Item 52139 - Prescott Building, Fairfield, ca. 1917
- Item 52139 - Prescott Building, Fairfield, ca. 1917
- Contributed by L.C. Bates Museum / Good Will-Hinckley Homes
- Item 52139
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Image Info The Prescott Administration building on the campus of Good Will Homes, now Good Will-Hinckley Homes for Boys and Girls, that was built in 1915. Amos L. Prescott (1853-1926) who donated funds to build the Prescott Building was born in South Berwick and was a businessman first in Maine and after his business grew, in Passaic, New Jersey. His sucessful business was the manufacture of stove polish that was in demand duing the days of black wood stoves. Prescott was on the board of Good Will Homes. Pictures of Prescott and his wife are in the building.
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