Local Businessman and Mayor
A grandson to Zachariah Stevens of the Stevens Tinware Factory in Deering, Augustus Ervin Stevens (1825-1882). Stevens had the misfortune of being Mayor of Portland from 1866-1867, during the time of the Great Fire of Portland. However, according to legend, his calm and practical responses to the tragedy helped spearhead a new and expeditious revival of Portland's Old Port, springing from the Fire like a Phoenix. The City recovered in a few short years. He got his start working in the family grocery business, later branching out into partnership at a grocery called Lynch & Stevens, and from there invested in many other business ventures. He was reputed to have been a very successful businessperson with much integrity. He died of heart failure in his easy chair in his home at the former Asa Clapp house. The Stevens family held the Clapp House from 1863-1914.
A grandson to Zachariah Stevens of the Stevens Tinware Factory in Deering, Augustus Ervin Stevens (1825-1882). Stevens had the misfortune of being Mayor of Portland from 1866-1867, during the time of the Great Fire of Portland. However, according to legend, his calm and practical responses to the tragedy helped spearhead a new and expeditious revival of Portland's Old Port, springing from the Fire like a Phoenix. The City recovered in a few short years. He got his start working in the family grocery business, later branching out into partnership at a grocery called Lynch & Stevens, and from there invested in many other business ventures. He was reputed to have been a very successful businessperson with much integrity. He died of heart failure in his easy chair in his home at the former Asa Clapp house. The Stevens family held the Clapp House from 1863-1914.
Local Businessman and Mayor
A grandson to Zachariah Stevens of the Stevens Tinware Factory in Deering, Augustus Ervin Stevens (1825-1882). Stevens had the misfortune of being Mayor of Portland from 1866-1867, during the time of the Great Fire of Portland. However, according to legend, his calm and practical responses to the tragedy helped spearhead a new and expeditious revival of Portland's Old Port, springing from the Fire like a Phoenix. The City recovered in a few short years. He got his start working in the family grocery business, later branching out into partnership at a grocery called Lynch & Stevens, and from there invested in many other business ventures. He was reputed to have been a very successful businessperson with much integrity. He died of heart failure in his easy chair in his home at the former Asa Clapp house. The Stevens family held the Clapp House from 1863-1914.
A grandson to Zachariah Stevens of the Stevens Tinware Factory in Deering, Augustus Ervin Stevens (1825-1882). Stevens had the misfortune of being Mayor of Portland from 1866-1867, during the time of the Great Fire of Portland. However, according to legend, his calm and practical responses to the tragedy helped spearhead a new and expeditious revival of Portland's Old Port, springing from the Fire like a Phoenix. The City recovered in a few short years. He got his start working in the family grocery business, later branching out into partnership at a grocery called Lynch & Stevens, and from there invested in many other business ventures. He was reputed to have been a very successful businessperson with much integrity. He died of heart failure in his easy chair in his home at the former Asa Clapp house. The Stevens family held the Clapp House from 1863-1914.
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