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Title Type Subject Creator Date Place Rights
Jesup Memorial Library and Y.W.C.A., Bar Harbor, Maine
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • Bar Harbor
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Bluenose I at the Bar Harbor - Yarmouth Ferry Terminal
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Structures, Transportation, Terminal, Marine Terminal
  • Vessels, Merchant Vessel, Ferry
  • Knaut - Paul A. Knaut, Jr.
  • Bar Harbor
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Bar Harbors Great Cottages
Jesup Memorial Library
  • Publication, Literary, Article
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
  • Bar Harbor
Bar Harbors Great Cottages
Jesup Memorial Library
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Bar Harbors Great Cottages-uncompressed.PDF
…Thirty years before the coming of the millionaire cottagers in the 187Os-8Os, Bar Harbor was discovered by artists of the Hudson River school …Stotesbury's Bar Harbor home, Wingwood House," (upper right and below). …But from the 1890s the other showcase yachts riding at anchor in Bar Harbor on, with real estate booming and with an income tax yet waters. …By the late 1920s, Bar Harbor s period of platinum pleasures slowly began to decline.
The Musgrave Tea Tower on the Bar Harbor Shore Path
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Tower
  • Bar Harbor
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Bar Harbor Banking and Trust - Space Allocation Survey, Main Street and Grant Buildings
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Document, Projection, Architectural Drawing
  • Structures, Commercial, Commercial Structures
  • Roc Caivano
  • Mar-94
  • Bar Harbor
Description:
Floor plans, basement plan, floor plan existing conditions, life safety code, wall section, space usage, floor plan and framing, sketches, drawings
Steamboat Wharf at Southwest Harbor
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Reference
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf
  • Southwest Harbor
  • In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted
Steamboat Wharf at Southwest Harbor
Southwest Harbor Public Library
Description:
...“Summer tourists who enter Mount Desert by the way of South-west Harbor are liable to receive very unfavorable impressions of this beautiful island...By crossing the harbor to the Ocean House, the view of the mountains may indeed be regained, yet the prospect from the east side is tame.” - Rambles in...


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Steamboat Wharf at Southwest Harbor.pdf
…Business History Steamboat Wharf at Southwest Harbor Address: 184 Clark Point Road City: Southwest Harbor State: Maine Map and Lot: Map 4 Lot 35-1 …the night at Deacon Clark's and taking an all-day ride by team to Bar Harbor where a resident of that town gave them hospitable treatment for a few days …Desert in the early 1850s next to Steamboat Wharf in Southwest Harbor and then moved to what is now Bass Harbor in 1889. …when the summer tourists began to come to Mount Desert in great numbers and every boat in early summer brought crowds of passengers for Southwest and Bar
Fabbri Home at Bar Harbor Burns Postcard and Clipping, 1917-1918
Jesup Memorial Library
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • Events, Fire
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
  • Acadia National Park
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Description:
Postcard from 1917 featuring a photograph of the Fabbri Cottage and a newspaper clipping from January 24, 1918 [year written on clipping incorrect] describing the recent fire that destroyed the home. Black and White
GXS Collection - Postcards 1-60
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Ceremonial, Church
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • Mount Desert Island
GXS Collection - Postcards 1-60
Northeast Harbor Library
Description:
...Art Building, Bar Harbor 2. High School Building, Bar Harbor 3. Devilstone, Bar Harbor 4. Hardy's Point Shore, Bar Harbor 5...Entrance Kenarden Lodge, Bar Harbor 6. Italian Garden, Bar Harbor 7. The Louisburg, Bar Harbor 8. Malvern Hotel, Bar Harbor 9...Highbrook Cottage, Bar Harbor 10. The Louisburg, Bar Harbor 11. The Tides, Bar Harbor 12. Chatwold, Bar Harbor 13...The Walk, Bar Harbor 38. View of Inner Frenchman’s Bay and Boating Co, Bar Harbor 39. Bird eye view of Bar Harbor 40. Docks at Bar Harbor 41...
Fourth Floor Plan, The Turrets, College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, Maine
College of the Atlantic
  • Document, Projection, Architectural Drawing
  • Structures, Institutional, School
  • In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
Description:
1 sheet Floor plan of the 4th floor drawn in pencil on mylar.
