Contributed by Maine Historical Society
Description
Cyrus L. Curtis, a painter, and Saloma Curtis lived in this house at the corner of Brown and Cumberland streets in Portland in 1850 when their son, Cyrus H.K. Curtis was born.
The younger Curtis (1850-1933), whose middle names honored Hermann Kotzschmar, a musician who lived with the Curtis family for several years when he first came to Maine from Germany.
Cyrus H.K. Curtis became a noted magazine publisher in Philadelphia. He donated the Kotzschmar Memorial Organ at Portland City Hall in honor of his namesake and family friend.
About This Item
- Title: Cyrus Curtis birthplace, Portland, ca. 1920
- Creation Date: circa 1920
- Subject Date: circa 1920
- Location: Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Local Code: Photographs--Portland--Dwellings--Famous People
- Object Type: Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Brown Street (Portland, Me.)
- Cumberland Street (Portland, Me.)
- Curtis, Cyrus H. K.--Birthplace
- Curtis, Cyrus H. K.--Homes and haunts--Maine--Portland
- Dwellings--Maine--Portland
- Houses--Maine--Portland
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Maine Historical Society485 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
(207) 774-1822 x230
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