Built in 1914 for Hazel & Harold Blanchard. Design probably by the firm John Calvin Stevens Architects.
A substantial Shingle Style home in the Boulevard Park neighborhood. Continue reading
Built in 1914 for Hazel & Harold Blanchard. Design probably by the firm John Calvin Stevens Architects.
A substantial Shingle Style home in the Boulevard Park neighborhood. Continue reading
Built ca 1906 for Captain Lincoln Jewett. Design by John Calvin and John Howard Stevens
A handsome Queen-Anne in the Coyle Park neighborhood. Continue reading
Built ca: 1910 for Arthur and Frances Champlin. Design by John Calvin and John Howard Stevens.
A large brick Colonial Revival in the West End Historic District.
Built in 1906-07 for Herbert & Sally Payson. Design by John Calvin and John Henry Stevens.
A large brick Colonial Revival in the West End Historic District.
Built in 1923 by Frank and Grace Leavitt
Design by John Calvin and John Howard Stevens
Built in 1911 for Harrison and Helen Holt.
Design by John Calvin & John Howard Stevens
In my post about the converted garage at 99 Chadwick Street, I noted it was originally built for Aurelius Hinds. In doing a bit of research on Mr. Hinds at that time, I realized his story was worth telling as it traces a period of growth in the city of Portland both physically and economically. His presence is felt through the buildings he left behind. One in a fashionable, then and now, section of town and the other a landmark on one of the city’s busiest thoroughfares. Here is a bit more of his story. Continue reading