Southwest Harbor High School
Freeman Grammar School
Harbor House
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Reference
  • Structures, Institutional, School
  • Southwest Harbor
  • In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted
Southwest Harbor High School
Freeman Grammar School
Harbor House
Southwest Harbor Public Library
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SWH High School - Freeman Grammar School.pdf
…School History Freeman Grammar School Southwest Harbor High School Harbor House Address: 329 Main Street City: Southwest Harbor State: Maine Map and Lot …Stanley" "In 1906 the Southwest Harbor schoolhouse was sold to George Harmon of Bar Harbor who bought the adjoining lot to the south, moved the building …When the high school at Southwest Harbor, later the Harbor House building, was first constructed it was smaller than it appears today. …Harbor school building.
Bar Harbor's Vanished Temple to the Arts
Jesup Memorial Library
  • Publication, Literary, Article
  • Structures, Civic, Performing Arts
  • Bar Harbor
File Attachment:
Bar Harbos Vanished Temple To The Arts-uncompressed.pdf
…A far cry from such mock grandeur though classically grand indeed was the Building of Arts in Bar Harbor. …Harbor summers. …Described as the greatest affair of its kind in Bar Harbor history, the concert was noted even in the society columns of the New York Times. …Within thirty years, however, what was to have been an integral part of Bar Harbor s cultural life went into gradual decline.
George A. Neal House
James Lawton House
Danforth Marcyes House
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Reference
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • Southwest Harbor
  • In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted
George A. Neal House
James Lawton House
Danforth Marcyes House
Southwest Harbor Public Library
Description:
...In 2017 this was the site of the Bar Harbor Bank and Trust Building...


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Danforth Marcyes House.pdf
…George Arthur Neal House Address: 314 Main Street City: Southwest Harbor State: Maine Map: Map 6 Lot 45 First Owner: Marcyes - Danforth Pond Marcyes …He was in charge of the Custom House here for a long time, moving to Bar Harbor when his duties there were over. His son-in-law, James J. …Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, p. 147 - 1938.
Daniel Leland Jr. House
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Reference
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • Bar Harbor
  • In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted
Daniel Leland Jr. House
Southwest Harbor Public Library
Description:
...According to Robert Leland, father of Patti Leland of Trenton, in 1849 this house was moved to its present location at 945 Bar Harbor Road, Map 19 – Lot...6 from about a quarter of a mile closer to Mount Desert Island (probably near 1007 Bar Harbor Road, Map 15 – Lot 16)...The Bar Harbor Road has been widened so the house now lies closer to the road, although it is more difficult to see as trees have grown up around it...
Wharf with Fishing Vessels on the Manset Shore
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Places, Shore
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf
  • Vessels, Boat
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Wharf with Fishing Vessels on the Manset Shore
Southwest Harbor Public Library
Description:
...View toward Southwest Harbor. Published for Bee's of Bar Harbor...
Residence of Elizabeth Fearing
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Document, Projection, Plan
  • Structures, Dwellings
  • Elizabeth Fearing
  • Bar Harbor
Residence of Elizabeth Fearing
Northeast Harbor Library
Description:
...Fearing to Belle Knowles about rental of Bar Harbor residence, "Wyandotte" on Hancock St. in Bar Harbor...
Pleasure Boats Near the Clifton Hotel
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Dock
  • Vessels, Boat
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Pleasure Boats Near the Clifton Hotel
Southwest Harbor Public Library
Description:
...Sherman, Bar Harbor, ME. - Made in U.S.A...
Howe D. Higgins House
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Reference
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • Southwest Harbor
  • In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted
Howe D. Higgins House
Southwest Harbor Public Library
Description:
...Higgin's father, Fenelon Higgins of Bar Harbor is foreman of the work." Vol...I - History of Southwest Harbor – Oct. 16, 1921 to Jan. 9, 1924, #354, Pg. 94, August 8, 1923...


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Howe D. Higgins House.pdf
…House History Howe Dwain Higgins House ME SWH Clark Point Road - 086 Address: 86 Clark Point Road City: Southwest Harbor State: Maine Map and …- Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 175.
