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Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1883/00/00 Construction begins on a memorial building to John B Brown, founder of the Portland Sugar Company in 1855 and builder in 1868 of the Falmouth Hotel on Middle Street, center of Portland's social life for half a century.
1884/00/00 John Calvin Stevens Architect The J B Brown Memorial Block is completed. Designed in the Queen Anne style, the irregularity of surface textures, attention to detail, asymmetrical massing and broken roofline of this building all contribute to its picturesqueness.
1930/00/00 John P Thomas of Portland Office Architect John P Thomas maintains an office at 537 Congress Street in Portland, Maine. After his discharge in 1919, Thomas established his own office in Portland, where he will practice until the beginning of World War II.

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Particulars for J B Brown Memorial Block:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Sight Category Building
Area of Significance Business
Owner Private
Architectural Style Queen Anne



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration:

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name:
Registry Address:
Registry Number: 78000167
Resource Type:
Owner: Private
Architect: Stevens,John Calvin
Architectural Style: Queen anne
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: State
Area of Significance: Architecture
Applicable Criteria: Architecture-Engineering
Period of Significance: 1875-1899
Significant Year: 1883, 1884
Historic Function: Commerce, Trade
Historic Sub-Function: Business
Current Function: Commerce, Trade
Current Sub-Function: Business

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