Walking Around Downtown Augusta, Maine

Historic Downtown Augusta reveals the city's population....  18,594 live here.

I admire the early 20th

century architecture on

Water Street.

Eric took this picture of

 me at the Augusta

 Masonic Center.

We admire the stained

glass elements on this

clock.

The glassed-enclosed balcony

is an unusual feature on an

Art Deco building.

Next door is Sonny's

Museum & Rock Shop

The ornamentation above the

windows on the second &

third floors of this building

is strikingly different.

The arrangement of common

bricks create ornate decoration

on this building.

Eric points out the Moorish

windows on this corner

 building.

A picture postcard decorates

the wall of a building.

Alternate colored brickwork

provides character to the

Cushnoc Brewing Building.

Ornate window stonework
make this building a
stand out.

The Old Post Office &

Courthouse is now....

... the Olde Federal Building

Office Complex.

Modern sculptures adorn

the park across the

street.

Otis is made of elevator

parts.

Octoberfest is made with
parts from an Anheuser 
Busch Brewery.

The Inner Life of Discs is

the puzzling composition

of this simple shape. 

 Downtown Augusta is like many small cities Eric and I have visited throughout the country since 2012.  Aging architecture is being re-purposed for restaurants, shops, businesses and offices as the city changes from one century to the next.