Moye Green Boarding House (1890-1945)

Listed in the National Register of Historic Places, the Moye Green Boarding House is centrally located in downtown Portland and east of the CSX Railroad line. A mid-20th century three feet high stone wall separates the house from the adjacent streets and reflects the area's incremental growth patterns. Constructed c. 1878 as a two-room, single-story Cumberland plan house, the dwelling quickly evolved to include an 1882 central hall, I-house. Continued: By 1892, later additions included decorative Fold Victorian detailing along with exterior one-story porches for boarding house guests. Significant for its contribution to Portland's economic growth, it operated as a local boarding house from c. 1890 to c. 1945 under the ownership of the Moye family and their descendants, the Greens. Located across from the railroad depot, the boarding house provided room and board to passengers, businessmen, visitors, and strawberry field workers for more than fifty years.