Resort · 1880s–1910s
John Calvin Stevens
Portland architect; designed the island's Shingle-style cottages
[C]Confirmed1855 – 1940
Summary
One of New England's leading Shingle-style architects. His firm designed the Thaxter Cottage, the Dakers cottage, the Farm House and Farm Buildings, and additions at the Ottawa — grouped together in Sargent's 1886 plate 'Picturesque Bits at Cushings.'
From the sources
Stevens practiced from the First National Bank Building, Portland, and his cottage work on Cushing helped define the island's late-19th-century summer architecture. His plate in Sargent shows the range of the island's resort-era building types on a single page.
Places associated
Images in the archive
- Ottawa House, Cushing Island, ca. 1900 · Maine Memory Network #17392
Primary evidence
Cited works
- [1] Sargent (1886), plate 'Picturesque Bits at Cushings' (p. 28).
Continue the trail
- 01Stand at Ottawa House GroundsPlace · Ottawa House Grounds — Resort · 1858–1917
- 02Look at the evidence: Ottawa House, Cushing IslandSource · Ottawa House, Cushing Island — ca. 1900 · Maine Memory Network / Maine Historical Society
- 03Read the whole layer: The Summer IslandLayer · The Summer Island — Layer 03 · 1858 → 1917
- 04Look at the evidence: An Historical Sketch, Guide Book, and Prospectus of Cushing's IslandSource · An Historical Sketch, Guide Book, and Prospectus of Cushing's Island — 1886
- 05Look at the evidence: Architectural drawing, house on Cushing IslandSource · Architectural drawing, house on Cushing Island — c. 1883 · Maine Memory Network / Maine Historical Society