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Description
James Hopkins Smith commissioned Portland architect John Calvin Stevens (1855-1940) to design this summer home in Falmouth Foreside. Smith named the house "Stonecroft."
Stevens started his own architectural firm in 1884 after training in the offices of Francis H. Fassett.
Stevens was known for the shingle style in which Stonecroft was built.
About This Item
- Title: James Hopkins Smith house, Falmouth Foreside, ca. 1886
- Creation Date: circa 1886
- Subject Date: circa 1886
- Location: Falmouth Foreside, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 40 cm x 26 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 209, Box 37/6; Record 127
- Collection: Stevens Architects drawings and records collection
- Object Type: Image
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Architects--Maine--Portland
- Buildings--Maine--Falmouth Foreside
- Dwellings--Maine--Falmouth Foreside
- Houses--Maine--Falmouth Foreside
- Smith, James Hopkins--Homes and haunts--Maine--Falmouth Foreside
- Stevens, John Calvin
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