Description: Built 1901, architect Grosvenor Atterbury. 1901-1915 owner Dr. Christian Herter, NYC. Also called "Herter Cottage". 1923-present (1986) Doctor and Mrs. James B. Murphy. Listed in 1986 Historic Properties Survey (Seal Harbor), No. 62 Chas A. Townsend, Belfast, Maine
Description: Four scanned photographs of members of the MacKenzie family and the residence at "Wildwood" in Seal Harbor (aka Dane estate). Material loaned to R. Pyle comes from Nancy Keating of Harpswell, ME.
Description: Just past the entrance to Little Long Pond, land was sold to Rockefeller. First plan for the site was for a public park - now site of David Rockefeller Jr. home.
Description: Framed, B/W, 16.5x20" Photographs (2) of front and back view of the cottage of Bishop and Mrs. MacKay-Smith on Peabody Drive. Built in 1902 - architect Mr. Candage. Sold to J. D. Rockefeller in 1954.
Description: Series of pictures of house, gardens and view. Mr. and Mrs. Morris Loeb, 927 Fifth Avenue, NYC. 1923 "Malmor" 1926 "Windy Brow" 1931 "Sunset Hill" 1941 "Sunset Ledge" Photo 0948 a: Rear view of house from pool in garden. Mrs. Morris Loeb Photo 0948 b: Side of house viewed from 2 car garage, also equipped for sleeping Photo 0948 c: Front door to house. Mrs. Morris Loeb Photo 0948 d: Partial view from back of house overlooking mountains. Mrs. Morris Loeb Photo 0948 e: Mrs. Morris Loeb. A corner of rock garden Photo 0948 f: Mrs. Morris Loeb. Pool fed by running water turned on by faucet at house. Garden back of house Photo 0948 g: Part of rock garden Photo 0948 h: Partial view from back of house [show more]
Description: 1934-35 listed to Beauchamp E. Smith, York PA. Only reference to Marcus is 1932, "Stinson Cottage". Photos 0955 a-j: Exterior views of house Photos 0955 k-m: Interior views of house Photos 0955 n-o: View from the house
Description: Berry Cliff owned by Dr. E. Stillman. Right of picture is Bishop Mackay-Smith's cottage. Stillman bought the 6 acres from Eliot, left side is Harbor Creek, house demolished in 1950's
Description: Blueprint of the property of John Crosby Brown, "Uplands " (or "Treetops" ?) in Seal Harbor. Related to drawings in the Gerrish Collection. September 1906.
Description: south elevation, interior Roc's Comments: Neva and Walter Kaiser asked me to design a kitchen renovation for their home "Stonecrop" on Bracy Cove. Neva is a brilliant woman but does not see three dimensional spaces in her mind. We would mock up the various elements of this project in cardboard and duct tape and scrap lumber and she came to life and, I think we made a charming and efficient kitchen space for them. Bob Patterson, a trustee at College of the Atlantic, introduced us and he designed the beautiful garden in front of the new bay window. [show more]
Description: Unbuilt Elevations, floor plans Roc's favorite design he ever did. Roc's Comments: This is a sad story. Met with the McPhersons and designed this elegant and efficient home for them on a very bad piece of property on the side of the hill in Seal Harbor. They had sewer and water lines running over the property and there was a drainage swale that cut it in half. I organized all the town utility infrastructure and used the intermittent stream as a land feature and defining form in the design. I really love this little solution and think the design is one of the best I have done. Unfortunately the McLeans hired Bill Shaw a local builder who took my COA class in Architectural Design in the past. Bill told them my drawings were not what he wanted to build and they threw them out and Bill built what he wanted to. [show more]
Description: Sketches, floor plans, elevations, schedules, sections, mechanical and electrical, foundation and structural Roc's comment: Paul and Eileen Growald were given this sturdy 1940's Tudor Revival house once the home of the superintendent of the carriage road construction in Acadia by Eileen's mother and father, David and Peggy Rockefeller.
Description: Black and white postcard shows harbor view from the area of "Skylands", the Edsel Ford estate. One large yacht in middle ground. Presented by Don Hagberg.