S. W. Thaxter house, Portland, ca. 1890

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Architecture commission for S. W. Thaxter at 356 Spring Street in Portland, ME, circa 1890. The commission is associated with John Calvin Stevens and Albert Winslow Cobb Architects. 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.

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