The house at 598 Main Street in Portland was built circa 1840. It was originally the home of ship carpenter Luther Savage, who married Mary Jane Buck in 1850. In 1927, the house was still occupied by Savage’s descendants, who estimated the house had been built 81 years earlier (1846).

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Luther Savage House (1840)