In 2022, as I was developing a walking tour business and writing about Portland history, I posted about John Neal on the business web site. That site is no longer hosted, so I am reposting writings from it. Here's part one about John Neal: John Neal (August 25, 1793 – June 20, 1876) While I was training to lead a “Homes of Portland’s Golden Age” tour for Greater Portland Landmarks, we looked at a house on State Street and learned that it was John Neal’s house and that he was America’s first art critic. That upper block of State Street was removed from the tour because of time constraints. Later I was researching the Portland Rum Riot for a presentation and learned that after the riot John Neal condemned the actions of his cousin, Mayor Neal Dow, saying Dow should be charged with murder. Those two pieces of information were fuzzy in my mind when I saw a post on FaceBook about the house https://digitalcommons.portlandlibrary.com/pphnegs_images_business/549/?fbclid=...