National Register of Historic Places

Ingraham, Charles H., Cottage

Phippsburg, Sagadahoc County, Maine
Listed
December 29, 1986
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
86003512

About this property

The Charles H. Ingraham House is a historic house at 907 Popham Road in Phippsburg, Maine. Built in 1897, it is one of the finest Shingle style houses in Phippsburg, and is Maine's only known design by Providence, Rhode Island architect Howard K. Hilton. The house is now known as Stonehouse Manor, a bed and breakfast inn. The Ingraham House is located in southernmost Phippsburg, sandwiched on a rural parcel between a wooded section of northern Popham Beach State Park and Fort Baldwin Memorial Park. It is a 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure, with a gabled roof extending over the top 1+1⁄2 stories, and extending over a front porch featured a fieldstone skirt and posts. The roofline is punctured by a variety of dormers, in different sizes and roof treatments. The interior retains original high-quality woodwork and leaded windows, with bedroom fireplaces featuring unique custom tilework in a vaguely Moorish theme. Its main entrance and staircase are stylistically reminiscent of interior designs of H.H. Richardson. The house was built in 1897 for Charles H. Ingraham, a banker from Providence, Rhode Island. Designed by Providence architect Howard K. Hilton, who was best known for his work in Rhode Island and Massachusetts, it is the only known design of his in Maine. Ingraham had apparently harbored hopes that a fashionable summer colony would develop around his property and an adjacent hotel (now demolished). However, in 1905 the US Army began construction of Fort Baldwin, a new coastal defense fort to protect Portland, Maine. When the gun batteries positioned less than 700 feet away were fired, the concussion caused thousands of dollars' worth of damage to the property. Since 1996 it has been operated as a bed and breakfast inn. National Register of Historic Places listings in Sagadahoc County, Maine

Location

Phippsburg, Sagadahoc County, Maine
43.74826, -69.78767

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ARCHITECTURE
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Sources

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Nearby Historic Sites

Fort Baldwin Historic Site
Early Republic
0.2 mi
Fort Popham Memorial
Early Republic
0.5 mi
Percy District School House, (Former)
Industrial
1.5 mi
Stone Schoolhouse
Industrial
2.4 mi
Perkins Island Light Station
Industrial
2.7 mi

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When was Ingraham, Charles H., Cottage listed on the National Register?

Ingraham, Charles H., Cottage was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 29, 1986.

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Ingraham, Charles H., Cottage is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Ingraham, Charles H., Cottage is recorded as the industrial era.

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