George Walter Hinckley sitting in the Black Wolf Seat

Contributed by L.C. Bates Museum / Good Will-Hinckley Homes

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George Walter Hinckley, the founder of Good Will Homes, was involved in the early Boy Scout movement. Through this work, he met Ernest Thompson Seton, the writer and outdoors man. Seton came to Good Will to talk with the boys and establish this fireplace area in 1911. In 1912, before Seton returned for a visit with the boys, Hinckley had this fieldstone chair, the Black Wolf Seat, built at the fireplace as a monument to Seton. Today, the whole Good Will-Hinckley Homes campus meets at Seton fireplace for a cookout at the start of the school year. Good Will was founded in 1889 in Fairfield, Maine by Rev. George Walter Hinckley.

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Title: George Walter Hinckley sitting in the Black Wolf Seat
Creator: Good Will Home Association
Creation Date: circa 1916
Subject Date: circa 1912
Local Name: Hinckley
Town: Fairfield
County: Somerset
State: ME
Media: Black and White Photographic Print
Dimensions (cm): 20 x 12.5
Local Code: 2000.67
Collection: Good Will Home Association
Object Type: Image

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L.C. Bates Museum / Good Will-Hinckley Homes
Route 201, Hinckley, ME 04944
(207) 238-4250
http://www.gwh.org

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