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Collection
Portland Press Herald Still-Film Negatives Collection
Document Type
Still Image
Call number of Original
7429
Contributing Institution
Portland Public Library Special Collections & Archives
Location
Portland, Cumberland, Maine, USA
Creation Date
1937
Format of Original
4 x 5" gelatin silver glass negative
Description
Full exterior view of Eunice Frye Home (Frances Warde Convent), 37 Capisic Street, from east. The house named for Eunice Nichols Frye (founder of Portland's Woman's Literary Union) was built in 1903 as a women's home succeeding the Mary Brown Home (previously the Invalids' Home which had been on Revere Street). The Capisic Street house was named for Eunice Frye in 1924.
An assisted living residence until September, 2002, the Eunice Frye Home was purchased by the Religious Sisters of Mercy, adding the name Frances Warde Convent (for Mother Frances Xavier Warde, RSM). Continuing as a residence for elderly nuns, the home includes a chapel.
Photo circa 1937.
An additional view of the Eunice Frye Home (taken at the same time as above image) can be seen via the Additional Files download link.
Recommended Citation
"Eunice Frye Home (Frances Warde Convent), ca.1937" (1937). Businesses & Buildings - Portland Press Herald Still Film Negatives. 579.
https://digitalcommons.portlandlibrary.com/pphnegs_images_business/579
Eunice Frye Home from southwest, ca.1937
Keywords
Portland, Me., Deering Center, Rosemont, Capisic Street, Houses of worship, Sisters of Mercy
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