John Calvin Stevens

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John Calvin Stevens (1855-1940) was an American architect who designed residences in two divergent styles, the Shingle Style, of which he was an originator in the 1880s, and the Colonial Revival style, which dominated United States domestic architecture for the first half of the 20th century. His designs can be found along the Maine coast as well as in Portland, Maine and its suburbs.^{[citation needed]} He was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and moved to Portland, Maine at the age of two.

Stevens was also a landscape painter who exhibited with the Boston Art Club, the Portland Society of Art and others.

[edit] External links

• Photographs in the Maine Memory Network [1]
• A look at the life and home designs of Portlander and renowned architect, John Calvin Stevens (1855-1940) [2]

[edit] Further reading

The following texts are available from the Greater Portland Landmarks bookstore [3]:

• John Calvin Stevens, domestic architecture, 1890-1930, by John Calvin Stevens II, and Earle G. Shettleworth, Jr. Scarborough, Me. : Harp Publications, 1990. ISBN 0-9626389-1-9.
• John Calvin Stevens on the Portland Peninsula 1880 -1940, A listing of his work by Address, Client, and Chronology, by Earle G. Shettleworth, Jr., Director, Maine Historic Preservation Commission.