Motif Number 1	\"Motif Number 1,\" Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Motif Number 1, located on Bradley Wharf in the harbor town of Rockport, Massachusetts, is a replica of a former fishing shack well known to students of art and art history as \"the most often-painted building in America.\" The original structure was built in 1840 and destroyed in the Blizzard of 1978, but an exact replica was constructed that same year. Built in the 1840s as Rockport was becoming home to a colony of artists and settlement of fishermen, the shack became a favorite subject of painters due to the composition and lighting of its location as well as being a symbol of New England maritime life. Painter Lester Hornby (1882–1956) is believed to be the first to call the shack \"Motif Number 1,\" a reference to its being the favorite subject of the town\'s painters, and the name achieved general acceptance.	Rockport, Massachusetts   00/00/0000