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Item 62538

General Plan for Western Promenade, Portland, 1905

General Plan for Western Promenade, Portland, 1905

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1905 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

Item 54634

Bancroft-Foote Cottage and artificial pond, Fairfield, ca. 1935

Bancroft-Foote Cottage and artificial pond, Fairfield, ca. 1935

Contributed by: L.C. Bates Museum / Good Will-Hinckley Homes Date: circa 1935 Location: Fairfield Media: Photographic print

Item 52496

Page Terrace, Fairfield, ca. 1930

Page Terrace, Fairfield, ca. 1930

Contributed by: L.C. Bates Museum / Good Will-Hinckley Homes Date: circa 1930 Location: Fairfield Media: Postcard

Online Exhibits

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Page Terrace, Fairfield, ca. 1930

Good Will-Hinckley: Building a Landscape

The landscape at the Good Will-Hinckley campus in Fairfield was designed to help educate and influence the orphans and other needy children at the school and home.

Exhibit

Good Will Farm roundel, Fairfield, 1918

George W. Hinckley and Needy Boys and Girls

George W. Hinckley wanted to help needy boys. The farm, school and home he ran for nearly sixty nears near Fairfield stressed home, religion, education, discipline, industry, and recreation.

Exhibit

Portland civil engineers surveying Pearl Street sewer, Portland, 1887

From Sewers to Skylines: William S. Edwards's 1887 Photo Album

William S. Edwards (1830-1918) was a civil engineer who worked for the City of Portland from 1876-1906. Serving as First Assistant to Chief Engineer William A. Goodwin, then to Commissioner George N. Fernald, Edwards was a fixture in City Hall for 30 consecutive years, proving indispensable throughout the terms of 15 Mayors of Portland, including all six of those held by James Phineas Baxter. Edwards made significant contributions to Portland, was an outstanding mapmaker and planner, and his works continue to benefit historians.

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Rendering for Irving C. Bailey Esq., Winthrop, 1883

Architecture & Landscape database - Database Collections

"… Pickering Thomas, Portland Eaton Tarbell, Bangor Olmsted Brothers, Boston Stockly & Leahy Associates, Portland Wadsworth and Boston, Portland"

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Rendering for Irving C. Bailey Esq., Winthrop, 1883

Architecture & Landscape database - Project Background and Partners

"In collaboration with the Maine Olmsted Alliance, which merged with Maine Historical Society in 2010, and with generous support of the Leon Levy…"

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Rendering for Irving C. Bailey Esq., Winthrop, 1883

Architecture & Landscape database - Database Overview

"… gratitude to the Leon Levy Foundation and Maine Olmsted Alliance for supporting the Maine Architectural & Landscape Design Database; and to our…"