Contributed by Maine Historical Society
Description
Architecture commission for J. B. Brown & Sons at West Street in Portland, ME, 1910. 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.
John Bundy Brown was one of the state’s wealthiest resident and largest landowner in Portland in the 1860s. After the Great Fire of 1866, where he lost more money than anyone in Portland, Brown immediately began rebuilding the city after the Great Fire including another sugar house and the luxurious Falmouth Hotel. He also built mansions on the 400-plus acres of land he owned on the West End, providing new homes to the city’s more affluent residents and creating what would long be known as the city’s most exclusive neighborhood.
About This Item
- Title: J. B. Brown town houses on West St., Portland, 1910
- Address: West Street, Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Client: J. B. Brown & Sons
- Creation Date: 1910
- Subject Date: 1910
- Primary Architects: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects
- Contributors: Arthur B. Fels; E. C. Jordan & Co.; F. & C. B. Nash Co.
- Object Type: Text and Image
- Subtype: architectural drawing
- Media/Genre: architectural elements; elevations; floor plans; foundation plans; land surveys; mechanical drawings; site plans
- Materials: blueprints; graphite on tracing paper; hand coloring; ink on linen
- Local Code: Coll. 209, 4-D-3
- Collection: Stevens Architects drawings and records collection
- Number of items in commission: 39
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Maine Historical Society485 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
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