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Dow, Neal, House

Portland, Maine
County of Cumberland.
National Register Number: 73000236
 Resource type: Building.
Property type: Domestic - single dwelling.
Certified Local Government: NO

Statement of Significance (as of designation - May 30, 1974):
For some 67 years, this well-preserved two-and-a-half story house was the residence of Neal Dow (1804-1897), called the "Napoleon of Temperance". A leading 19th-century proponent of Prohibition, Dow was a candidate for the Presidency in 1880 on the Prohibition Party ticket.


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