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Adam P. Leighton House

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with bracketed eaves. The front facade is three bays wide, with an asymmetrical arrangement. The left bays are in a rectangular projection with single
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The house was built in 1902–03, to a design by local architect
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Contributing property

Adam P. Leighton House is located in Maine
Adam P. Leighton House is located in the United States
Western Promenade
Portland, Maine
43°39′4″N 70°16′34″W / 43.65111°N 70.27611°W / 43.65111; -70.27611
Frederick A. Tompson
Western Promenade Historic District
ID84001363
82000746
Western Promenade
Portland, Maine
Colonial Revival architecture
Adam P. Leighton
postcard
Mayor of Portland
National Register of Historic Places

Portico
West End
Western Promenade
hip roof
sash windows
portico
Doric columns
quoining
lintels

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