This picture-perfect Colonial Revival in Portland’s West End is ready for a new family portrait. 

By Colin W. Sargent

You’ll know you’re home when you find just the right display spots for your heirloom antiques and armorial Chinese export porcelain in the sanctuary known as 11 Fletcher Street, a classic retreat surrounded

by parks and gardens. Your next nest was built in the early 1920s, when Colonial Revival meant unquestionably quiet comfort. “You feel the difference the moment you enter the front door,” says John Hatcher of Keller Williams, comparing this to later versions of the style. Inside, you’re welcomed by a lovely wide foyer leading to a hallway with coat closet. Here you’ll linger as you greet family and friends with delighted laughter and hugs. The gracious stairway ascends to an upper gallery; all four corner bedrooms open onto this airy space, echoing with countless “Good mornings.”   

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