Contributed by Maine Historical Society
Description
Architecture commission for Cape Cottage Park Company at an unknown address in Cape Elizabeth, ME, 1924–1926. The commission is associated with John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects. This item is part of the Stevens Architects drawings and records collection.
Cape Cottage Casino and Theater was one of several amusement parks developed in the late 1890s by Portland’s electric railways in order to increase business on their trolley lines. The oceanfront entertainment casino, designed by architect John Calvin Stevens, was built in 1899 and operated until its sale in 1922, following the demise of transportation by trolley. The Cape Cottage Park Company then hired E.C. Jordan & Company, civil engineers, to subdivide the land and retained Stevens and his son as consulting architects. The 49 house lots that resulted were arranged around the casino, which was extensively downsized and remodeled as a private residence. Curvilinear roads and narrow lanes were lined with stone walls and hedges, with small circular turnarounds at the terminus of the narrow streets. The cottages are set close to each other on small lots, with front yards predominantly of lawn, and backyards with trees for shade. Overlooking Maiden Cove and Casco Bay, the subdivision included a bathing beach, a rocky beach, and a wharf remaining from the site’s earlier use.
Source: https://www.tclf.org/landscapes/cape-cottage-park
About This Item
- Title: Cape Cottage Park, Cape Elizabeth, ca. 1925
- Address: unknown, Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland County, ME
- Client: Cape Cottage Park Company
- Creation Date: 1924–1926
- Subject Date: 1924–1926
- Primary Architects: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects
- Contributors: E. C. Jordan
- Object Type: Text and Image
- Subtype: architectural drawing
- Media/Genre: land surveys; site plans; topographical maps
- Materials: blueprints; diazotypes
- Local Code: Coll. 209, 3-B-3-01
- Collection: Stevens Architects drawings and records collection
- Number of items in commission: 4
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