Keywords: shingle style architecture
Item 101515
Bascom Cottage, Fortune's Rocks, 1917
Who is in front of Bascom Cottage?
Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1917 Location: Biddeford Media: Glass Negative
Item 6030
House sketch, Cushing Island, ca. 1883
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1883 Location: Portland Media: Architectural drawing
Item 150324
Shingle style house, Portland, 1881
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1881 Location: Portland Client: unknown Architect: John Calvin Stevens; Fassett & Stevens Architects
Item 151642
John Calvin Stevens house, Portland, 1884-1905
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1884–1905 Location: Portland Client: John Calvin Stevens Architect: John Calvin Stevens
Exhibit
The Barns of the St. John River Valley: Maine's Crowning Jewels
Maine's St. John River Valley boasts a unique architectural landscape. A number of historical factors led to the proliferation of a local architectural style, the Madawaska twin barn, as well as a number of building techniques rarely seen elsewhere. Today, these are in danger of being lost to time.
Exhibit
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.
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Architecture & Landscape database - John Calvin Stevens
"Both the Shingle Style and the Colonial Revival are represented in the designs for homes that he and Albert Winslow Cobb illustrated in their…"
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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."
