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Neal Dow House : ウィキペディア英語版 | Neal Dow House
The Neal Dow House, also known as Gen. Neal Dow House, is an historic house at 714 Congress Street in Portland, Maine. It was built in 1829 for noted politician and prohibitionist Neal Dow (1804-1897), and was designated a National Historic Landmark for that association. Dow was the author of the first prohibition law, passed by the Maine legislature in 1851 (and giving such laws the epithet "Maine law"), and was a tireless internationally-known activist in the temperance movement. Dow's house was a center of activism in his lifetime, and is now the headquarters of the Maine chapter of the Women's Christian Temperance Union. ==Architecture and building history== The Dow house is a large 2-1/2 story 17-room brick structure with late Federal styling. It is roughly rectangular in shape, with three distinct sections. A main block, 2-1/2 stories in height and three bays wide, anchors the corner lot on which it stands. A 2-1/2 story ell extends to the right from the rear of this block, and there is a single-story flat-roof section in the crook of the L created by the two taller sections. The main entrance is in the right side bay of the main block, and is sheltered by a late Victorian decorative hood.〔 and 〕 The building was constructed in 1829, on the occasion of Neal Dow's marriage to Maria Maynard.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Neal Dow biography )〕 It was Dow's home for 67 years, until his death at age 93 in 1897. The house was given by Dow's son Fred to the local chapter of the Women's Christian Temperance Union, along with a large number of Dow's possessions and related artifacts.〔 Although the chapter went through a period of low activity, attempts were begun in 2013 to revive it after the state legalized the sale of marijuana. The house is open to the public at no charge on weekdays or by appointment.〔
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