You will not need a street number to find this building on Fairmont. It
is the only powder blue place with a Greek temple portico. The Charity
Lodge of the Masonic Order was founded in 1874 when it first met at
Knaut's all. They were a large and powerful group when they purchased
Allan Strum's oil cloth factory at the waterfront near the present day
Save-Easy. I don't know when or how that very large building was lost
but their numbers have dwindled since that time.
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This is Mahone Bay's best example of the Classic Revival style. It is located on Main Street
and was built for the Bank of Montreal in 1911. The Classic
Revival was largely past in the 1870s. It does show a few Grecian
details such as the Ionic-columns on either side of the entry, a row of
squared windows symmetrically arranged in horizontal bands, relatively
tall windows on the ground floor. The originally in this style were
painted white, the detailing being considered forceful enough in its
own right.
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"Carnegy Hall" at 946 Main Street would be described as essentially
Neo-classic except for the fact that it was built well after that style
was defunct. It is described in real estate propaganda as a "Charming
Cape" it does have a a square floor plan but features the later
central hallway.
Because it was quite small an ell has been added to create the
traditional twentieth-century "family room." The dormer, with French
doors opening on an unusual and the outside chimney are not original.
This home was offered for sale in 2009 at $439,000 and offered a
terrific ocean view coupled with "a meandering path leading to a secret
garden" as main features,
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