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This view of Deering Oaks Park, taken in the summer of 1887 from Portland Street (now Park Avenue), depicts a duck house on a small island surrounded by water. Built by park designer William Goodwin in the 1880s, the miniature Victorian toy house featured three porches and glass windows.

In 1987, the City of Portland sold the Duck House, then in a state of disrepair, to Roger Knight of Smiling Hill Farm, for one dollar. Knight restored the tiny house and displayed it at a petting zoo for children on his Westbrook farm until he returned it to the Park as a gift in 2007.

This photograph is part of an album created by William S. Edwards, first assistant civil engineer to William Goodwin.

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About This Item

• Title: Deering Oaks Park, Portland, 1887
• Creator: William S. Edwards
• Creation Date: 1887-09-05
• Subject Date: 1887-09-05
• Location: Deering Oaks, Portland, Cumberland County, ME
• Media: Photographic Print
• Dimensions: 11.4 cm x 18.4 cm
• Collection: Edwards Album
• Object Type: Image

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Standardized Subject Headings

• Deering Oaks Park (Portland, Me.)
• Parks--Maine--Portland
• Ponds--Maine--Portland

People

• Edwards, William S.
• Goodwin, William A.

Other Keywords

• community park
• Deering Oaks Park
• pond
• Victorian architecture
• William Goodwin

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