Name/Title
Bradford and Company | 52-54 Water Street, Eastport, Maine | Eastport Historic DistrictDescription
-WATER052/054
I7-0C5-21/22
Built:1887
Address:
52, 54 Water Street
Eastport, Maine
National Register
HISTORIC DISTRICT
Eastport Historic District
ARCHITECTS
Henry N. Black
From Eastport Walking Tour Brochure, 2010:
18) Bradford & Co. (NR) 52 Water St. 1887, Italianate. Alden Bradford started his men's clothing business at the age of 16 and at one time employed 60 people. He was burned out by the 1864 and the 1886 fires but always rebuilt.
From Eastport Walking Tour Brochure, 2010:
17) Bucknam-Colwell Co. (NR) 54 Water St. In 1888 the owners of Bucknam & Colwell were Joseph Bucknam, William Colwell and Miss Hattie Bucknam. They operated a dry goods and millinery store at what was then 25 Water St.
From National Register of Historic Places Eastport Historic District Nomination Form, p.2:
11. Bradford Block, 1887. 52, 54 Water Street. Henry Black, Architect. Italianate, 2 stories, brick with stone trim.
