Maine Memory Network

Dyer Library, Saco, ca. 1914

Contributed by: Dyer Library/Saco Museum Date: circa 1914 Location: Saco Media: Glass negative

Corner View of 151 Broadway, Bangor, ca. 1895

Contributed by: Bangor Historical Society Date: circa 1895 Location: Bangor Media: Glass Negative

House for Henry Lewis, Portland, 1913-1947

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1913–1947 Location: Portland; Portland; Cape Elizabeth Client: Henry Lewis Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

Study for house in Penn., ca. 1910

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Client: unknown Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

Sylvan Site: A Model Development

Frederick Wheeler Hinckley, a Portland lawyer and politician, had grand visions of a 200-home development when he began the Sylvan Site in South Portland in 1917. The stock market crash in 1929 put a halt to his plans, but by then he had built 37, no two of which were alike.

A Snapshot of Portland, 1924: The Taxman Cometh

In 1924, with Portland was on the verge of profound changes, the Tax Assessors Office undertook a project to document every building in the city -- with photographs and detailed information that provide a unique view into Portland's architecture, neighborhoods, industries, and businesses.

Architecture & Landscape database - John Calvin Stevens

"… the twentieth century, the more formal Colonial Revival style came to dominate his work. Both the Shingle Style and the Colonial Revival are…"

Architecture & Landscape database - Elmer I. Thomas

"Thomas favored the Shingle Style and the Colonial Revival for his houses and the Romanesque Revival for his public and commercial buildings."