Category: Arts & Entertainment, Architecture, Architects & Their Work
Item 13033
Brown-Donahue House, Cape Elizabeth, 1962
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1962 Location: Cape Elizabeth Media: Photographic print
Item 13034
Living room, Brown-Donahue House, Cape Elizabeth, ca. 1962
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1962 Location: Cape Elizabeth Media: Photographic print
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.
Exhibit
Educating Oneself: Carnegie Libraries
Industrialist Andrew Carnegie gave grants for 20 libraries in Maine between 1897 and 1912, specifying that the town own the land, set aside funds for maintenance, have room to expand -- and offer library services at no charge.
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Maine Historic Preservation Commission
View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.
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Architecture & Landscape database - Biographies
"Biographies This site includes select biographies (listed at left) for database-represented architects and firms."