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John Calvin Stevens (October 8, 1855 – January 25, 1940) was an American
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who worked in the
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, in which he was a major innovator, and the
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style. He designed more than 1,000 buildings in the state of Maine.


Early life

Stevens was the son of Maria Wingate and Leander Stevens, a
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and builder of fancy
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s. He was born in
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,
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, but when he was two, his family moved to
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. Stevens wanted to study architecture at the
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, but lacked the money to attend. Instead, he apprenticed in the Portland office of architect Francis H. Fassett, who in 1880 made him a junior partner to open the firm's new
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office. Another architect working in the same building was
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, whose
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aesthetic in the Queen Anne Style had a profound effect on Stevens. He married Martha Louise Waldron in 1877, and they had four children. Stevens opened his own office in Portland in 1884.


Career

In 1888, Stevens formed a partnership with Albert Winslow Cobb. Together they wrote the book ''Examples of American Domestic Architecture'' (1889), an early study of the
Shingle Style The shingle style is an American architectural style made popular by the rise of the New England school of architecture, which eschewed the highly ornamented patterns of the Eastlake style in Queen Anne architecture. In the shingle style, Engli ...
. Cobb wrote the prose and Stevens provided the illustrations. The partnership was dissolved in 1891. Stevens' son,
John Howard Stevens John Howard Stevens (February 23, 1879 – February 1, 1958) was an American architect who worked in the Shingle style and the Colonial Revival style. Early life Stevens was born in Portland, Maine, in 1879, the oldest child of John Calvin S ...
, became an architect and joined his father's firm in 1898. John became a full partner in 1904, and the firm was renamed Stevens Architects. His most-acclaimed early house, the 1886 James Hopkins Smith House in
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, was featured in George William Sheldon's ''Artistic Country Seats'' (1886–87). In ''The Shingle Style'' (1955),
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described the Smith house as a "''pièce de résistance''" and a "masterpiece", "a more sweeping and coherent version of Stevens' own house". Sheldon also praised his "powerful alterations" to a summer hotel called the Poland Springs House. Houses designed by Stevens can be found along the Maine coast, as well as in Portland (particularly the West End) and its suburbs. He also designed public libraries, municipal buildings, hotels, and churches, as well as nine buildings for the
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of
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, including the
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Fraternity House on the
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campus. In one of his rare commissions outside of Maine, he created a master plan for and designed a chapel and at least six barracks buildings at the
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(Southern Branch) in Hampton, Virginia.


Other interests

Stevens was a
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. He belonged to the Brushians, a Portland art group which went on weekend outings. He exhibited his work with the
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, the Portland Society of Art, and elsewhere. His oil painting ''Delano Park, Cape Elizabeth'' (1904) is in the collection of
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, the Maine governor's official residence. He was an avid art collector. He lent ''Afternoon Fog'' by
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to the L. D. M. Sweat Memorial Galleries, now part of the
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. In 1889, Stevens was named a Fellow of the
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.


Death and legacy

Stevens died on January 25, 1940, aged 84. He is buried in Portland's Evergreen Cemetery. In recognition of his architectural contributions on the Portland peninsula, the city declared October 8, 2009, to be John Calvin Stevens Day. The ceremony included a Congressional Record of Recognition presented by the office of Senator
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.


Selected buildings


Churches

* Congregational Church,
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(1882), Fassett & Stevens, architects * Sanford Baptist Church,
Sanford, Maine Sanford is a city in York County, Maine, United States. The population was 21,982 in the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, making it the seventh largest municipality in the state. Situated on the Mousam River, Sanford includes the village ...
(1888), Stevens & Cobb, architects * First Baptist Church, Yarmouth, Maine (1889) * First Baptist Church, 47 Church St.,
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(1890), Stevens & Cobb, architects * Alterations to State Street Congregational Church,
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(1892–93) * Freeport Baptist Church,
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(1896) * Hancock Point Chapel,
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(c.1900) * Parish House, Williston Congregational Church (now Williston-West Church, UCC),
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(1904)


