National Historic Landmark · Wiscasset, Maine

Nickels-Sortwell House

A listed building in Wiscasset, Maine, built 1830 in the Federal architecture style. Added to the National Register in 1970, and a National Historic Landmark.

Nickels-Sortwell House
Photo via Wikimedia Commons

The record

National Register of Historic Places
Property typeBuilding
AddressNE corner of Main and Federal Sts., Wiscasset, ME
CountyLincoln County
ListedDec 30, 1970
Reference number70000078
Built1830
StyleFederal architecture
DesignationsNational Historic Landmark
Contributing resources1 buildings
StandingYes

The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗

Listing on the Register does not open the door. Unless a museum or park runs it, treat this as private property and see it from the sidewalk.

Where it is

StreetNE corner of Main and Federal Sts.
Coordinates44.00296, -69.66560 · Directions ↗

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Why you would stay

Reference

Exists because it is true

Sources

Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 70000078. Nothing here is transcribed by hand.