Keywords: Second Empire
Item 105481
Empire waist silk dress, Portland, ca. 1810
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: circa 1810
Location: Portland
Media: silk
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Item 104640
Crosby Farm on Payne Road, South Portland, ca. 1947
Contributed by: Maine Turnpike Authority Date: circa 1947 Location: South Portland Media: Photographic print
Item 31993
17-21 A Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Abee Herman Style: Second Empire Use: Dwelling - Double House
Item 32296
72-74 Atlantic Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Munjoy Club Building Association Style: Second Empire Use: Club House
Item 151631
Fitzgerald house, Brighton, VT, 1888
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1888 Location: Brighton Client: George H. Fitzgerald Architect: John Calvin Stevens
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Lewiston, Maine's second largest city, was long looked upon by many as a mill town with grimy smoke stacks, crowded tenements, low-paying jobs, sleazy clubs and little by way of refinement, except for Bates College. Yet, a noted Québec historian, Robert Rumilly, described it as "the French Athens of New England."
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Maine's first governor, William King, was arguably the most influential figure in Maine's achieving statehood in 1820. Although he served just one year as the Governor of Maine, he was instrumental in establishing the new state's constitution and setting up its governmental infrastructure.
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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - 1940 to Present Day
"… Gothic Revival, Italianate, French Second Empire and Queen Anne examples, most of which have had little exterior alterations and all of which…"
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Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Architecture
"A few examples of Queen Anne and Second Empire buildings can also be found. In November 1900, brothers Lewis and John Anderson came to Stockholm from…"
