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✓ Introduced by Councilor 'Cox, October 28, 1985
CITY OF BANGOR
(TITLE) Q0XDtLIAI[XXe A rainy Siescric preservation ordinance
Be tt orduinad by Gee CTM ComrmR ofd* city WBMW, ae fWam .
— THAT Chapter VII, Article 4, Sec. 5.3be amended to add a provision -
which reads as (ollnus:
5.3.30 Charles G. Bryant Double House. Me lana an huila£ngs
located at 16 5 18 Division Street and mure specifically described on
City of Bangor Assess Or'n MAP 39, Parcel 147.
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The Charles G. Bryant Double House,
16 g 18 Division Street
The double house at 16 E 18 Division Street, which was built in
1836 by the important Bangor architect Charles G. Bryant, deserves designs -
tion at the municipal and national level as a historic landmark for a number
of reasons. The house was built on speculation by the architect as a rental
property and is a document of the great Bangor land boom of the 18305
in which fortunes were amassed by speculations in timberlands and urban
lots. Bryant joined the entrepreneurs during this boom, and the Division
Street house was one of a handful he built on speculation. With the excep-
tion of a simple double house in Prentiss Street, it is the only one of
this group to have survived with its elements intact. Its handsome trio
includes finely proportioned entablatures, pilasters, and the beautiful
carved wreaths favored by Bryant.
The Bryant Double House is unique in plan, its deeply recessed common
Portico recalling the Regency rhythm of solids and voids of the architect's
Kent -Cutting Double House in Penobscot Street. The very small scale of
this ambitious design is also quite unusual. Many of Bangor�s designated
historic landmarks are on the scale of mansions. This small double house
was intended as a residence for people of modest means, but it exhibits the
same brilliant design as some of the large houses designed by the same
architect.
Designation of the Bryant Double House as a historic landmark under the
Bangor Historic Preservation Ordinance may encourage citizens in the potential
historic district of lower Kenduskeag Avenue to rehabilitate their houses
with respect for their architectural character. It would also preserve the
exterior aspect of a most unusual landmark house.
Deborah Thompson, Architectural Historian
Member, Bangor Historic Preservation Commission
The Bryant Double House, p. 2
Bibliography
Thompson, Deborah. Range
MI Maine 1169 to 1914: M Architectural History.
Demo: University o a ne ress, a press. p. 04.
Moody, James B. and Earle G. Shettlerorth, Jr. The Flight of the Grand..
Eagle. Augusta, Maine: Maine Historic Preseavet on—i Commtsstoa, p. 43.
To The Honorable City Council
At A Public Hearing on September 23, 1985. the Bangor Historic
Preservation Commission unanimously approved the designation of the
Charlies R. Bryant Double House, 16 & 18 Division Street as a local
Historic Landmark. An application for its designation to the National
Register of Historic Places is now being prepared.
A brief description of the significance of the building by
Commission Member, Deborah Thompson is enclosed.
I hearby request that the City Council take the necessary steps to
designate the Charles G. Bryant house, 16 & 18 Division Street as an
Historic Landmark under Chapter VII, Article 4, section 4, under the -
ordinances of the City of Bangor.
C. �c�
an C. Woodcock,
Chairman of the Historic Preservation Commission