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framing the center bay. The center bay has a large sash window on the first floor, set in a recessed rectangular panel, with a smaller three-part window on the second floor characterized by its flanking oval windows with elaborately carved surrounds. The side elevations each have a recessed porch supported by three Ionic columns, with colored tile floors laid in geometric patterns. Each porch is accessed via a separate granite stair leading to it on the main facade.
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that is also part of the museum complex. The house is two stories tall, with brick walls set on a raised granite foundation, and capped by a wood-frame gabled roof. Its front facade faces south, and is divided into three bays, with fluted Ionic columns at the outside and fluted Ionic pilasters
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University and college buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places
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List of jails and prisons on the National Register of Historic Places
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The Clapp House is located on the north side of Spring Street in
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downtown. The building ownership then reverted to the PMA.
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The house was built in 1832, and was probably designed by
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Front of the Charles Q. Clapp House, HABS photo, 1965
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Charles Quincy Clapp House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Contributing property

Charles Q. Clapp House is located in Maine
Charles Q. Clapp House is located in the United States
Portland, Maine
43°39′13″N 70°15′42″W / 43.65361°N 70.26167°W / 43.65361; -70.26167
Clapp, Charles Q.
Spring Street Historic District
ID70000043
72000072
Portland, Maine
Greek Revival architecture
Maine College of Art
Portland Museum of Art
National Register of Historic Places
Downtown Portland
McLellan-Sweat Mansion
National Historic Landmark
Charles Q. Clapp
Asa Clapp
Asher Benjamin
Charles Q. Clapp Block
Augustus Stevens
John Calvin Stevens
Portland Museum of Art
Maine College of Art
other quarters

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