Richard Webb house, Portland, ca. 1907
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Item 36133
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The Richard Webb house at 29 Bowdoin St. at Vaughan St. in Portland.
Written on mat is "Hood removed at time Navy took over for officers club."
John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens designed the house between 1906-1907. This home was built in the Colonial Revival style.
John Howard Stevens said of this house, "...one of the best examples of the Colonial style, being very satisfactory in its proportions and detail, and yet not an historical copy of an old house, but a new creation of the same style with the sure feeling that is evident in the best of old Colonial work."
Other Information
- Title: Richard Webb house, Portland, ca. 1907
- Creation Date: circa 1907
- Subject Date: circa 1907
- Town: Portland
- County: Cumberland
- State: ME
- Media: Photograph
- Local Code: Coll. 209, Box 37/9; Record 66 1994.1000.34
- Collection: John Calvin Stevens
- Object Type: Image
For more information about this item, contact:
Maine Historical Society
489 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
(207) 774-1822
http://www.mainehistory.org
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LC Subject Headings
Architecture, Domestic--Colonial Revival--Maine
Webb, Richard
Stevens, John Howard
Western Promenade (Portland, Me.)
Houses--Maine--Portland
Dwellings--Maine--Portland
Webb, Richard--Homes and haunts--Maine--Portland
Architects--Maine
Stevens, John Calvin
Bowdoin Street (Portland, Me.)
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