This McCobb-Hill-Minott House, located on Parker Head Road, is an exquisite Georgian style house with a hip-roof and central cupola sitting between two chimneys. The two-story dwelling has clapboard siding with central doors on both the southwest and northwest facades. Both entryways are framed by Doric pilasters and topped by a triangular pediment. Originally from Ireland, James McCobb came to the area in 1731. He gained considerable wealth in both lumber and commerce and built the house after acquiring roughly 1,000 acres. McCobb was also a town leader during the Revolutionary War serving on the local Committee of Safety. After his death in 1788, his stepson, Mark Langdon Hill, continued to live in the home. Hill and his half-brother began a successful shipbuilding company. Hill also served as a postmaster, Judge of Common Pleas, Chief Justice of the Court of Sessions, and Congressman in the U.S. House of Representatives. Hill died in 1842 and Charles V. Minott purchased the dwelling in 1853. Minott was a master shipbuilder who died at the turn of the twentieth century. The home was still owned by the Minott family into the 1970s.
Year Listed: 1977
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