Good Will Cottage, Fairfield, 1911
Contributed by L.C. Bates Museum / Good Will-Hinckley Homes
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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.
Other Information
- Title: Good Will Cottage, Fairfield, 1911
- Creator: Judge, W. A.
- Creation Date: 1911
- Subject Date: 1911
- Town: Fairfield
- County: Somerset
- State: ME
- Media: Photograph
- Dimensions (cm): 11.5 x 16.5
- Object Type: Image
For more information about this item, contact:
L.C. Bates Museum / Good Will-Hinckley Homes
Route 201, Hinckley, ME 04944
(207) 238-4250
http://www.gwh.org
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LC Subject Headings
Schools--Maine--Fairfield
Good Will-Hinckley (Hinckley, Me.)
Hinckley, G.W. (George Walter), 1853-1950
Orphanages--Maine--Fairfield
Farms--Maine--Fairfield
People
Hinckley, George W.
Smith, Margaret Chase
Chase, Isaac
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