Keywords: Westcott family
Item 14798
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1890 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print
Item 10692
Sylvan Site house, 14 Adelbert Street, South Portland, ca. 1920
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1920 Location: South Portland Media: Photographic print
Item 40074
1008-1014 Congress Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Devisees of George F. Westcott Use: Dwelling - Single family
Item 49963
25 Ellsworth Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Herbert A Flanders Use: Dwelling - Single family
Exhibit
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.
