Nice digs, Governor!

By Colin W. Sargent

This Italianate brick masterpiece is so Dickensian you find yourself imagining a wreath on the imposing front door even when one isn’t there. A harvest wreath in the fall, a Christmas wreath during the holidays, a black funeral wreath during darker times. Release the ravens!  

With its unparalleled Cuban mahogany interiors and remarkable history, 375 Spring Street— built on land once owned by J. B. Brown across the street from Waynflete School in Portland’s West End—is the ne plus ultra of the city’s most evocatively Victorian neighborhood. It’s listed for $2.999M.  

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