Contributed by Maine Historical Society
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Architecture commission for Stevens Architects at 187 Middle Street in Portland, ME, 1912–1978. The commission is associated with John Calvin Stevens. This item is part of the Stevens Architects drawings and records collection.
John Calvin Stevens (October 8, 1855 – January 25, 1940) was an American architect who worked in the Shingle Style, in which he was a major innovator, and the Colonial Revival style. He designed more than 1,000 buildings in the state of Maine.
Stevens wanted to study architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, but lacked the money to attend. Instead, he apprenticed in the Portland office of architect Francis H. Fassett, who in 1880 made him a junior partner to open the firm's new Boston office. Stevens opened his own office in Portland in 1884.
In 1888 Stevens formed a partnership with Albert Winslow Cobb. The partnership was dissolved in 1891. Stevens' son, John Howard Stevens, became an architect and joined his father's firm in 1898. John became a full partner in 1904, and the firm was renamed Stevens Architects.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Calvin_Stevens
About This Item
- Title: Stevens architectural office, Portland, 1912-1978
- Address: 187 Middle Street, Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Client: Stevens Architects
- Creation Date: 1912–1978
- Subject Date: 1912–1978
- Primary Architects: John Calvin Stevens
- Contributing Architects: John Calvin Stevens 2nd; John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects; John Howard Stevens and John Calvin Stevens II Architects
- Object Type: Text and Image
- Subtype: architectural drawing
- Media/Genre: architectural elements; elevations; floor plans; presentation drawings; sketches
- Materials: acetate vellum; blueprints; graphite on linen; graphite on tracing paper; hand coloring; ink on linen; ink on paper; ink on tracing paper
- Local Code: Coll. 209, 5-D-2
- Collection: Stevens Architects drawings and records collection
- Number of items in commission: 94
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Maine Historical Society485 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
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