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The Western Promenade is a historic promenade, an 18.1-acre (7.3 ha) public park and recreation area in the West End neighborhood of Portland, Maine.Developed between 1836 and the early 20th century, it is one Portland's oldest preserved spaces, with landscaping by the Olmsted Brothers, who included it in their master plan for the city's parks.
The Western Promenade Historic District encompasses a late 19th-and early 20th-century neighborhood in the West End of Portland, Maine.This area of architecturally distinctive homes was home to three of the city's most prominent architects: Francis H. Fassett, John Calvin Stevens, and Frederick A. Tompson, and was Portland's most fashionable neighborhood in the late 19th century.
Roughly Western Promenade from Maine Medical Center to Valley St. 96: Western Promenade Historic District: Western Promenade Historic District: February 16, 1984 : Roughly bounded by Western Promenade and Bramhall, Brackett, Emery, and Danforth Sts.
The Adam P. Leighton House is an historic house at 261 Western Promenade in Portland, Maine.Built in 1903, it is a fine local example of Colonial Revival architecture, and is further prominent as home to Adam P. Leighton, who was "considered the father of the American postcard industry", [2] and served as the Mayor of Portland from 1908 to 1909.
The Western Cemetery, Portland's primary cemetery from 1829 to 1852, is located in the neighborhood as well. Maine Medical Center, Maine's largest hospital and Portland's largest employer, is also located in the West End. Queen Anne's Hospital was established in the West End in 1918.
A postcard of the Western Promenade circa 1908. Bramhall Hill is a hill in the west and southwest of the downtown peninsula of Portland, Maine. At its summit, the hill stands 171 feet (52 m) feet above sea level, with a sharp drop below. The area includes the West End neighborhood, the Western Promenade and part of the Old Port downtown district.
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