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Description
Portland architect, John Calvin Stevens, designed and built Biddeford's City Hall in 1895-1896.
Upon completion, the City Hall complex included stores, the post office, government offices and an opera hall. The building also housed a public library.
City Hall gained National Register of Historic Places status in 1973 and as of 2014, continues to house Biddeford's City Theater.
About This Item
- Title: City Square, Biddeford, ca. 1940
- Creator: Tichnor Bros., Inc.
- Creation Date: circa 1940
- Subject Date: circa 1940
- Location: Biddeford, York County, ME
- Media: Linen texture postcard
- Dimensions: 9 cm x 14 cm
- Collection: The Tichnor Brothers Collection
- Object Type: Text and Image
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- Biddeford (Me.)
- Cityscapes
- Automobiles
- Advertising--1930-1945
- Architects, Maine
- Postcards--Maine
- Stevens, John Calvin, 1855-1940
- Buildings--Maine--Biddeford
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