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Collection
Portland Press Herald Still-Film Negatives Collection
Document Type
Still Image
Call number of Original
25969
Contributing Institution
Portland Public Library Special Collections & Archives
Location
Portland, Cumberland, Maine, USA
Creation Date
5-25-1941
Format of Original
4 x 5" gelatin silver negative
Description
Full exterior view of the Fraternity House, 52 Center Street, from east (between Pleasant Street and Spring Street)..
The building was built in 1869, as the Thomas Gill House. The building became home for the Fraternity House, which sponsored a variety of charitable community organizations and meetings.
See this link for a 1984 view of the building, following its years as the "Erebus building."
Photo published in the Portland Sunday Telegram, on 25 May 1941
Recommended Citation
"Fraternity House, 1941" (1941). Businesses & Buildings - Portland Press Herald Still Film Negatives. 660.
https://digitalcommons.portlandlibrary.com/pphnegs_images_business/660
Keywords
Portland, Me., Downtown Portland, Gorham's Corner, Center Street