posted in Architecture, Bayside, Benjamin Megguire, Double House, Glimpses, Greek Revival, History, Images, Remuddling, Renovations, Survivor, Then & Now and tagged 19th Century, Alice Carle, Architecture, Bayside, Bubba's Sulky Lounge, D’Oyly Carte Theater, Double House, Gilbert and Sullivan, Glimpses, Greek Revival, Hmm, images, Maine, Mikado, Portland, Portland Maine, Remuddling, Renovation, Then and Now, Things that make me go hmm on November 24, 2019 by alewifecove.

12-14 Deering Street

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Built ca 1868 for Captains Russell Lewis and Jacob Winslow. Design by Francis Fassett

A brick Mansard Style double house in the Deering Street Historic District.

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This entry was posted in Architecture, Brick, Deering Street, Francis Fassett, garage, History, Images, Jacob Winslow, mansard roof, Mansard Style, Parkside, Remuddling, Survivor, Then & Now and tagged 19th Century, Architecture, Brick, doors, Francis Fassett, History, images, Jacob Winslow, mansard roof, Mansard Style, Remuddling, Then and Now on July 7, 2019 by alewifecove.

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