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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.

    Additional Files
    7428_WTM.JPG (5719 kB)
    Eunice Frye Home from southwest, ca.1937
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    Keywords

    Portland, Me., Deering Center, Rosemont, Capisic Street, Houses of worship, Sisters of Mercy

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