Brackets and Hoods of Portland, Maine

A Catalog of Certain Doorways.

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125 Western Promenade, Portland, Maine November 7, 2017

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12-14 Mountfort Street, Portland, Maine July 7, 2012

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*Throwback to that time I didn’t buy this bracket that sat in the window of a friendly neighborhood shop. I don’t need to own one, but I wouldn’t mind.*

I’ve posted a Portland, Maine bracketed hood here every day for the past few years (Since 2012, I’ve posted over 800!), but I am running out of new specimens. I’ve visited every street on the peninsula within the boundaries of St. John Street to Park Street to Marginal Way to the Eastern Promenade to Fore Street to Commercial Street and back to St. John Street.

There will likely be more posts (I know I’ve missed a few), but it will be sporadic. Meanwhile, I’ll take the data and the photos I’ve amassed and organize them into a searchable database.

Thanks for checking out Brackets and Hoods of Portland, Maine! I wish I could start reposting every one on a loop forever.

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36 Alder Street, Portland, Maine March 5, 2017

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16 Alder Street, Portland, Maine March 5, 2017

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56 Parris Street, Portland, Maine March 5, 2017

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30 Parris Street, Portland, Maine March 4, 2017

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29 Parris Street, Portland, Maine March 5, 2017

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I was too chicken to get a front-on shot. The plaque on the house says, “Bayside, Moses Gage House, Housewright, circa 1832, Federal.”

25 Parris Street, Portland, Maine March 5, 2017

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53 Brattle Street, Portland, Maine March 5, 2017

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This house is thick with siding, so it’s hard to see the whole design of the bracket. I guess we have enough to see STARS!

25 Brattle Street, Portland, Maine March 5, 2017

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There is a plaque on this house that says, “Bayside, built by Elias Thomas, circa 1883, Italianate.”

40 Mechanic Street, Portland, Maine March 5, 2017

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36 Mechanic Street, Portland, Maine March 5, 2017

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There is a plaque on this house that says, “Bayside, Benjamin Dodge House, Mason, circa 1827, Greek Revival.”

32 Mechanic Street, Portland, Maine March 4, 2017

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30 Mechanic Street, Portland, Maine March 4, 2017

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These brackets are so large, I think the door is just going to fall forward one day! Beautiful, though, and STARS!

18 Mechanic Street, Portland, Maine March 4, 2017

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47 Hanover Street, Portland, Maine March 4, 2017