A rare opportunity to see the interior of a Portland landmark.
In early 2024, one of the city’s landmark antebellum homes came on the market under some odd circumstances.
Continue readingGlimpses. 308 Danforth Street. A peek inside.
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16-22 Pine Street
Built on spec in 1856 by the Granville & Sewall Chase. Design by Charles A Alexander
A quartet of substantial Italianate townhouses in the Longfellow Square neighborhood
Continue readingClippings. The American Architect & Building News and the Jekyll Island Club House
The American Architect & Building News was the standard trade publication in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Most of the issues are available for reading and, in most cases, download.
In Focus: Charles A Alexander. Addendum.
A look at a missed home and a couple that make me go Hmmm
Birds-Eye view of Portland. Library of Congress
In Focus. Charles A Alexander Part 3. Commercial, Church, & other Works.
Part 3 of an in-depth look at one of Portland’s lesser-known architects.
Portland Sugar House warehouse. 1852
This is the third and final part of our look at Charles A Alexander. Continue reading
In Focus. Charles A Alexander Part 2. Residences and Cottages
Part 2 of an in-depth look at one of Portland’s lesser-known architects.
Safford House. 1857
In Focus. Charles A Alexander Part 1. Biography
Part One of an in-depth look at one of Portland’s lesser-known architects.
Chestnut Street Methodist Church. 1856
Glimpses. 16 Storer Street
Built prior to 1860 for Dependence and/or Henry Furbush (Furbish). Possibly designed by Charles A Alexander.
A fascinating brick Italianate on the Waynflete Campus.
171-175 Danforth Street
Built ca 1849-50 ‘on spec’ by Horace B Richards
A simple, and slightly quirky, Greek Revival double house between State and Brackett Streets
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