The Hidden Houses are a pair of historic houses located in Vancouver, Washington. They are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Hidden Houses
W. Foster Hidden House
Hidden Houses is located in Vancouver Washington
Hidden Houses
Location100 and 110 W. 13th St.,
Vancouver, Washington
Coordinates45°37′53″N 122°40′16″W / 45.63139°N 122.67111°W / 45.63139; -122.67111
Arealess than one acre
Built1884
ArchitectOliver Hidden, A.E. Davis
Architectural styleColonial Revival, Queen Anne, Georgian Revival
NRHP reference No.78002737[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 29, 1978

The historic Lowell M. Hidden and W. Foster Hidden houses have helped shaped the face of Vancouver, Washington.[2] The Hidden family has been present in Vancouver since the 1860s with Lowell Mason Hidden being the first to arrive from New England in 1864.[3]

In 1871, Lowell M. Hidden started the Hidden Brick Company. It's estimated that 60 million bricks were made there and built many of the historic buildings in downtown Vancouver including the Mother Josephs Providence Academy in 1873, and the St James Cathedral in 1885.[3]

Lowell M. Hidden died in 1923 and his sons W. Foster and Oliver Hidden took over the brick company.[4] The partnership ended in 1940 when Oliver Hidden died, leaving the company to W. Foster. Today, the Brick company is owned by Robert Hidden, W. Fosters son, who took over the business after W. Foster died in 1963.[3]

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  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Vancouver, W. Foster Hidden House 110 W. 13th St; Maps, WA 98660 See map: Google (September 14, 2015). "W. Foster Hidden House". Clark County Washington. Retrieved February 22, 2019. {{cite web}}: |first2= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ a b c "Hidden Family - Clark County: A history". Clark County History. Retrieved February 22, 2019.
  4. ^ "Lowell Mason Hidden opens the Hidden Brick Company in Vancouver, Clark County, in 1871". www.historylink.org. Retrieved February 22, 2019.