VICTORIA MANSION

I visited the Victoria Mansion on March 26th 2008. It is located at 109 Danforth Street in Portland.

The Victoria Mansion was built between 1858 and 1860 and is also known as the Morse-Libby House because of the original owner, Ruggles Morse and the second owner, Joseph Libby. The architect, Henry Austin, conceived the home.
In 1941 the home was opened to the public as a museum and was then owned by the Victoria Society of Maine in 1943 whose prime directive was to keep the mansion operating as a working museum in the years to follow. The Victoria Society of Maine has been keeping the mansion as a museum every since. OBSERVATIONS: I stopped in front of this building on Danforth St. It looked out of place, kind of like a haunted house in the middle of Portland. There were many cars that went by in and a few pedestrians that walked by but they didn't seem to notice the mansion. The outside of the building is kept in great shape with the architecture to match. It is defineately a sight to see.

For more information about the Victoria Mansion, visit http://www.victoriamansion.org/mansion.html

REFERENCES:
http://www.victoriamansion.org/mansion.html