The Portland daily press., 1896-06-06
Il MASTER or stucco design.

al plaster or stucco design.
Soon after his return Mr.. JACKSON was
chosen to represent Maine in the con-
vention OF American Plasterers held at
Baltimore in 1867. In the latter part of
the same year he moved to Boston and
there applied his skill and experience to
such buildings as those of Harvard Col
loge, Hotel Brunswick, the st. James
Hotel, now The Boston Conservatory OF
Music. the Suffolk Baak Building on
State street, and many of the magnifici-
mt mansions in the Back Bay Dis
taict.
In 1870 Mr.. Grifiths prevailed upon
him to return to Portland to take charge
OF the ornamental work of the Portland
Custom House then In the course of con-
structiou.
AS foreman for Grifiths & Sheridan,
Mr.. jackson has worked on nearly
every building of note in this vicinity.
After the death of Mr. Griffi.hs caused
by an accident in the Pay+on Memorial
Church, Oct. 1872, Mr.. jackson engaged
in business on his own account.
In 1875 he removed to Deering and in
1884 admitted his son Walter b, Jackson
to a partne, ship in the business. This
son is now the junior member of the
firm, was born in Portland, educated in
her public schools and acquired his
knowledge of the business from his
father recognized master in stucco and
plaster.
The firm of G. & w. B. jackson rank
as first in their line and enjoy an extern
sive and lucrative patronage on the high
est class of buildings erected in the New
England States. Their Office is at Deer
ing.
Jackson g. Dugnn.
The firm Of Jackson G Dugan as ex-
pert plain and ornamental plasterers,
stucco workers and whiteners, is one of
the best known in the State of Maine
Mr. Robert w. Jackson is the efficient
and popular chief engineer of the Port
land Fire Department. Mr.. John ".
Duggan is one of the most thorough
masters of the manipulation of plasters
and staff in the New England States. In
it's eighteen years of existence this firm
has earned and deserves the reputation
that it now has. of always giving salts
faction as workmen of the first class, and
the performance of each contract and the
execution of all accepted orders with
promptness, and in neat and clearly
manner, that leaves nothing further to
be desired at their hands.
Tho value Of Jackson d Duggan's SER
vices upon building can be seen in the
plaster and stucco work on such build
ings as the residences of Fred E. Rich
ards on Vaughan street, E. FL. Davies,
ESQ.,, Bowdoin street, M. N. Taylor, ESQ.,,
on the Eastern Promenade; the New
City Hotel, the Columbia Building on
Congress street, the Brown Block in Mon
ument Square, and the magnificent block
now occupied by Messrs. Hooper, Son &
Leighton on Congress street, and the in
terror of the Friends Church on Oak
street. The business of Jackson & Dug
gan takes them all over the State and
evidences of their workmanship may be
found on the Opera House at Rockland,
and the Emery and Fry buildings at Bar
Harbor. The firm make speciality of
remodeling buildings, and the residence
of w. FL. Milliken on State street is men
toned as one of their demonstrations.
r. Ward.
In the interior of many of Portland's
best buildings the art and mechanical
skill observable in the plain and orna-
mental plaster on the ceilings and walls
anu VIC SAuCCo itiitt IIldSLlC WOrK C0aG
stands out in the bold relief of free
inspiration speaks of the mind and hand
of master in this decorative art. An
swer to an inquiry would inform ques-
TONER that in these productions of plas-
ter and stucco the genius and skill Ct
Mr.. P. Ward have been freely en-
ployed.
Beginning in 1878, Mr.. Ward has
since that time given to the homes and
public buildings of this city the advant-
age OF cultured taste in matters of art
decoration and his skill as mechanic
in the application of plaster, stucco, and
masttc to buildings. In tine warerooms
of Mr.. Ward at No. Is Casco ST., near
Congress, may be seen numerous va
riety of center pieces, the latest designs
in cornices, entrances and other art pro-
ductions moulded from plaster, stucco
and mastic, an order for which will bring
any of them to hand, properly packed for
safe delivery to any near or distant part
of the country.