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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.

Glimpses. 140 Noyes Street

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Built ca 1899. Probably for Marks and Earle.

A fine Queen Anne in the Oakdale neighborhood.

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This entry was posted in Architecture, Arthur E Marks, Fessenden Park, Fessenden Park, Glimpses, History, Images, Llewellyn Morse Leighton, Marks and Earle, Noyes Street, Oakdale, Off the peninsula, Queen Anne, Remuddling, Then & Now and tagged 19th Century, Glimpses, History, images, Maine, Portland, Portland Maine, Queen Anne Style on October 12, 2019 by alewifecove.

Glimpses. 97 Gray Street

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Built ca: 1892 for Ammi Whitney

A very small house between Brackett and Clark Streets

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This entry was posted in Ammi Whitney, Architecture, Glimpses, Gray Street, History, Images, Then & Now, West End Walks and tagged 19th Century, Architecture, Glimpses, History, images, Portland, Portland Maine, Then and Now, West End on September 29, 2019 by alewifecove.

12-14 Winter Street

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Built ca: 1858 for William Widgery Thomas

A brick Greek Revival double house between Danforth and Gray Streets

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This entry was posted in After the fire, Architecture, Brick, Built on spec, Glimpses, Greater Portland Landmarks, Greek Revival, History, Images, Then & Now, West End Walks, William Widgery Thomas, Winter Street and tagged 19th Century, After the fire, Architecture, Brick, Built on spec, Greater Portland Landmarks, Greek Revival, History, images, Maine, nativism, Portland, Portland Maine, The Great Fire of 1866, Then and Now, West End, William Widgery Thomas on September 1, 2019 by alewifecove.

Glimpses. 104 Prospect Street

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Built ca: 1877, possibly by Samuel Norcross, for Abby and John Small

A wooden Second Empire in the Longfellow Highlands neighborhood. Continue reading →

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This entry was posted in Architecture, Glimpses, History, Images, Longfellow Highlands, mansard roof, Off the peninsula, Prospect Street, Samuel Norcross, Second Empire, Then & Now and tagged 19th Century, Architecture, Glimpses, History, images, Maine, mansard roof, Portland, Second Empire, Then and Now on August 18, 2019 by alewifecove.

235 Brackett Street

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Built ca: 1864 for Joseph and Mary Walker.

A brick Italianate on the corner of Brackett and Walker Streets in the West End Historic District.

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This entry was posted in Architecture, Brackett Street, Brick, George Milliken, History, Images, Italianate, Remuddling, Then & Now, Walker Street, West End Walks and tagged 19th Century, Architecture, Brick, History, images, Italianate, Maine, Portland, Portland Maine, Remuddling, West End on August 5, 2019 by alewifecove.

Glimpses. 53 Sheridan Street

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Built ca 1881 by Sarah and William Connor.

A brick Italianate on the southeast slope of Munjoy Hill

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This entry was posted in Architecture, Brick, Cunningham Brothers, East End, History, Images, Italianate, Munjoy Hill, Then & Now and tagged 19th Century, Brick, East End, Glimpses, History, images, Italianate, Maine, Munjoy Hill, Portland, Portland Maine, Then and Now on July 21, 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.

106 Pine Street. By Request.

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Built ca 1869-70 by Russell Worcester

A wooden Mansard in the wedge of Pine and Emery Streets in the West End.

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This entry was posted in Architecture, By Request, Emery Street, History, Images, mansard roof, Mansard Style, Pine Street, Portals, Russell Worcester, Then & Now, West End Walks and tagged 19th Century, Architecture, Glimpses, History, images, Jane L Hersom MD, Jane Lord Hersom, Maine, mansard roof, Mansard Style, Nahum A Hersom, Rufus Horton Jones, Then and Now, West End, Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania on June 23, 2019 by alewifecove.

Glimpses. 154 Newbury Street

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Built ca 1867 by Jotham Lewis.

A brick Second Empire home in the India Street District.

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This entry was posted in After the fire, Architecture, Brick, Condominium, Glimpses, History, Images, Newbury Street, Portals, Then & Now and tagged 19th Century, After the fire, Architecture, Brick, East End, Portals, Portland, Portland Maine, Second Empire, The Great Fire of 1866, Then and Now on June 9, 2019 by alewifecove.

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