Contributed by L.C. Bates Museum / Good Will-Hinckley Homes
Description
Good Will Cottage, the house on the farm that George W. Hinckley purchased in 1888 for a boys home, was the first cottage at the facility for needy children in Fairfield.
The house originally was the Isaac Chase farm. The farm is the ancestral home of Margaret Chase Smith's father. Smith was a longtime U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from Skowhegan.
About This Item
- Title: Good Will Cottage, Fairfield, 1911
- Creator: W. A. Judge
- Creation Date: 1911
- Subject Date: 1911
- Location: Fairfield, Somerset County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 11.5 cm x 16.5 cm
- Object Type: Image
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Hinckley, G.W. (George Walter), 1853-1950
- Good Will-Hinckley (Hinckley, Me.)
- Schools--Maine--Fairfield
- Orphanages--Maine--Fairfield
- Farms--Maine--Fairfield
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For more information about this item, contact:
L.C. Bates Museum / Good Will-Hinckley HomesRoute 201, Hinckley, ME 04944
(207) 238-4250
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