The McCobb–Hill–Minott House is a historic house at 44 Parker Head Road in
Phippsburg, Maine
Phippsburg is a town in Sagadahoc County, Maine, United States, on the west side of the mouth of the Kennebec River. The population was 2,155 at the 2020 census. It is within the Portland– South Portland–Biddeford, Maine, metropol ...
. Built in 1774, it is a high quality example of late Georgian architecture, notable for its architecture and its prominent residents, who included
Mark Langdon Hill,
Maine
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's first
United States Congressman. The house is now the 1774 Inn, and was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
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in 1977.
Description and history
The McCobb–Hill–Minott House is located in the central village of Phippsburg, on the north side of Parker Head Road, overlooking the
Kennebec River
The Kennebec River (Abenaki language, Abenaki: ''Kinəpékʷihtəkʷ'') is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map , accessed June 30, 2011 river within the U.S. state of Maine. It ri ...
to the east. It is a roughly square two-story wood-frame structure, with a hip roof, and clapboard siding. The roof has a large cupola at its center, covered by a low-pitch roof, with windows and three sides and a door on the fourth, providing access to the roof and chimneys. It has principal facades facing southeast and northwest, with center entrances framed by Doric
pilaster
In classical architecture
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s and gabled pediments. A long ell extends northwest from the northeast face, joining the house to a barn; these additions date to the late 18th century.
The house was built by Isaac Packard in 1774 for James McCobb, a major landowner and local political leader during the
American Revolution
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. One of McCobb's daughters married
Mark Langdon Hill, who partnered with his brother-in-law Thomas McCobb in the establishment of a local shipyard and merchant business. Hill was politically active, serving as one Maine's first representatives in the
United States Congress
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after it achieved statehood in 1820. After Hill's death, the house was purchased by Charles V. Minott, one of the region's most successful shipbuilders of the second half of the 19th century.
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See also
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References
External links
1774 Inn web site
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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Maine
National Register of Historic Places in Sagadahoc County, Maine
Georgian architecture in Maine
Houses completed in 1774
Houses in Sagadahoc County, Maine