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8-589: The Woodman Building is a historic commercial block located at 133–141 Middle Street in Portland, Maine . It was designed by architect George M. Harding and built in 1867. It is one of the most elaborate and high-style commercial buildings built in the wake of the city's devastating 1866 fire , and is one of Maine's largest Second Empire buildings. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on February 23, 1972. The Rackleff Building
16-614: Is located in Portland's Old Port area, on the north side of Middle Street , at its corner with Pearl Street. It is flanked on the east side by the Rackleff Building . It is a four-story masonry structure, built out of brick with stone and iron trim elements. The ground floor storefronts are articulated by iron pilasters and arches, while windows on the second and third floors are combined in groups of one, two, or three, under elaborate stone arches. Stone beltcourses highlight
24-707: The Rackleff Building and the Thompson Block , further east on Middle Street), which comprise one of the city's finest blocks of period architecture. Of these, the Woodman Building is the most elaborate. The ironwork on the ground floor is a rare surviving work of a local foundry, the Portland Company. Middle Street Middle Street is a downtown street in Portland, Maine , United States. Dating to 1724 (although part of it
32-530: The bottom of these arches, and also the join the sills of the windows. The building is capped by a mansard roof in the Second Empire style, with paired brackets in the eaves, corner turrets, and elaborate dormers. The block was built in 1867 for the Woodman family after the 1866 fire devastated a large part of the city. It is one of three adjacent buildings designed by George M. Harding (the others are
40-498: The remaining section—around The Maine Lobsterman monument on Temple Street—erased. Near its midsection, Middle Street crosses Franklin Street . In 1756, when Franklin Street was laid out between Middle Street and Back Street (today's Congress Street), it was known as Fiddle Street. In the early 1950s, the newly created Slum Clearance and Redevelopment Authority Vine-Deer-Chatham project demolished Portland's Little Italy, which
48-450: Was a path established by ancient settlers), it runs for around 0.46 miles (0.74 km), from an intersection with Union Street, Spring Street and Temple Street in the southwest, to Hancock Street, at the foot of Munjoy Hill , in the northeast. It formerly originated at what was then known as Market Square (today's Monument Square ), but 20th-century redevelopment saw the section between Monument Square and Free Street pedestrianized, and
56-455: Was bounded by Franklin Street to the east, Fore Street to the south, Pearl Street to the west and Middle Street to the north. The head of Deer Street was opposite the Thompson Block at 117–125 Middle Street. Middle Street, which is named for its position between Congress Street and Fore Street, passes through Portland's Old Port district. From northeast to southwest: At the time of his death in 1807, 46-year-old Commodore Edward Preble
64-483: Was living on Middle Street. The Samuel Freeman House, built in the late 18th century, formerly stood on Middle Street. The Second Parish Congregational Church stood at the corner of Middle Street and Deer Street. Deer Street, now a parking lot, was opposite the Thompson Block, just northeast of Pearl Street. The 240-room, six-story Falmouth Hotel stood at 212 Middle Street between 1868 and 1963, when it
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