Contributed by Maine Historical Society
Description
Architecture commission for Sidney Warren Thaxter at an unknown address in Cushing Island, Portland, ME, circa 1896. The commission is associated with John Calvin Stevens. This item is part of the Stevens Architects drawings and records collection.
Major Sidney Warren Thaxter (September 8, 1839-November 10, 1908) was an American Civil War Major and Medal of Honor recipient. He was born in Bangor. He married Laura May Farnham in 1866. She died in June 1880. Thaxter remarried in 1882 to Julia St. Felix Thom. They had three children including actresses Phyllis Thaxter and Judge Sidney St. Felix Thaxter. Major Thaxter died in Portland, Maine in 1908 and is buried in Evergreen Cemetery.
About This Item
- Title: Thaxter house on Cushing Island, Portland, ca. 1896
- Address: unknown, Cushing Island, Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Client: Sidney Warren Thaxter
- Creation Date: circa 1896
- Subject Date: circa 1896
- Primary Architects: John Calvin Stevens
- Contributing Architects: John Calvin Stevens and Albert Winslow Cobb Architects
- Object Type: Text and Image
- Subtype: architectural drawing
- Media/Genre: floor plans; presentation drawings
- Materials: graphite on paper; hand coloring; ink on linen; ink on tracing paper; watercolor on paper
- Local Code: Coll. 209, 3-A-3-03
- Collection: Stevens Architects drawings and records collection
- Number of items in commission: 4
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Maine Historical Society485 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
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