387 Spring Street. A ‘moving’ story.
Nestled on a tree lined lot at the far western end of Spring Street, this little gem is a voice from a much earlier time. The Gothic Revival style is rather un-common in Maine. The style was, nationally, relatively short lived to begin with. Coupled with the local preference for the more ‘conservative’ Greek Revival and destruction of much of what was built when the Gothic Revival fell out of style, this has left very few great examples. 387 Spring Street is one such example.
The Gothic Revival was seen as a response to the formalism and discipline of the popular Greek/Classic Revival styles. Borrowing from older English country and Renaissance Italian villas, the homes were intended for the newly popular suburban communities. It was less often seen in urban environments such as this.
387 Spring Street was built in 1845 from designs provided…
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Peter Bouchard 