Tag Archives: Portland

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.

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318 Brighton Avenue.

Built in 1902 by Horace Frank Farnham. Designed by John Calvin Stevens.

A large Queen Anne in the Highlands neighborhood

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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.

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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.

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