Contributed by Maine Historical Society
Description
Architecture commission for United States Treasury Department at Federal Street in Portland, ME, 1930–1931. The commission is associated with J. A. Wetmore. This item is part of the Stevens Architects drawings and records collection.
Other addresses include Newbury Street in Portland, ME.
The Edward T. Gignoux U.S. Courthouse, located in downtown Portland, Maine, is a classic Italian Renaissance Revival style building entirely faced with New England granite. The courthouse occupies the southwestern half of the lot bounded on the northwest by Federal Street, the northeast by Pearl Street, the southeast by Newbury Street, and the southwest by Market Street. In 1988, it was named after Edward Thaxter Gignoux, a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maine from 1957-1988.
The Edward T. Gignoux Courthouse was built in 1911 with an addition in 1932.
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About This Item
- Title: U.S. Courthouse alterations, Portland, 1930-1931
- Address: Federal Street, Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Other Addresses:
- Newbury Street, Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Client: United States Treasury Department
- Creation Date: 1930–1931
- Subject Date: 1930–1931
- Primary Architects: J. A. Wetmore
- Contributors: Edward M. Hunt; J. P. Moffatt
- Object Type: Text and Image
- Subtype: architectural drawing
- Media/Genre: floor plans; architectural elements; elevations; structural elements; cross sections; mechanical drawings; site plans; topographical maps; additions; alterations;
- Materials: blueprints;
- Local Code: Coll. 209, 6-B-6
- Collection: Stevens Architects drawings and records collection
- Number of items in commission: 36
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Maine Historical Society485 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
(207) 774-1822 x230
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