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Keywords: Colonial architecture

Historical Items

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Item 22388

Dyer Library, Saco, ca. 1914

Contributed by: Dyer Library/Saco Museum Date: circa 1914 Location: Saco Media: Glass negative

Item 36061

Corner View of 151 Broadway, Bangor, ca. 1895

Contributed by: Bangor Historical Society Date: circa 1895 Location: Bangor Media: Glass Negative

Item 100326

Tate House, Portland, 1931

Contributed by: Tate House Museum Date: 1931 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 110027

Alterations to New Jerusalem Church, High St. for C.B. Dalton, Portland, ca. 1903

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1904 Location: Portland Client: Charles B. Dalton Architect: Frederick A. Tompson

Item 116345

Stevens architectural office, Portland, 1912-1978

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1912–1978 Location: Portland Client: Stevens Architects Architect: John Calvin Stevens

Item 111961

House for Henry Lewis, Portland, 1913-1947

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1913–1947 Location: Portland; Portland; Cape Elizabeth Client: Henry Lewis Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

Online Exhibits

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The Barns of the St. John River Valley: Maine's Crowning Jewels

Maine's St. John River Valley boasts a unique architectural landscape. A number of historical factors led to the proliferation of a local architectural style, the Madawaska twin barn, as well as a number of building techniques rarely seen elsewhere. Today, these are in danger of being lost to time.

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The Life and Legacy of the George Tate Family

Captain George Tate, mast agent for the King of England from 1751 to the Revolutionary War, and his descendants helped shape the development of Portland (first known as Falmouth) through activities such as commerce, shipping, and real estate.

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Sylvan Site: A Model Development

Frederick Wheeler Hinckley, a Portland lawyer and politician, had grand visions of a 200-home development when he began the Sylvan Site in South Portland in 1917. The stock market crash in 1929 put a halt to his plans, but by then he had built 37, no two of which were alike.

Site Pages

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Architecture & Landscape database - John Calvin Stevens

"… Style into the twentieth century, the more formal Colonial Revival style came to dominate his work. Both the Shingle Style and the Colonial Revival…"

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Architecture & Landscape database - Elmer I. Thomas

"Thomas favored the Shingle Style and the Colonial Revival for his houses and the Romanesque Revival for his public and commercial buildings."

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Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Architecture

"… From the first humble log cabin beginnings, Colony architecture has come to reflect that of many other Maine communities founded in the late 19th…"