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| Established | 1940 |
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| Location | near Maryhill, Washington |
| Website | www.maryhillmuseum.org |
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| Nearest city | Goldendale, Washington |
| Coordinates | 45°40′40″N 120°51′48″W / 45.67778°N 120.86333°W |
| Area | 34 acres (13.8 ha) |
| Built | 1914 |
| Architect | Hornblower & Marshall |
| Architectural style | Beaux-Arts |
| NRHP reference No. | 74001966[1] [2] |
| Added to NRHP | December 31, 1974 |
Maryhill Museum of Art is a small museum with an eclectic collection, located near what is now the community of Maryhill in the U.S. state of Washington.
The museum is situated on a bluff overlooking the eastern end of the Columbia River Gorge. The structure was originally intended as a mansion for entrepreneur Samuel Hill (1857-1931), and was designed by architects Hornblower and Marshall. It was named Maryhill for Hill's wife, daughter of James J. Hill, a Great Northern Railroad baron, and was intended to be used as a home at which they could entertain Samuel Hill's school friend King Albert I of Belgium. Construction was halted upon America's entry into World War I.[2] The unfinished museum building was dedicated on November 3, 1926 by Queen Marie of Romania, and was opened to the public on Hill's birthday (May 13) in 1940. The museum's first physical expansion was completed when the Mary and Bruce Stevenson Wing opened to the public in May 2012. It includes a plaza that overlooks the Columbia River, an education center, a collections suite, and a café.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b Robert Campbell (March 14, 1974). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Maryhill Museum of Fine Art". National Park Service. Retrieved November 28, 2016. with photo from 1974