File Attachment: Dorr – George Bucknam Dorr (1855-1944).pdf …Biography Dorr George Bucknam Dorr (1853-1944) Founder and first Superintendent of Lafayette (Acadia) National Park Father: Charles Hazen Dorr (1821 …"Born to Charles F. and Mary Dorr of Boston, George B. Dorr was the heir to a New England textile fortune. …Dorr first visited Mount Desert Island with his family in 1868. …Dorr s spring area was a hub for the future park. In 1916, Woodrow Wilson authorized Sieur de Monts National Monument, naming Dorr custodian.
File Attachment: E.A._Lawler_Paint_Company.pdf …Dorr Carpenter Shop E.A. …Dorr built the large, low shop on the next lot as a carpenter shop and later sold it to E. A. Lawler. …Thornton, p. 157: 1938 Dorr Sylvester Warren Dorr (1888-1959) See also: Sylvester Warren Dorr s Workshop ME - SWH - 005 Causeway Lane North Painter …Lawler Buys Dorr Building for Shop The Dorr building on the Clark s Point Road has been purchased by E.A.
File Attachment: 2012-05-04 George Bucknam Dorr - the Father of Acadia National Park.pdf …Dorr has been called the "Father of Acadia National Park." Appropriately so. …Dorr was among the original founders of the HCTPR in 1901and its incorporators in 1903. …Thus in 1929, upon Dorr's suggestion, the Park's name changed from Lafayette to Acadia. Dorr, who was six feet tall and blue-eyed, never married. …A simple memorial stone was placed at the Dorr family lot in Mount Auburn Cemetery.
Description: ...Ramseyer designed the house, which was built by Sylvester Dorr. In about 1960 Hiram Hadlock's granddaughter, Eleanor M...Dorr and in 1964 a south ell, designed by Frank Ramseyer and built by Maurice Norwood...
Description: ...Otter Creek Cove with Cadillac Mountain in background on the left and Dorr Mountain on the right. The map shows the stone causeway in the picture...
Description: ...“The Cedars” was sold to Juanita Dorr Wilson on August 8, 1967...Juanita Esther Dorr was born on July 19, 1929 to Sylvester Warren and Nellie Myra (Robinson) Dorr in Southwest Harbor, Maine...Juanita Esther (Dorr) Wilson died on December 18, 1997 in Southwest Harbor, Maine...
File Attachment: George Edward Sanford House - T.pdf …Deasy 7/25/1907 [440-373]; Sold to son Jordan B. Benson 10/5/1908 [454-445] who sold to his brother Peter T.
File Attachment: 2012-10-11 Dorr's Oldfarm Estate - Volunteer Cleanup.pdf …T h u r s d a y, O c t o b e r 11 , 2 0 1 2 2012 Don Lenahan Dorr's Oldfarm Estate - Volunteer Cleanup In an earlier post to this blog, entitled " …George Bucknam Dorr - the Father of Acadia National Park" (4 May 2012), I mentioned his estate had been neglected for many years; but in December 2011 …Acadia National Park let experienced Friends of Acadia (FOA) volunteers, under Park supervision, initiate a cleanup of Dorr's Oldfarm homesite. …On October 11, 2012, nearly a year later, the Park again allowed a second supervised FOA volunteer effort to continue the cleanup of the Dorr homesite.
Description: Lawler purchased the building in 1923. The other half of the building was occupied by the Robinson Brother's Automobile Accessories salesroom
File Attachment: E.A._Lawler_Paint_Company.pdf …Dorr Carpenter Shop E.A. …Dorr built the large, low shop on the next lot as a carpenter shop and later sold it to E. A. Lawler. …Thornton, p. 157: 1938 Dorr Sylvester Warren Dorr (1888-1959) See also: Sylvester Warren Dorr s Workshop ME - SWH - 005 Causeway Lane North Painter …Lawler Buys Dorr Building for Shop The Dorr building on the Clark s Point Road has been purchased by E.A.
File Attachment: E.A._Lawler_Paint_Company.pdf …Dorr Carpenter Shop E.A. …Dorr built the large, low shop on the next lot as a carpenter shop and later sold it to E. A. Lawler. …Thornton, p. 157: 1938 Dorr Sylvester Warren Dorr (1888-1959) See also: Sylvester Warren Dorr s Workshop ME - SWH - 005 Causeway Lane North Painter …Lawler Buys Dorr Building for Shop The Dorr building on the Clark s Point Road has been purchased by E.A.
File Attachment: 2014-07-21 Acadia National Park, Founded on Inspiration, Perseverance and Generosity.pdf …Dorr and John D. Rockefeller, Jr. …Dorr seized on Eliot's idea of preservation, was his vice-president on the HCTPR and dedicated his life to the establishment and development of Acadia …There is a bronze memorial plaque for him at Sieur de Monts located on the east base of Dorr Mountain, formerly Dry Mountain and renamed in his honor. …But unlike the recognition accorded to Eliot and Dorr, no Acadia NP mountain is named for him.
File Attachment: Sieur De Monts Spring - Dorr.pdf …DorrDorr s work at Sieur de Monts Spring symbolizes the enthusiasm and spirit of many early 20th-century summer residents who worked to preserve and …In a sense, Sieur de Monts Spring has become a memorial to Dorr, for it was his inspiration and determination that led to the creation of Acadia National …Dorr, Acadia s rst superintendent, built an octagonal tile-roofed structure over a spring at the south end of Great Meadow.