A funky little Queen Anne in the India Street District. Built ca: 1875-80
A story in which we meet a man who it can truly be said built much of the Portland we see today.
277 Congress Street. The James Cunningham house.
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Glimpses. 320 Spring Street
Glimpses. 9-11 Parris Street
Built ca 1852 for Richard Hunt and James Jewett.
A Greek Revival double house on the slopes of Bayside.
Glimpses. 67 Gray Street
The short block of Gray Street from Brackett to Winter is home to an eclectic blend of 19th-century houses in varying states of repair.
I, of course, am drawn to the house in the ‘worse’ condition.
Glimpses. 325 Spring Street
318 Brighton Avenue.
Built in 1902 by Horace Frank Farnham. Designed by John Calvin Stevens.
A large Queen Anne in the Highlands neighborhood
Glimpses. 48 Park Street
72 Bradley Street. By request.
West End Walks. 143 Pine Street. A home for an architect.
Built in 1863 by Thomas Cummings father and son.
The elder Cummings was an architect in Portland.
In Focus. Charles Quincy Clapp. Part 2. A Period of Domesticity
Welcome to part two of a focused look at the life and works of Charles Quincy Clapp. In part one, I looked at his early years and some of his earliest, mostly commercial, works. In this section, I am going to focus in CQ’s domestic work, both for himself and as part of the family’s investments.
Portland House Stories 