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270:-story masonry structure, with a mansard roof providing space for a full fourth floor. The building facade is symmetrical, with a central one-bay section flanked by identical two-bay sections. The central section has the recessed building entrance on the first floor, and narrow round-arch windows on the second and third floors, set in a recessed brick panel. The remaining ground-floor bays all have commercial glass storefront windows, articulated by stone or brick piers. The outer bays on the second floor have segmented-arch windows, while those on the third floor are round-arched. The fourth floor dormers have segmented-arch windows. The main cornice (below the steep mansard roof section) is bracketed and dentillated, and a secondary cornice at the transition between the roof sections is dentillated. 836: 90: 65: 48: 847: 97: 72: 281:, but this is the only one to survive relatively intact. It originally housed a 1000-seat theater on the third floor, which was the city's only public performance venue until the construction of the city's Music Hall. The building underwent a full restoration in the 1980s. 725: 820: 756: 876: 740: 730: 290: 815: 761: 402: 782: 684: 881: 715: 649: 614: 689: 594: 554: 379: 654: 644: 639: 619: 735: 569: 484: 604: 599: 474: 694: 659: 564: 539: 679: 629: 609: 584: 574: 559: 549: 534: 514: 489: 479: 469: 699: 674: 579: 519: 499: 494: 464: 454: 634: 589: 529: 504: 459: 766: 664: 544: 509: 720: 669: 624: 524: 432: 417: 372: 448: 871: 850: 365: 891: 840: 412: 244:, a leading Maine architect of the period, and for a number of years housed the city's only performance venue. The building was listed on the 886: 131: 388: 318: 245: 34: 89: 803: 277:, a prominent local architect. Douglas designed a number of Lewiston's downtown buildings during a flurry of construction after the 256:
Lyceum Hall is located on the west side of Lisbon Street, the principal commercial street in downtown Lewiston. It is nominally a
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Lyceum Hall is located in Maine
Lyceum Hall is located in the United States
Lewiston, Maine
44°5′51″N 70°13′6″W / 44.09750°N 70.21833°W / 44.09750; -70.21833
Charles F. Douglas
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Lewiston, Maine
Second Empire
Charles F. Douglas
National Register of Historic Places
Charles F. Douglas
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