A Snapshot of Portland, 1924: The Taxman Cometh


1056-1088 Washington Avenue, Portland, 1924

1056-1088 Washington Avenue, Portland, 1924
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City of Portland - Planning & Development

Vaughn A. West Farm
1056-1088 Washington Avenue


Vaughn A. West's farm on Washington Avenue is a good example of agricultural Portland, which had flourished since the colonial era.

Housing replaced most agriculture on the peninsula, but farms continued in Deering, annexed in 1899-1900, and on the Casco Bay islands.

As late as 1935, Portland boasted 82 farms and 2,522 acres of agricultural land, worth $592,308.

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