Daniel Coit Gilman Summer House facts for kids
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Daniel Coit Gilman Summer House
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 Location in Maine
Location in the United States
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| Location | Off Huntington Rd., Northeast Harbor, Maine |
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| Area | 1.9 acres (0.77 ha) |
| Architect | Daniel Coit Gilman |
| NRHP reference No. | 66000093 |
Quick facts for kids Significant dates |
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| Added to NRHP | October 15, 1966 |
| Designated NHL | December 21, 1965 |
The Daniel Coit Gilman Summer House, also known as Over Edge, is a special old house in Northeast Harbor, Maine. It's located on Huntington Lane, a private road. This house is a National Historic Landmark. It got this special title in 1965.
The house is important because of its link to Daniel Coit Gilman (1831-1908). He was the first president of Johns Hopkins University. He was also a big supporter of advanced education in the United States. Today, the house is still used as a private summer home.
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What is the Daniel Coit Gilman Summer House Like?
The Gilman House sits high up on a bluff. It looks out over the harbor area of Northeast Harbor to the east. You can see Bear and Sutton Islands to the south.
The house has three stories. It is made of wood and covered with wooden shingles. It has a side gable roof. This roof is big enough to fit the entire third floor.
The house faces the water. There is an open porch across the front (east side). There are also porches on the north side of the first and second floors. The living room is in the southern part of the house. It has a window that sticks out, called a bay window. The house has not changed much since it was built in the 1880s. The main change was making the kitchen bigger.
Who Was Daniel Coit Gilman?
The house was built for Daniel Coit Gilman. It was his summer home until he passed away in 1908. Gilman was born in Norwich, Connecticut. He graduated from Yale College in 1848.
He helped start Yale's Sheffield Scientific School in 1855. He became the school's librarian and secretary. He also taught geography there as a professor.
Gilman's Big Ideas in Education
In 1872, Gilman became president of the new University of California at Berkeley. But he left because he disagreed about what should be taught.
In 1875, he became president of the newly started Johns Hopkins University. Here, he could put his ideas into action. He believed professors should be experts in their subjects. He also thought students should be very good at what they do. He stressed the importance of academic freedom and research at universities.
His ideas were very successful. Many other schools started to use them. By 1892, graduates from Johns Hopkins were teaching at over 60 different schools.
See also
In Spanish: Casa de veraneo Daniel Coit Gilman para niños
