Contributed by Maine Historical Society
Description
Architecture commission for H. H. Hay & Sons at 588-598 Congress Street in Portland, ME, 1919–1952. 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.
H.H. Hay Company, located at the convergence of Congress and Free Streets, in a flat-iron building. It was established in 1841 by Henry H. Hay as a wholesale and retail drug business, dealing also in paints, oils, and dyestuffs. After Hay's death in 1895 the business was carried on by his sons under name: H.H. Hay & Sons. The drug store went out of business in the 1970s.
About This Item
- Title: H.H. Hay & Sons drugstore, Portland, 1919-1952
- Address: 588-598 Congress Street, Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Client: H. H. Hay & Sons
- Creation Date: 1919–1952
- Subject Date: 1919–1952
- Primary Architects: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects
- Contributing Architects: John Howard Stevens and John Calvin Stevens II Architects
- Object Type: Text and Image
- Subtype: architectural drawing
- Media/Genre: alterations; architectural elements; elevations; financial records; floor plans; land surveys; site plans; sketches
- Materials: blueprints; graphite on paper; graphite on tracing paper; hand coloring
- Local Code: Coll. 209, 3-C-7-01
- Collection: Stevens Architects drawings and records collection
- Number of items in commission: 47
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Maine Historical Society485 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
(207) 774-1822 x230
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