Framed postcards
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
  • Vessels, Steamboat
  • Cranberry Isles, Bear Island
Framed postcards
Northeast Harbor Library
Description:
...Postcard a: Bear Island Light Postcard b: Maine Central Steamer NORUMBEGA Postcard c: Steamer SAPPHO at Bar Harbor Postcard d: Bar Harbor, Steamer SIEUR...
Lookout
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Document, Projection, Plan
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
  • Bar Harbor
Lookout
Northeast Harbor Library
Description:
...Parchment drawing, 32x28", of three level floor plan of the "Lookout" in Bar Harbor...
Jesup Memorial Library
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Reference
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • Bar Harbor
  • In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted
Jesup Memorial Library
Southwest Harbor Public Library
Description:
...." - “The Story of Bar Harbor – An Informal History Recording One Hundred and Fifty Years In the Life of a Community,” by Richard Walden Hale, Jr., Ives...


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Jesup Memorial Library.pdf
…Desert Street City: Bar Harbor State: Maine Map and Lot: Map 104 Lot 433 NRHP: 91000323 Date Original Library Founded: 1875 Benefactor: Maria Van Antwerp …in 1875 by summer visitors who left their books for winter use, and clubbed together to get the services of a part-time librarian." - The Story of BarHarbor An Informal History Recording One Hundred and Fifty Years In the Life of a Community, by Richard Walden Hale, Jr., Ives Washburn, Inc., …Bar Harbor Record, undated, 1911. The Jesup Memorial Library was dedicated on August 30, 1911. The Right Rev.
GXS Collection - Postcards 61-112
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Places, Shore
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • Vessels, Ship
  • Mount Desert Island
GXS Collection - Postcards 61-112
Northeast Harbor Library
Description:
...Hotel Florence and Village Green, Bar Harbor, ME 72. Kimball House, Northeast Harbor, ME 73. Bar Harbor Airport, Trenton, ME (A, D. Phillips) 74...Boat Shop at Bass Harbor, Mount Desert Island, Maine 85. Bar Harbor and Porcupines from Cadillac Mt. 86. Bar Harbor and mountains 87...Webster's Cafe, Bar Harbor Rd., Trenton, Maine (1949) 100. Greetings from Bar Harbor 101. Steamer Norumbega, Bar Harbor, Maine 102...Maplecroft Cabins - Route 3, Bar Harbor, Maine 118. Bay Meadow Bungalows - Bar Harbor, Maine Updated August 5th, 2023...
Exterior and cellar plans for a Greenhouse
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Document, Projection, Plan
  • Structures, Agricultural, Greenhouse
  • Fred L. Savage
Description:
...Exterior elevation plans and floor plans of greenhouse and cellar for an unidentified house (Bar Harbor?)...
Vesta E. (Spear) McRae House and Original Bass Harbor Library
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Reference
  • Organizations, Civic, Public Library
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • Tremont, Bernard
  • In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted
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Vesta E. (Spear) McRae House and Original Bass Harbor Library.pdf
…Spear McRae (1842-1916) The first Bass Harbor Library was begun by Vesta E. (Spear) McRae, Mrs. …The new library and free reading room at Bass Harbor supplies a long-felt want in the community. Last autumn Mrs. G.M. …- The Bar Harbor Record, January 9, 1901. …In 1909 the Bass Harbor Library in Bernard, Mrs. V. E.
Jonathan Stewart House I
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Reference
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
  • In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted
Jonathan Stewart House I
Southwest Harbor Public Library
Description:
...." - "Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine" by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, p. 200 - 1938..."Jonathan Stewart has sold his house in Seawall and will soon build in Southwest Harbor, where he has purchased land." - The Bar Harbor Times, June 12,...
Porcupine Hotel
Hotel Florence
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Reference
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • Bar Harbor
  • In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted
Porcupine Hotel
Hotel Florence
Southwest Harbor Public Library
Description:
...bay roof caps, steep-pitched roof planes, and tall, corbelled brick chimneys…represented [with the larger Malvern Hotel] an impressive conclusion to Bar...Harbor’s opulent Victorian hotel era.” - “Summer By The Seaside: The Architecture of New England Coastal Resort Hotels, 1820-1950” by Bryant F...Tolles, Jr., p. 165, 170, University Press of New England – 2008 - An excellent study including information about The Island House in Southwest Harbor...and its place in the range of hotels on the island during this period along with a very complete history of many of the Bar Harbor hotels...