National Historic Landmark · house · Northeast Harbor, Maine

Gilman, Daniel Coit, Summer Home

Historic house in Maine, United States in Northeast Harbor, Maine. Added to the National Register in 1966, and a National Historic Landmark.

What it is

Wikipedia · Daniel Coit Gilman Summer House

Daniel Coit Gilman Summer House, also known as Over Edge, is a historic house on Huntington Lane, a private road off Huntington Road in Northeast Harbor, Maine. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1965 for its association with Daniel Coit Gilman (1831–1908), the president of Johns Hopkins University and a leading advocate of graduate education in the United States. The house is still used as a private summer residence.

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The record

National Register of Historic Places
Property typeBuilding
AddressOff Huntington Rd., Northeast Harbor, ME
CountyHancock County
ListedOct 15, 1966
Reference number66000093
ArchitectDaniel Coit Gilman
Type of placehouse
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 ↗

Visiting

Open to the public
AddressOff Huntington Rd., Northeast Harbor, ME
Coordinates44.29201, -68.28163 · Directions ↗
Nearest national park unitAcadia National Park · 8 mi · on Park Atlas
Federal campgrounds nearbyBlackwoods Campground 4 mi · Seawall Campground 4 mi · Schoodic Woods Campground 12 mi
This one you can go inside. Hours and admission change with the season; the website above has the current schedule.

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Reference

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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 66000093. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.