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Description
The home of Portland politician Francis Ormand Smith (1806-1876) on Forest Avenue in Portland, was built in 1836. The home, near Baxter Woods, was demolished in 1887.
Smith, a Democrat, served in the Maine legislature and was a U.S. Representative from Maine from 1833-39.
About This Item
- Title: Francis O. J. Smith home, Portland, ca. 1855
- Creator: Harrison Bird Brown
- Creation Date: circa 1855
- Subject Date: circa 1855
- Location: Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Oil on canvas
- Dimensions: 48 cm x 45 cm
- Local Code: A86-841
- Object Type: Image
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- Dwellings--Maine--Portland
- Historic parks
- Legislators--Maine
- Legislators--United States
- Parks--Maine--Portland
- Private libraries--Maine--Portland
- Smith, Francis O. J. (Francis Ormond Jonathan), 1806-1876--Homes and haunts--Maine--Portland
- Smith, Francis O. J. (Francis Ormond Jonathan), 1806-1876--Libraries
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