Libraries

* Zadoc Long Free Library,
Buckfield, Maine Buckfield is a town in Oxford County, Maine, United States. Buckfield is included in the Lewiston-Auburn, Maine metropolitan New England City and Town Area. It is a member of Regional School Unit 10 along with nearby Hartford and Sumner. The ...
(1900–01) * Brown Memorial Library,
Clinton, Maine Clinton is a town in Kennebec County, Maine, United States. The town was named for New York Governor DeWitt Clinton. The population was 3,370 at the 2020 census. The main village in town is the Clinton census-designated place, with a populat ...
(1899) * Rumford Falls Library,
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(1903) * Cary Library,
Houlton, Maine Houlton is a town in and the county seat of Aroostook County, Maine, United States, on the Canada–United States border. As of the 2020 census, the town's population was 6,055. It is perhaps best known for being at the northern terminus of Int ...
(1903–04) * Knight Library,
Waterford, Maine Waterford is a town in Oxford County, Maine, United States. Waterford is included in the Lewiston-Auburn, Maine metropolitan New England city and town area. The population was 1,570 at the 2020 census. It is a recreation area noted for histori ...
(1911–12) * Davis Memorial Library,
Limington, Maine Limington is a town in York County, Maine, United States. The population was 3,892 at the 2020 census. Limington is a tourist destination with historic architecture. It is part of the Portland-South Portland-Biddeford metropolitan area. Histor ...
(1912) * Charles M. Bailey Public Library,
Winthrop, Maine Winthrop is a town in Kennebec County, Maine, United States. Winthrop is included in the Lewiston-Auburn, Maine metropolitan New England city and town area. The population was 6,121 at the 2020 census. Winthrop's population, however, approxim ...
(1916) * Paris Public Library,
South Paris, Maine South Paris is a census-designated place (CDP) located within the town of Paris in Oxford County, Maine, United States. South Paris is included in the Lewiston-Auburn, Maine metropolitan New England city and town area.The population was 2,237 ...
(c.1925) * Bethel Public Library,
Bethel, Maine Bethel is a town in Oxford County, Maine, United States. The population was 2,504 at the 2020 census. It includes the villages of Bethel and West Bethel. The town is home to Gould Academy, a private preparatory school, and is near the Sund ...
(1937–38)


Houses

* A. R. Wright cottage, Pine Point,
Scarborough, Maine Scarborough is a New England town, town in Cumberland County, Maine, Cumberland County on the southern coast of the U.S. state of Maine. Located about south of Portland, Maine, Portland, Scarborough is part of the Portland, Maine, Portland&ndash ...
(c.1881), Fassett & Stevens, architects * John Calvin Stevens House, 52 Bowdoin St.,
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(c.1883–84, altered) * Winslow Homer house and studio,
Prouts Neck, Maine Prouts Neck is a coastal peninsula, located within the town of Scarborough, in southern Maine. History Prouts Neck first appears on a map by Samuel de Champlain from his 1604 explorations of New England. In early times, it was known as Black ...
(c.1884) * Brown-Donahue house, Delano Park,
Cape Elizabeth, Maine Cape Elizabeth is a New England town, town in Cumberland County, Maine, Cumberland County, Maine, United States. The town is part of the Portland, Maine, Portland–South Portland, Maine, South Portland–Biddeford, Maine, Biddeford, Ma ...
(c.1885–86) * James Hopkins Smith house, 143 Foreside Rd.,
Falmouth Foreside, Maine Falmouth Foreside is a census-designated place (CDP) within the town of Falmouth in Cumberland County, Maine, United States. As of the 2010 census, the CDP population was 1,511. It is part of the Portland– South Portland–Biddeford, ...
(1886, altered) * Additions to "Thornhurst," General John Marshall Brown house,
Falmouth Foreside, Maine Falmouth Foreside is a census-designated place (CDP) within the town of Falmouth in Cumberland County, Maine, United States. As of the 2010 census, the CDP population was 1,511. It is part of the Portland– South Portland–Biddeford, ...
(pre-1888) * "Belfield," Henry St. John Smith house,
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(c.1890 altered) * Captain John W. Deering house,
Kennebunkport, Maine Kennebunkport is a resort town in York County, Maine, United States. The population was 3,629 people at the 2020 census. It is part of the Portland-South Portland-Biddeford metropolitan area. The town center, the area in and around Dock Squa ...
(c.1890), Stevens & Cobb, architects * "Bonnie Brae," Erskine H. Bronson house,
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(c.1895–96) * "Braemar Cottage," Edwin Packard house,
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(c.1897) * "Endcliffe," Frederick W. Moss house,
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(c.1897–99) * Henry Merrill house, Munjoy Hill,
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(c.1898) * "Ledge Rock",
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* Wil C. Johnson house,
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(c.1899) * "Oak Bank," Cumberland Foreside, Maine (c.1900) *
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Fraternity House,
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(c.1900–03) Now a student residence known as Quinby House * Governor John Freemont Hill house,
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(c.1901–02) Now St. Paul Center, Catholic Charities Maine * Edward W. Cox house, 111 West St.,
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(c.1905) * Richard Webb house, 29 Bowdoin St.,
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(c.1906–07) * Professor George W. Files house,
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(c.1910) * "Shorelands," Edward M. Hagar house,
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(c.1912) * Charles Fox house (now Oxford House Inn),
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(c.1913) * "Elmhurst," John S. Hyde house,
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(c.1913–14) Now
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, Bath campus * "Channelside," Frederick & Daisy Walker House
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(c.1914) * Louisa Spring house, 305 Danforth St.,
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(c.1920) * "Stone House," Stanley Wood house (now Stone House Conference Center,
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), 642 Wolf Neck Rd.,
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(1922) *
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house,
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(c.1925) * Warren F Pope House, East Machias, Maine 1897 * William H. Roberts, Jr. house, Parkside,
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(c.1898) Remodel of Brewster house, Dexter Maine c.1932. Home of former Maine Gov and US Congressman/Senator Ralph Owen Brewster and his wife Dorothy (Foss). Currently a B&B, The Brewster Inn.


