Hidden Houses

{{short description|Historic houses in Washington, United States}}

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{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Hidden Houses

| nrhp_type =

| image = Hidden Houses.JPG

| caption = W. Foster Hidden House

| location = 100 and 110 W. 13th St.,
Vancouver, Washington

| coordinates = {{coord|45|37|53|N|122|40|16|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = Vancouver Washington

| built = 1884

| architect = Oliver Hidden, A.E. Davis

| architecture = Colonial Revival, Queen Anne, Georgian Revival

| added = November 29, 1978

| area = less than one acre

| refnum = 78002737{{NRISref|version=2010a}}

}}

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

The historic Lowell M. Hidden and W. Foster Hidden houses have helped shaped the face of Vancouver, Washington.{{Cite web|url=https://www.clark.wa.gov/community-planning/w-foster-hidden-house|title=W. Foster Hidden House|last=Vancouver|first=W. Foster Hidden House 110 W. 13th St|last2=Maps|first2=WA 98660 See map: Google|date=2015-09-14|website=Clark County Washington|language=en|access-date=2019-02-22}} 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.{{Cite web|url=https://history.columbian.com/hidden-brick-company/|title=Hidden Family - Clark County: A history|website=Clark County History|language=en|access-date=2019-02-22}}

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.

Lowell M. Hidden died in 1923 and his sons W. Foster and Oliver Hidden took over the brick company.{{Cite web|url=https://www.historylink.org/File/9132|title=Lowell Mason Hidden opens the Hidden Brick Company in Vancouver, Clark County, in 1871.|website=www.historylink.org|access-date=2019-02-22}} 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.

Hidden House.JPG|Lowell M. Hidden House

W. Foster Hidden House-2.jpg|W. Foster Hidden House