Wiscasset in Lincoln County, Maine — The American Northeast (New England)
Wood-Foote House
Wiscasset, Maine
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Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, October 14, 2024
1. Wood-Foote House Marker
This magnificent Federal style house has always been what it was built to be - a family home, a place of children, pets and ladies having a gossip over tea. Behind the matched boarding exterior (designed to look like stone from the street) are three layers of brick that give the structure strength and insulation. Graceful detailing draws the eye upward from the fanlight above the front door to the Palladian windows to the dentil molding under the hipped roof.
The Hon. Abiel Wood, Wiscasset native, U.S. Congressman and shipping tycoon, began construction of his High Street house in 1810, intending it to be the home he would share with his wife Hannah. But construction was interrupted by the War of 1812, followed in 1814 by a spotted fever epidemic that devastated the village, taking the lives of many of Wiscasset's citizens, including that of Hannah Wood. The second Mrs. Wood finished the house fourteen years later, in 1824. The house remained the home of Wood-Foote descendants through the twentieth century.
Erected by The Museum in the Streets. (Marker Number 2.)
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Location. 44° 0.136′ N, 69° 40.155′ W. Marker is in Wiscasset, Maine, in Lincoln County. It is at the intersection of High Street and Lee Street, on the right when traveling south on High Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2 High Street, Wiscasset ME 04578, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Midcoast Maine. It is also in the American Northeast, in New England, and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Castle Tucker 1807 (a few steps from this marker); Moses Carlton House - 1804 (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Lincoln and Kennebec Bank, 1805 / Wiscasset Public Library, 1929 (about 500 feet away); Lee-Payson-Smith House - 1792 (about 600 feet away); Sons of Wicasset (about 700 feet away); Meeting House 1767 / First Congregational Church 1907 (about 700
Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, October 14, 2024
2. Wood-Foote House Marker
Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, October 14, 2024
3. Wood-Foote House
Credits. This page was last revised on October 24, 2024. It was originally submitted on October 20, 2024, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. This page has been viewed 325 times since then and 35 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on October 20, 2024, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. • Michael Herrick was the editor who published this page.
