Contributed by Maine Historical Society
Description
Architecture commission for Robert McArthur at an unknown address in Portland, ME, 1912–1913. 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.
Robert McArthur, future agent of the Pepperell Mills in Biddeford, at age 21 in Springfield, Massachusetts. He was born in Ashton, Cheshire, England in 1838 and came to the U.S. in 1842. He entered the mills at age 15, and worked his way to the top position of agent. He worked in Rhode Island, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Massachusetts prior to coming to Maine as the agent for the Laconia and Pepperell Mills in 1887--a position he held until his retirement in 1910.
About This Item
- Title: McArthur House, Portland, 1912-1913
- Address: unknown, Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Client: Robert McArthur
- Creation Date: 1912–1913
- Subject Date: 1912–1913
- Primary Architects: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects
- Object Type: Text and Image
- Subtype: architectural drawing
- Media/Genre: elevations; floor plans
- Materials: blueprints; graphite on tracing paper
- Local Code: Coll. 209, 6-D-13-02
- Collection: Stevens Architects drawings and records collection
- Number of items in commission: 6
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Maine Historical Society485 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
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