Ward Hinckley House facts for kids
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| Location | Blue Hill, Maine |
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| Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
| Built | 1916 |
| Architect | Hinckley, Wallace |
| Architectural style | Prairie School |
| NRHP reference No. | 74000153 |
| Added to NRHP | December 16, 1974 |
The Ward Hinckley House is a special old house located in Blue Hill, Maine. It was built in 1916 for a businessman named Otis Ward Hinckley. This house is very unique because it's one of only two buildings in Maine that shows the Prairie School style of architecture. Because of its importance, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.
About the Ward Hinckley House
The Hinckley House sits right on the coast of Blue Hill Harbor. This harbor is a part of the Mount Desert Narrows, which is the water between Blue Hill and Mount Desert Island.
What Does It Look Like?
The house has two stories and a special roof called a hip roof. This roof has wide edges that stick out, giving it a unique look. One side of the house has a long section that sticks out, which is only one story tall. The house has groups of windows with diamond-shaped panes. Its outside walls are covered in a material called stucco.
Who Built This House?
The Ward Hinckley House was built in 1916 for Otis Ward Hinckley. He was a businessman from Chicago who owned part of a company called Hinckley & Schmitt bottling. His family had lived in Blue Hill for a long time.
Otis Ward Hinckley really liked the building designs of a famous architect named Frank Lloyd Wright. He wanted Wright to design his house, but Wright's price was too high. So, Hinckley hired his nephew, Wallace Hinckley, instead. Wallace designed the house using ideas from Wright's famous Willits House in Highland Park, Illinois. The Ward Hinckley House is still privately owned today.
