Contributed by Maine Historical Society
Description
Architecture commission for an unknown client at an unknown address in Saco, ME, 1948–1951. The commission is associated with John Howard Stevens and John Calvin Stevens II Architects. This item is part of the Stevens Architects drawings and records collection.
Sweetser Children's Home of Saco, founded in 1828, was formerly the Female Orphan Asylum of Portland and the Children's Home of Portland.
About This Item
- Title: Sweetser Children's home, Saco, 1948-1951
- Address: unknown, Saco, York County, ME
- Creation Date: 1948–1951
- Subject Date: 1948–1951
- Primary Architects: John Howard Stevens and John Calvin Stevens II Architects
- Object Type: Text and Image
- Subtype: architectural drawing
- Media/Genre: architectural elements; cross sections; elevations; floor plans; foundation plans; mechanical drawings; presentation drawings; site plans; topographical maps
- Materials: blueprints; diazotypes; graphite on tracing paper; ink on paper; ink on tracing paper; photostats
- Local Code: Coll. 209, 6-D-9
- Collection: Stevens Architects drawings and records collection
- Number of items in commission: 31
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Architectural drawing
- Children--Institutional care--Maine--Saco
- Group homes for children--Maine--Saco
- Orphanages--Maine--History
- Orphans--Maine--Saco
- Sweetser-Children's Home (Saco, Me.)
For more information about this item, contact:
Maine Historical Society485 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
(207) 774-1822 x230
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