http://debianws.lexgopc.com/wiki143/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=First_Callahan_BuildingFirst Callahan Building - Revision history2026-05-08T19:21:29ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.43.1http://debianws.lexgopc.com/wiki143/index.php?title=First_Callahan_Building&diff=6779482&oldid=previmported>Lepricavark: /* top */ prepended 'Use mdy dates' tag2025-01-19T05:56:14Z<p><span class="autocomment">top: </span> prepended 'Use mdy dates' tag</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}<br />
{{Infobox NRHP<br />
| name = First Callahan Building<br />
| nrhp_type =<br />
| image = First Callahan Building, Lewiston ME.jpg<br />
| caption = First Callahan Building<br />
| location = 276 Lisbon Street, [[Lewiston, Maine]]<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|44|5|39|N|70|12|58|W|display=inline,title}}<br />
| locmapin = Maine#USA<br />
| area = less than one acre<br />
| built = 1892<br />
| architect = Coombs, George<br />
| architecture = Renaissance<br />
| added = April 25, 1986<br />
| mpsub = Lewiston Commercial District MRA<br />
| refnum = 86002280<br />
<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2007a}}</ref><br />
}}<br />
The '''First Callahan Building''' is an historic commercial and residential building at 276 Lisbon Street in [[Lewiston, Maine]]. Built in 1892 to a design by noted local architect [[George M. Coombs]], the Renaissance Revival brick building was part of a major development on the city's main commercial street by the Callahan brothers, owners of a local gentleman's furnishings store. The building was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1986.<ref name="NRHP"/><br />
<br />
==Description and history==<br />
The First Callahan Building is located on the east side of Lisbon Street in Lewiston's principal downtown commercial district. It is located adjacent to the [[Second Callahan Block]] (at number 282), and across from the [[Lower Lisbon Street Historic District]], which encompasses Lewiston's earliest commercial development. It is a four-story red brick with a flat roof that has an extended bracketed cornice above a brickwork entablature. The main facade, facing Lisbon Street, is nine bays wide, divided into three groups by metal pilasters at the first floor level, and brick pilasters above. The first floor has three modern storefronts, while the upper floors have sash windows set in flat-topped openings with granite sills. Access to the upper floors is via an entrance on Chestnut Street, whose facade matches in detailing that facing Lisbon Street.<ref name=NRHP>{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=85001128}}|title=NRHP nomination for First Callahan Building|publisher=National Park Service|accessdate=2015-06-16}}</ref><br />
<br />
This building was designed by noted local architect [[George M. Coombs]] (who designed numerous buildings across northern and western Maine), and was built in 1892 for [[T.F. Callahan|T. F.]] and Eugene Callahan, brothers who operated a shop providing hats, trunks, and other furnishings for gentlemen. The building originally house retail establishments on the ground floor, and offices and residences above; the upper levels have been rehabilitated for exclusive residential use. The Callahan brothers were apparently financially successful, since they were able to build the adjacent block in 1911; it was designed by Coombs' son-in-law and successor, Eugene Gibbs.<ref name=NRHP/><br />
<br />
==See also==<br />
*[[National Register of Historic Places listings in Androscoggin County, Maine]]<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
<br />
{{National Register of Historic Places}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Maine]]<br />
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Lewiston, Maine]]<br />
[[Category:National Register of Historic Places in Lewiston, Maine]]</div>imported>Lepricavark