Contributed by L.C. Bates Museum / Good Will-Hinckley Homes
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Description
The Buckminister Cottage provided housing for boys from the Quincy Manual Training Institute at Good Will Home in Fairfield.
The building was originally the Daniel Chase farm house, then remodeled into Prospect Cottage in 1892. In 1902 it was moved slightly west to allow building the Quincy Manual Training Institute.
Good Will Home, which served orphans and other needy boys and girls, offered a variety of manual education as well as academic training.
About This Item
- Title: Buckminster Cottage, Fairfield, 1911
- Creator: W. A. Judge
- Creation Date: 1911
- Subject Date: 1911
- Location: Fairfield, Somerset County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 15.3 cm x 20.2 cm
- Collection: Good Will Home Association collection
- Object Type: Image
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- Schools--Maine--Fairfield
- Good Will-Hinckley (Hinckley, Me.)
- Hinckley, G.W. (George Walter), 1853-1950
- Orphanages--Maine--Fairfield
- Dwellings--Maine--Fairfield
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L.C. Bates Museum / Good Will-Hinckley HomesRoute 201, Hinckley, ME 04944
(207) 238-4250
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