A Wealthy Ship Capatin’s 1807 Home - The Nickels-Sortwell House

House Museum

Nov 18

The impressive twenty-one room white Federal-style mansion on Main Street was a symbol of wealth and status for shipping magnate William Nickels. William and Jane Nickels lead a lavish lifestyle which came to an end when Jefferson’s Embargo of 1807 devastated the East Coast trade. By 1815, both William and Jane had died, leaving their children in debt. Mary Turner then ran the house as a hotel for 40+ years until her death in 1899. The house was acquired by industrialist Alvin Sortwell who lovingly restored the house and used it as a summer house for his family.

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The front door entry of the Nickels-Sortwell House

The front facade

Looking up the spiral staircase

Looking out the hall to the front door

The front entrance and spiral stairs

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The Victorian fire buckets hanging the the entrance hall

The front double parlor

The dining room

One of the second floor bedrooms

A second bedroom on the second floor

Looking down from the third to the second floor with the large door in the hall leading to a small patio

Looking down the spiral stairs

A third floor bedroom

The third floor hall

Another third floor bedroom

The solarium on the back of the house back on the first floor

Right down the street is Red’s Eats, in case you worked up an appetite for a delicious lobster roll.

Be sure to visit another Historic New England property in Wiscasset, Castle Tucker

What you should know:

Tickets can be bought on-line or in person.
Restrooms are available.
Public parking is available on Main Street or there is a parking lot behind the shops on Main Street.
You could spend an hour or two here.
There are guided tours; check the website for tour times.
The house is not open every day; check the website for days and hours of operation.
Yearly memberships for Historic New England can be purchased here. This membership entitles the bearer to admission to any of the 30+ properties the organization runs in Massachusetts, Rhone Island, Connecticut, New Hampshire and Maine

Location: 121 Main Street, Wiscasset, Maine 04578

For more information: Nickels-Sortwell House