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357 Spring Street

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Built in 1868 for Benjamin Farnsworth.

A grand Italianate in the West End historic district

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This entry was posted in Architecture, garage, History, Images, Italianate, Spring Street, Then & Now, Waynflete School, West End, West End Walks and tagged 19th Century, After the fire, Architecture, garage, gutters, History, images, Italianate, Seth Larrabee, The Great Fire of 1866, Then and Now, West End on May 24, 2020 by alewifecove.

2 Atlantic Street

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Built ca 1852 for Robert Dresser

A stately Greek Revival on the corner of Fore Street

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This entry was posted in Apartment, Architecture, Atlantic Steet, Brick, Greek Revival, History, Images, Munjoy Hill, Portals, Then & Now and tagged 19th Century, Architecture, Brick, Colonial Revival, East End, Greek Revival, History, images, Maine, Munjoy Hill, Portland, Portland Maine, suffragette, Then and Now on April 26, 2020 by alewifecove.

Glimpses. 34 Glenwood Avenue.

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Built in 1900 for Warren & Elizabeth Neal

A cute Queen Anne in the Rosemont neighborhood.

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This entry was posted in Architecture, garage, Glenwood Avenue, Glimpses, History, Images, Llewellyn Morse Leighton, Queen Anne, Rosemont, Then & Now and tagged 20th Century, Architecture, clapboards, Gambrell roof, Glimpses, History, images, Llewellyn Morse Leighton, Maine, Portland, Portland Maine, Queen Anne Style on April 12, 2020 by alewifecove.

Glimpses. 30 Mechanic Street

Built ca 1850. Probably by John Neal.

A simple brick Italianate in the Bayside neighborhood

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This entry was posted in Architecture, Bayside, Brick, Glimpses, History, Images, Italianate, Mechanic Street, Then & Now and tagged 19th Century, Architecture, Brick, Glimpses, History, images, Italianate, John Neal, Maine, Portland, Portland Maine on April 12, 2020 by alewifecove.

Glimpses. 271 Summit Street

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Built ca: 1803 for Charles Frost.

A brick Federal home in the North Deering neighborhood.

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This entry was posted in Architecture, Brick, Glimpses, History, Images, North Deering, Off the peninsula, Summit Street and tagged 19th Century, Architecture, Brick, Federal style, Glimpses, History, images, Maine, Portland, Portland Maine, Then and Now on March 29, 2020 by alewifecove.

Glimpses. 499 Ocean Avenue

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Built ca: 1860 by Moses Dow

A small Italianate near Payson Park.

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This entry was posted in Architecture, Bowdoin College, Glimpses, History, Images, Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, Lunt's Corner, Ocean Avenue, Off the peninsula and tagged 19th Century, Architecture, Bowdoin College, Glimpses, History, images, Italianate, Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, Maine, Portland, Portland Maine, Then and Now on March 1, 2020 by alewifecove.

Glimpses. 36 Mechanic Street

Built ca: 1851 by William H. Stewart

A modest Greek Revival in Bayside

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This entry was posted in Architecture, Bayside, Glimpses, Greek Revival, History, Images, Mechanic Street, Then & Now and tagged 19th Century, Architecture, Glimpses, Greek Revival, History, images, Portland, Portland Maine, Then and Now on February 16, 2020 by alewifecove.

54 Maple Street

Built ca: 1858 by David Robinson Jr.

A Greek Revival double-house in the Gorham’s Corner neighborhood. Continue reading →

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This entry was posted in Architecture, Brick, Double House, Gorham's Corner, Greek Revival, History, Images, Maine College of Art, Maple Street, Portals, Portland School of Art, Remuddling, Then & Now and tagged 19th Century, Architecture, Brick, doors, entries, Greek Revival, History, images, Maine, Maine College of Art, Maine Irish Heritage Center, Portals, Portland, Remuddling, Then and Now on February 2, 2020 by alewifecove.

Glimpses. 28 Clifton Street

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Built ca: 1870 by Warren Sparrow

A cute Second Empire house in Coyle Park, between Forest Avenue and Back Cove

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This entry was posted in After the fire, Architecture, Built on spec, Clifton Street, Coyle Park, Glimpses, History, Images, mansard roof, Off the peninsula, Portals, Second Empire, Warren Sparrow and tagged 19th Century, After the fire, Architecture, Glimpses, History, images, Maine, mansard roof, Second Empire, Then and Now, Warren Sparrow on January 19, 2020 by alewifecove.

Glimpses. 129 Sherwood Street

Built between 1864 and 1872 by William Hamblen

A charming Italianate in the East Deering neighborhood

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This entry was posted in Architecture, East Deering, Italianate, Off the peninsula, Sherwood Street, Then & Now and tagged 19th Century, Architecture, East Deering, Glimpses, History, images, Italianate, Maine, Portland, Portland Maine, Then and Now on January 5, 2020 by alewifecove.

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