Charles Quincy Goodhue
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Charles Quincy Goodhue was an American illustrator. Upon retiring as a marble-cutter in 1890, he began to sketch, from memory, scenes of 19th-century Portland, Maine, his hometown. His book, Portland
Goodhue pictured around the turn of the 20th century
The 1866 great fire of Portland was a large fire that spread throughout the city of Portland, Maine, on July 4, 1866—the second Independence Day after the end of the American Civil War. The fire burne
Charles Quincy Goodhue
…23 of Goodhue's drawings and one by his great-granddaughter. Many of the buildings and streetscapes depicted in his sketches were destroyed in the Portland fire of 1866. In 1858, Goodhue married Catherine O'Donnell, with whom he had six known children between 1859 and 1878, including Henrietta Quincy…
Ruins of the Great Fire at Portland, Me. an artist's rendering by J. E. Baker
Looking west from Portland Observatory
Looking down Middle Street