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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.
Although listed in Camden, she is now based in Portland. [9] 94: Westbrook College Historic District: Westbrook College Historic District: September 15, 1977 : 716 Stevens Ave. 95: Western Promenade: Western Promenade
The John Calvin Stevens House on Bowdoin Street near the Western Promenade. Andrews Square. The St. Louis. Parish on Danforth Street is an historically Polish congregation. The Western Cemetery covers much of the southwestern area of the West End. The West End is a downtown neighborhood in Portland, Maine.
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 West End neighborhood is located on the western side of Portland's peninsula. It includes a number of historical and well-preserved architecture. Noted for its architecture, [37] the West End is home to a number of historical homes and the Western Promenade Historic District.
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.
The Spring Street Historic District encompasses surviving elements of the 19th-century commercial and surviving residential areas of Portland, Maine.Encompassing a portion of the city's Arts District and an eastern portion of its West End, the district has a significant concentration of residential and commercial buildings that survived the city's devastating 1866 fire.