Nickels-Sortwell House
The Nickels-Sortwell House is a historic house museum at 121 Main Street in Wiscasset, Maine, United States. Built in 1807 by a wealthy ship's captain, the house was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1970 as an exceptionally high-quality example of the Federal style of architecture.Photo: WestportWiki, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Museum
- Description: historic house in Maine, United States
- Address: 121 Main Street, Wiscasset, ME 04578
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include United States Customhouse and Post Office and Red’s Eats.
United States Customhouse and Post Office
Post office
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The United States Customhouse and Post Office, also known as the Old Customhouse, is a historic federal government building at Fore and Water Streets in Wiscasset, Maine.
Red’s Eats
Restaurant
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Red's Eats is a take-out restaurant located in Wiscasset, Maine. It is one of the most well-known and most-written-about restaurants in the state. Red’s Eats is situated 400 feet southeast of Nickels-Sortwell House.
Wiscasset Historic District
Historic site
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The Wiscasset Historic District is a 101-acre historic district that encompasses substantially all of the central village of Wiscasset, Maine. The district includes at least 22 contributing buildings and two other contributing sites, one being a cemetery whose oldest stone is from 1739. Wiscasset Historic District is situated 750 feet northwest of Nickels-Sortwell House.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wiscasset and Edgecomb.
Wiscasset
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Wiscasset is a town in and the seat of Lincoln County, Maine, United States. The municipality is located in the state of Maine's Mid Coast region. The population was 3,742 as of the 2020 census.
Edgecomb
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Edgecomb is a town in Lincoln County, Maine, United States. The population was 1,188 at the 2020 census. It includes the neighborhoods of East Edgecomb, North Edgecomb, and Pools Landing.
Alna
Village
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Alna is a town in Lincoln County, Maine, United States. The population was 710 at the 2020 census. Alna is home to the Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railway Museum and is noted for its historic architecture, including the early mill village of Head Tide. Alna is situated 6 miles northeast of Nickels-Sortwell House.
Nickels-Sortwell House
- Categories: house, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Town of Wiscasset, Lincoln County, Mid Coast, Maine, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
44.00304° or 44° 0′ 11″ northLongitude
-69.66556° or 69° 39′ 56″ westElevation
10 feet (3 metres)Open location code
87PG283M+6QOpenStreetMap ID
way 1153903377OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumGeoNames ID
4973364Wikidata ID
Q7028408
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In Other Languages
From French to Russian—“Nickels-Sortwell House” goes by many names.
- French: “Nickels-Sortwell House”
- Russian: “Дом Никельса — Сортвелла”
- Russian: “Дом Никельса-Сортвелла”
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