Portland House Stories

Every house has a story. I try to tell them.

Skip to content

Home
About
Methodology
Resources

Tag Archives: The Great Fire of 1866

60-62 Hampshire Street

Built ca 1867 for John Barbour & Jane Barbour Staples.

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

Continue reading →

43.660784 -70.253031

Share this:

Twitter
Facebook
Reddit
Pinterest

Like this:

Like Loading...

This entry was posted in After the fire, Architecture, Brick, East End, Hampshire Street, History, Images, mansard roof, Portals, Remuddling, Second Empire Style, 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.

357 Spring Street

2 Replies

Built in 1868 for Benjamin Farnsworth.

A grand Italianate in the West End historic district

Continue reading →

Share this:

Twitter
Facebook
Reddit
Pinterest

Like this:

Like Loading...

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.

12-14 Winter Street

Built ca: 1858 for William Widgery Thomas

A brick Greek Revival double house between Danforth and Gray Streets

Continue reading →

Share this:

Twitter
Facebook
Reddit
Pinterest

Like this:

Like Loading...

This entry was posted in After the fire, Architecture, Brick, Built on spec, Glimpses, Greater Portland Landmarks, Greek Revival, History, Images, Then & Now, West End Walks, William Widgery Thomas, Winter Street and tagged 19th Century, After the fire, Architecture, Brick, Built on spec, Greater Portland Landmarks, Greek Revival, History, images, Maine, nativism, Portland, Portland Maine, The Great Fire of 1866, Then and Now, West End, William Widgery Thomas on September 1, 2019 by alewifecove.

Glimpses. 154 Newbury Street

Built ca 1867 by Jotham Lewis.

A brick Second Empire home in the India Street District.

Continue reading →

Share this:

Twitter
Facebook
Reddit
Pinterest

Like this:

Like Loading...

This entry was posted in After the fire, Architecture, Brick, Condominium, Glimpses, History, Images, Newbury Street, Portals, Then & Now and tagged 19th Century, After the fire, Architecture, Brick, East End, Portals, Portland, Portland Maine, Second Empire, The Great Fire of 1866, Then and Now on June 9, 2019 by alewifecove.

Glimpses. 43 Deering Street

Built in 1866/67 for Francis Ashby Waldron

A well designed and built Italianate just off State Street in the Deering Street historic district.

Continue reading →

Share this:

Twitter
Facebook
Reddit
Pinterest

Like this:

Like Loading...

This entry was posted in Architecture, Deering Street, Francis Fassett, Glimpses, History, Images, Italianate, Parkside, Then & Now and tagged 19th Century, Architecture, History, images, Italianate, Maine, Portland, Portland Maine, The Great Fire of 1866, Then and Now on December 12, 2018 by alewifecove.

The Great Fire. Greater Portland Landmarks gets into the spirit.

Taking a cue from Portland’s Valentine Heart tradition, Greater Portland Landmarks traces the path and edges of the fire. Too bad it poured today.

Share this:

Twitter
Facebook
Reddit
Pinterest

Like this:

Like Loading...

This entry was posted in Architecture, Greater Portland Landmarks, History, Images, The Great Fire of 1866 and tagged Greater Portland Landmarks, History, images, Maine, Portland, The Great Fire of 1866 on June 29, 2016 by alewifecove.

Recent Posts

12 O’Brion (formerly Beckett) Street.
In Focus. Edward Henry Elwell
The beauty and comfort of houses
26 Belmont Street
Glimpses. 136 Pleasant Street

Archive

Archive

Blogroll

1924 Portland Maine property tax roles
99% Invisible
Curbed
Daytonian in Manhattan
Failed Architecture
Friends of Evergreen Cemetery
Greater Portland Landmarks
Spirits Alive

Follow Portland House Stories on WordPress.com

Categories

Architecture Brick Built on spec Colonial Revival Condominium Danforth Street Federal style Francis Fassett garage Glimpses Greater Portland Landmarks Greek Revival History Images Italianate John Calvin Stevens mansard roof Mansard Style Munjoy Hill Off the peninsula Parkside Portals Queen Anne Remuddling Second Empire Style Spring Street Survivor Then & Now Vaughan Street West End Walks

Tags

Add your thoughts here... (optional) Post to

Cancel

Email (Required)

Name (Required)

Website

Loading Comments...

Comment

×

%d bloggers like this: