1812 – 1882
Bas-relief sculpture of Sylvester B. Beckett. Benjamin Paul Akers. ca: 1851 Maine Memory Network
Poet, author & editor. Beckett compiled the Portland City Directory for 20+ years. Continue reading
Built ca: 1854-55 by Moses Gould
A somewhat ungainly Greek Revival double house in the Munjoy Hill neighborhood
Built ca: 1867-68 by Jotham Lewis
A remuddled Italianate in the India Street Historic District.
Part 3 of an in-depth look at one of Portland’s lesser-known architects.
Portland Sugar House warehouse. 1852
This is the third and final part of our look at Charles A Alexander. Continue reading
Part 2 of an in-depth look at one of Portland’s lesser-known architects.
Safford House. 1857
Part One of an in-depth look at one of Portland’s lesser-known architects.
Chestnut Street Methodist Church. 1856
Built ca: 1868 for William Goold
A small Italianate in the India Street Historic District
Built in 1876 for Francis & Edward Fassett
An iconic High Victorian in the West End Historic District
Built ca 1867 for John Barbour & Jane Barbour Staples.
A fine, if somewhat remuddled, Second Empire double house in the India Street neighborhood.
Built in 1868 for Benjamin Farnsworth.
A grand Italianate in the West End historic district
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