Nickels-Sortwell House
121 Main Street, Wiscasset, Maine
Photos
Nickels-Sortwell House
1. Historic American Buildings Survey Cervin Robinson, Photographer July 1960 SOUTH (FRONT) ELEVATION
Photo from the Historic American Buildings Survey
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Map
Coordinates:
+44.00404, -69.6670944°00'15" N, 69°40'02" W
Quadrangle map:Wiscasset
Description
This is one of the larger, more elaborate houses of the early 19th century on the Maine Coast, well furnished and open as a museum.
-- Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS ME-102)
National Register information
- Status
- Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on December 30, 1970
- Reference number
- 70000078
- Architectural styles
- Other architectural type; Federal; Adamesque-Federal
- Area of significance
- Architecture
- Level of significance
- National
- Evaluation criteria
- C - Design/Construction
- Property type
- Building
- Historic function
- Single dwelling
- Current function
- Museum
- Period of significance
- 1800-1824
- Significant years
- 1807; 1808
Update Log
- June 2, 2015: Photo imported by Brian Bartlett
- October 29, 2014: Updated by Brian Bartlett: Corrected address
- November 17, 2013: Photo imported by Brian Bartlett