Tracy-Causer Block
Tracy-Causer Block | |
Location | 505-509 Fore Street, Portland, Maine |
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Coordinates | 43°39′18″N 70°15′26″W / 43.65500°N 70.25722°W |
Built | 1866 |
Architectural style | Greek Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 89001941[1] |
Added to NRHP | March 17, 1994 |
The Tracy-Causer Block is a historic
Description and history
The Tracy-Causer Block is located at the northwest corner of Fore and Cotton Streets, an area known as Gorham's Corner, a historic intersection.[2] It is a 2-1/2 story brick building, with a gabled roof and modest stylistic details. A beltcourse of rusticated stone separates the first and second floors on the south-facing front, with similar stone used for the window sills and lintels on the second floor. A beltcourse of projecting brick separates the second floor from a series of three-pane transom-style windows, which are set just below the cornice. Windows on the upper levels of the west side are set in segmented-arch openings. The ground floor main facade is organized into two storefronts, each with entrances separated by flanking display windows by brick piers, and a central entrance to the building's upper floors.[3]
The city of Portland was devastated by
See also
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ Zimet, Abby (August 5, 1996). "LONG-AWAITED TRACY-CAUSER REBIRTH AT HAND AFTER 130 YEARS AND NUMEROUS NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCES, THE GORHAM'S CORNER BUILDING WITH A RICH PAST HAS A FUTURE". Portland Press Herald. Retrieved 27 November 2011.
- ^ a b "NRHP nomination for Tracy-Causer Block". National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-03-20.