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Description
An embroidered fire screen from the John and Sarah Fox Brown "Gothic" house at 86 Spring St., Portland. The image also shows the original wallpaper in the house.
The house was built in 1845 from designs by Henry Rowe of Portland. In 1971, it was moved to 387 Spring St.
About This Item
- Title: Fire screen, Portland, ca. 1900
- Creation Date: circa 1900
- Subject Date: circa 1900
- Location: Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 18 cm x 12 cm
- Local Code: Photographs--Portland--Streets--Spring
- Object Type: Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Architects
- Brown, John J.--Homes and haunts--Maine--Portland
- Brown, Sarah Fox--Homes and haunts--Maine--Portland
- Dwellings--Maine--Portland
- Fire screens
- Furnishings
- Historic buildings--Maine--Portland
- Houses--Maine--Portland
- Interiors
- Rowe, Henry
- Spring Street (Portland, Me.)
- Streets--Maine--Portland
- Wallpaper
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Maine Historical Society485 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
(207) 774-1822 x230
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