Portland ยท West End
The Francis
Francis H. Fassett's 1881 brick house for dry goods merchant Mellen E. Bolster, opened in 2017 as a 15-room hotel with breakfast included.
- Built
- 1881Designed in 1881 by Francis H. Fassett as the home of dry goods merchant Mellen E. Bolster; vacant by 2015; opened as a 15-room hotel in 2017.
- Style
- Italianate
- Architect
- Francis H. Fassett and John Calvin Stevens
- Type
- Boutique hotel
- Rooms
- 15
- Area
- West End
- Credentials
- Inside a National Register historic district
The story
Portland architect Francis H. Fassett designed the brick house in 1881 for Mellen E. Bolster, a dry goods merchant; the Deering Street district nomination credits the design to Fassett together with John Calvin Stevens. In 1925 the Hay & Peabody firm moved into the building and marked the occasion with a cast-iron street clock. The building changed hands several times and sat vacant and weathered by 2015. It reopened in 2017 as a 15-room hotel.
Good to know
- Breakfast: included
- Parking: on-site free
- Elevator
- Pets welcome
- Address: 747 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04102
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Last verified October 2026. Details change; confirm with the inn before you book.