Other buildings

* The Breakwater Court hotel (now The Colony Hotel),
Kennebunkport, Maine Kennebunkport is a resort town in York County, Maine, United States. The population was 3,629 people at the 2020 census. It is part of the Portland-South Portland-Biddeford metropolitan area. The town center, the area in and around Dock Squa ...
(1914) *"The Shelter" (gazebo), Cushing's Island, Maine (1886, restored 2001) * Alterations to Poland Spring House,
Poland, Maine Poland is a town in Androscoggin County, Maine, United States. The population was 5,906 at the 2020 census. Set among rolling hills and numerous lakes, the town is home to Range Ponds State Park, which includes hiking trails and a pristine fr ...
(c.1888–91), Cobb & Stevens, architects * Sturtevant Hall,
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,
Greenwood, Maine Greenwood is a New England town, town in Oxford County, Maine, Oxford County, Maine, United States. The population was 774 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. The town was named for surveyor Alexander Greenwood. The village of Locke Mi ...
(1891) * Biddeford City Hall and Biddeford's City Theater,
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(1895–96) Rebuilt by Stevens after a December 1894 fire * Riverton Trolley Park Casino,
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(1896) * Cape Cottage Casino,
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(1898–99) * Bay of Naples Inn,
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(1899, demolished 1964) * New Belvidere Inn (now Tides Inn-by-the-Sea),
Kennebunkport, Maine Kennebunkport is a resort town in York County, Maine, United States. The population was 3,629 people at the 2020 census. It is part of the Portland-South Portland-Biddeford metropolitan area. The town center, the area in and around Dock Squa ...
(1899) * Belgrade Hotel, Belgrade Lakes, Maine (c. 1900, burned 1956) * Master plan, chapel and barracks buildings,
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("Southern Branch"),
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(1906–08) * Nathan Clifford Elementary School, Portland, Maine (1907) * Municipal Building and Opera House,
Skowhegan, Maine Skowhegan () is the county seat of Somerset County, Maine, United States. As of the 2020 census, the town population was 8,620. Every August, Skowhegan hosts the annual Skowhegan State Fair, the oldest continuously held state fair in the Unit ...
(1907–09) * L. D. M. Sweat Memorial Galleries, Portland Museum of Art,
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(1910) * Camden Yacht Club,
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(1912) * Alterations and Annex to The North School, Portland, Maine (1921) * Pike Memorial Building (Town Hall),
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(1925) * York Institute (now Saco Museum),
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(1926) * Portland Water District Building, Portland, Maine (1928) * Forest Avenue Post Office,
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(1933–34) * Albert Fells Cottage
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(1937). Featuring a sleeping porch and piazza * Uptown Theatre,
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(1938) * Sanford Country Club - Reconstructed barn into Club House (Bauneg Beg Country Club),
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(1924) Woven Together in York County, Maine: A History 1865-1990 by Madge Baker, 1999


Gallery

File:John Calvin Stevens House.jpg, John Calvin Stevens House, Portland, ME (1883–84), in 1965. The box window, left, was originally the entrance porch. File:BrownDonahueHousePortlandME.jpg, Brown-Donahue house, Delano Park, Cape Elizabeth, ME (1885–86) Image:Sturtevant Hall, Hebron Academy, ME.jpg, Sturtevant Hall,
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, Greenwood, ME (1891). Stevens designed nine buildings at the school. File:City Hall Biddeford, ME 2005.jpg, Biddeford City Hall, Biddeford, ME (1895–96) File:Cape_Cottage_Casino_Cape_Elizabeth_Maine.jpg, Cape Cottage Casino, Cape Elizabeth, ME (1898–99) Image:The Belgrade Hotel, Belgrade Lakes, ME.jpg, Belgrade Hotel, Belgrade Lakes, ME (c. 1900, burned 1956) Image:Public Library, Rumford Falls, ME.jpg, Rumford Falls Public Library, Rumford, ME (1903) Image:Cary Library, Houlton, ME.jpg, Cary Library, Houlton, ME (1903–04) File:McLellan House & L. D. M. Sweat Memorial, Portland, ME.jpg, L. D. M. Sweat Memorial Galleries, Portland, ME (1910). Stevens's art gallery addition is at left. File:Baileypubliclibrary.jpg, Charles M. Bailey Public Library, Winthrop, ME (1916) Image:Public Library, South Paris, ME.jpg, Paris Public Library, South Paris, ME (c.1925)


References


Further reading

* ''John Calvin Stevens, Domestic Architecture, 1890–1930'', by John Calvin Stevens II, and Earle G. Shettleworth Jr. Scarborough, Me. : Harp Publications, 1990. . * ''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.


External links


Photographs
in the Maine Memory Network
"Lindbergh Slept Here"
, ''
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'', Winter guide 2013. Vol. 27. Article about Castillo Del Mar, a tiled Spanish beachfront villa designed by Stevens
"In Maine, Acquiring a Homer Landscape"
''The Washington Post'', 1 October 2004
John Calvin Stevens architectural drawings, circa 1882-1925, held by the Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University
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