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50 Turner Street

Built ca 1895 probably by Ansel & Elmer Doten

A simple Italianate in the Munjoy Hill Historic District. Continue reading →

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This entry was posted in Architecture, Forest City Mineral Spring, History, Images, Italianate, Maine, Munjoy Hill, Then & Now, Turner Street and tagged 19th Century, Architecture, East End, Eliza V Noble, Forest City Mineral Spring, History, images, Italianate, John F Randall, Maine, Munjoy Hill, NB Noble, Nymphas B Noble, Portland Maine, Then and Now on June 5, 2023 by alewifecove.

79-81 North Street

Built ca: 1854-55 by Moses Gould

A somewhat ungainly Greek Revival double house in the Munjoy Hill neighborhood

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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

Built ca: 181 for Charles Morris Libby

A peculiar Greek Revival in the Munjoy Hill Historic District Continue reading →

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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.

Glimpses. 80 Quebec Street

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Built in 1876 by Alfred Roberts

A diminutive Second Empire in the Munjoy Hill Historic District Continue reading →

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This entry was posted in Architecture, Glimpses, History, Images, Maine, mansard roof, Munjoy Hill, Quebec Street, Second Empire, Then & Now and tagged 19th Century, Alfred Roberts, Architecture, East End, Glimpses, History, images, Irish Immigration, Jennie Honan, mansard roof, Munjoy Hill, Patrick Honan, Portland, Portland Maine, TB, Then and Now, tuberculosis on October 1, 2022 by alewifecove.

Glimpses. 23 Hampshire Street

Built ca: 1867-68 by Jotham Lewis

A remuddled Italianate in the India Street Historic District.

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This entry was posted in After the fire, Architecture, Brick, Condominium, garage, Glimpses, Hampshire Street, History, Images, India Street, Italianate, Maine, mansard roof, masonry, Portals, Remuddling and tagged 19th Century, After the fire, Architecture, Brick, doors, East End, Glimpses, History, images, Italianate, Maine, mansard roof, Portland, Portland Maine, Remuddling, The Great Fire of 1866, Then and Now on July 24, 2022 by alewifecove.

Glimpses. 30-32 Vesper Street

Built ca: 1855 by John Weeks

A modest Greek Revival double-house in the Munjoy Hill Neighborhood

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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.

19 Anderson Street

Built ca: 1882 for Robert McCloskey

A scruffy but vibrant Italianate in the East Bayside neighborhood. Continue reading →

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This entry was posted in Anderson Street, Apartment, Architecture, Commercial, Condominium, East Bayside, History, Images, Italianate, Maine, Portals, Remuddling, Then & Now and tagged 19th Century, Architecture, doors, East End, History, images, immigration, Irish, Italianate, Maine, Munjoy Hill, Portland, Portland Maine, Remuddling, Then and Now on September 12, 2021 by alewifecove.

Glimpses. 23 St Lawrence Street

Built ca: 1851 for George Marston & Charles Montgomery.

A solid late-period Greek Revival on the slope of Munjoy Hill.

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This entry was posted in Architecture, Glimpses, Greater Portland Landmarks, Greek Revival, History, Images, Munjoy Hill, St Lawrence Street and tagged 19th Century, Architecture, East End, Greater Portland Landmarks, Greek Revival, History, images, Maine, Munjoy Hill, Portland, Portland Maine, Then and Now on April 25, 2021 by alewifecove.

12 O’Brion (formerly Beckett) Street.

Built ca: 1864 (maybe)

A much-altered Second Empire on the Eastern Promenade side of Munjoy Hill. Continue reading →

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This entry was posted in Architecture, Condominium, History, Images, mansard roof, Munjoy Hill, O'Brion Street, Remuddling, Second Empire, Then & Now and tagged Architecture, blacksmith, Charles Stanwood, East End, History, images, mansard, mansard roof, Munjoy Hill, Portland, Portland Maine on February 14, 2021 by alewifecove.

60-62 Hampshire Street

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Built ca 1867 for John Barbour & Jane Barbour Staples.

A fine, if somewhat remuddled, Second Empire double house in the India Street neighborhood.

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This entry was posted in After the fire, Architecture, Brick, East End, Hampshire Street, History, Images, mansard roof, Portals, Remuddling, Second Empire, The Great Fire of 1866, Then & Now and tagged 19th Century, After the fire, Architecture, Brick, Bruce Taliento, Caroline Staples, Celia Dunlap, Charles F Dunlap, Charles Staples, East End, entries, History, images, Jane Barbour Staples, John Barbour, Maine, mansard roof, Munjoy Hill, Portland, Portland Maine, Remuddling, Second Empire, Tally's Wholesale Tobacco, The Great Fire of 1866 on October 11, 2020 by alewifecove.

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