Keywords: porches
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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The Edward O'Brien House
"In later years, bay windows were added to the house at 313 Main Street, and the front porches were removed from both."
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Historic Hallowell - John Calvin Stevens House
"Note the turret and open, rounded porch which are drawn into the skin of the house by the unifying shingles."
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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Architect James Overlock
"… fleur-de-lis symbol, using it lavishly in side porches, an Italianate architectural element. By the 1850s, he made a personal statement by moving…"
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Old House (circa 1820-2013)
"… Savage, is the left-most woman standing on the porch with her right arm leaning on the porch post."
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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Ocean View Hotel
"Ocean View Hotel Ocean View Hotel porch, Swan's Island, ca. 1900Swan's Island Historical Society The Ocean View Hotel was located at 241…"
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Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 1 of 2
"With its fine trim and side porch, the Alexander House stands in contrast to the stark simplicity of the brick Buck House."
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Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Architecture
"… double hung 2-over-2 windows, inviting front porches, and cedar shingles are seen everywhere. Queen Anne StyleNew Sweden Historical Society…"
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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: The Old Church on the Hill
"… length, exclusive of the two projecting wings or porches in the front, between which was an open court leading to the main entrance."
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Guilford, Maine - BUSINESSES - Page 3 of 3
"… was made of bedrock and the pillars on the front porch are Douglas fir, imported from Washington State and Oregon."
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Of The Arts Era
"… explicitly, the true "Mainer" in her piece "On a Porch in a Maine Coast Village." Listen to "On the Porch of a Maine Coast Village" written and…"
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Historic Hallowell - The Vaughan Stream & Sawmills
"… to anyone who needing to build houses, sheds, and porches, etc. The mill was powered by steam which turned a shaft while a conveyer belt took the…"
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Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 3 of 3
"… Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) sitting on the porch of his cottage at the popular summer resort of Nahant, Massachusetts."
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication
"Its porch was 500 feet long and 25 feet deep. The hotel was famous across the country for its lobby, known as the "Fish Pond," were young ladies…"
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Old Ell is Born
"… piazza has been built to the house, and a front porch, with a bay window and balcony above it on the second floor… Mr."
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Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4
"… the cow drying up, firewood stolen from the porch, taking the cat into bed to keep warm on a cold winter’s night, facing tax and doctor bills…"
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Guilford, Maine - Historic Buildings - Page 1 of 2
"Harris; all improvements, including porches, were added by Howard and Betsey Turner, then known as the Turner House."
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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington
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