Architecture by Cannabis.

Story by Laurel Faye

Can you guess what these Cannabis retailers were in their past lives? You can get all your favorite cannabis products at these venues today, but what were they a minute ago? Last year? A hundred years ago? Let’s do the time warp again with these seven pot-shops.

Jar: Once the Holy Donut, founded by Leigh Kellis. Today Jar Cannabis Co. is owned by Joel Pepin, one of the state’s earliest medical marijuana caregivers. Flashback to 1854 and this Exchange Street business greeted us as Daniel Fox Grocers. Fox, specializing in goods from the West Indies, constructed a sister building at 414 Fore Street as a provisions storehouse, according to Portland Downtown and Maine Historical Society. 9 Exchange Street.

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