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| Eastern Point Light Station, Gloucester Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Eastern Point Light Station, Gloucester Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: ...Eastern Point Light Station is located on a rocky promontory overlooking Dog Bar Reef at the eastern entrance to Gloucester Harbor in Gloucester, Massachusetts... | ||
| Masonic Hall Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Masonic Hall Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: ....” - Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton p. 151 - 1938...The Old Masonic Hall, then known as Tremont Hall, appears in the History of the Southwest Harbor Public Library in 1895...stores in the basement of the Masonic Hall where he was in business until failing health forced him to retire.” - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor...The lodge members renamed the building, raised it, and rebuilt the first and second floors to achieve the building shown here. – See the Bar Harbor Times... | ||
| St. Sylvia’s Catholic Church Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  St. Sylvia’s Catholic Church Southwest Harbor Public Library File Attachment: St. Sylvia’s Catholic Church.pdf …Silvia" Address: 53 Kebo Street City: Bar Harbor State: Maine Map and Lot: Map 107 Lot 25 Map: C&S BH PLAN 1887 Date Founded: Circa 1879 Duration: …The new church, designed by Victor Hodgkins, still stands at 56 Mount Desert Street, Bar Harbor. …"The second organization to secure for itself a separate meeting-house at Bar Harbor was the Catholic Church of St. Silvia. …The plan of building a Catholic church at Bar Harbor originated with Mr. DeGrasse Fox, who in 1879 offered a suitable lot on Kebo Street. | ||
| Camp Aim-Al Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Camp Aim-Al Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: Land now owned by Acadia National Park. File Attachment: Camp Aim-Al.pdf …Location History Camp Aim-Al Address: Ocean Drive City: Bar Harbor - Later part of Acadia National Park GPS coordinates: N44 19.547' W068 11.158' …Harbor Times, September 12, 1928, p. 3. …acquired a copy of A Souvenir of Bar Harbor and Mount Desert Island, published by W.H. …Sherman, 11 Cottage Street, Bar Harbor, Maine, c. 1905. Don told them that there was a photograph of the camp in one of the Sherman guides. | ||
| St. Saviour's Episcopal Church Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  St. Saviour's Episcopal Church Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: The church has forty-two stained glass window, ten of which are original Tiffany stained-glass windows and a replacement for the 11th window, stolen from the sanctuary. File Attachment: St. Saviour's Episcopal Church.pdf …Desert Street) City: Bar Harbor State: Maine Map and Lot: Map 104 Lot 318 Map: BAR HARB/BH RES 1904.JPG NRHP: 95000729 Named for: French Jesuit Mission …Saviour s Episcopal Church, Bar Harbor, Maine" compiled by The Rev. Edwin A. …Saviour s Church in Bar Harbor, serving there from 1879 to 1899. | ||
| Egg Rock Light Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Egg Rock Light Southwest Harbor Public Library File Attachment: Egg Rock Light.pdf …Lighthouse - Light Station History Egg Rock Light State: Maine Town: Winter Harbor Year Established: 1875 Location: Between Bar Harbor and Winter Harbor …Benjamin Sawyer, (1817-1892) Seal Cove, Tremont, Maine, was postmarked Bar Harbor, March 7, 1892. The letter was written by Lewis F. | ||
| Try House at Try House Point, Bernard Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Try House at Try House Point, Bernard Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: ...He built a try house on a point of land at the mouth of the harbor and used his ship and crew for hunting whales in the surrounding waters, particularly...The try house at Bass Harbor was run by Benson from the time it was built until the process was discontinued...He was called “Little Ben.” - “MDI's Short Lived Whaling Industry Began In Bass Harbor” by LaRue Spiker appeared in the Bar Harbor Times on November 3,...Earll, a shore-fishery was begun and successfully prosecuted for a number of years, from Prospect Harbor, in Frenchman's Bay, Maine... | ||
| George Ripley Fuller House Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  George Ripley Fuller House Southwest Harbor Public Library File Attachment: George Ripley Fuller House.pdf …The house, owned by a consortium represented by Bar Harbor resident Roc Caivano, was advertised for sale approximately two months ago to anyone who would …One, Marjorie Fuller of the Sonagee Nursing Home in Bar Harbor, had more than just a passing interest. …The house, owned by a consortium represented by Bar Harbor resident Roc Caivano, was advertised for sale approximately two months ago to anyone who would …One, Marjorie Fuller of the Sonagee Nursing Home in Bar Harbor, had more than just a passing interest. | ||
| Chalet-du-Grand-Pré Frances (Pepper) Scott Cottage Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  File Attachment: Chalet-du-Grand-Pré.pdf …Bar Harbor Times, June 15, 1927. The Grand PreTea House ran for four years, from the summer of 1927 through the summer of 1930. Eleanor L. …Bar Harbor Times, July 2, 1930. - Eleanor Lucille Clark (1907-1998), daughter of Roderick Pepper Clark and Grace Clark (Carroll) Clark, later Mrs. …Daily Season June 23 to September 6, 1930 Bar Harbor Times, August 27. 1930 "Grand Pre Tea House Will Not Open Again The tea house at Grand Pre …Bar Harbor Times, September 10, 1930. Frances (Pepper) Scott died on May 30, 1942. Lowrie, Sarah Dickson. | ||
| Andrew Hopewell Hepburn Cottage McCandlish Cottage Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  File Attachment: Andrew Hopewell Hepburn Cottage.pdf …House History Andrew Hopewell Hepburn Cottage Address: 20 Town Wharf Way City: Southwest Harbor State: Maine Map and Lot Number: Map 4 Lot 39 Map: …Hepburn is a member of Perry, Shaw and Hepburn, Architects of Boston." - "Bar Harbor Times," October 11, 1945, p. 9. …Bar Harbor Times, November 8, 1945, p. 10. "Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Hepburn have arrived to settle the furniture in their new home." …Bar Harbor Times, May 29, 1947, p. 7. Owner Chain: Land at 20 Town Wharf Way acquired by Rosamond S. | ||
| Satterlee Tea House Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Satterlee Tea House Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: According to an article entitled "The Stone Tower on Great Head" by Gladys O'Neil in the Journal of Friends of Acadia and reprinted in "The Rusticator's Journal" (1993, Friends of Acadia), the observatory was actually a stone tea house tower built in 1915. The land (Great Head and Sand Beach) was bought by J.P. Morgan in 1910 as a gift for his daughter, Louisa Satterlee. The great fire of 1947 damaged the tower and destroyed the three nearby bungalows. Louisa Satterlee's daughter, Eleanor, donated the land two years after the fire to Acadia National Park. For safety reasons, what was left of the tower after the fire was torn down so that only the foundation remains. [show more] File Attachment: Satterlee Tea House.pdf …The trail was part of the Bar Harbor Village Improvement system. of the late 1800's. …Buildings burnt to the ground in the 1947 Bar Harbor Fire. …Harbor nearly lost his life and is now in the Bar Harbor hospital at the point of death, as a result of being struck heavily on the head. …Lenahan, Bar Harbor, Maine, 2010, p. 50-51 | ||
| James Parker's Wharf Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  James Parker's Wharf Southwest Harbor Public Library File Attachment: James Parker's Wharf.pdf …James Parker came to Southwest Harbor from Gloucester and was the pioneer fish dealer of Southwest Harbor." …Bar Harbor Times, March 26, 1924, p. 7. …James Parker of Manset, has been sold to Eastport parties and been carried to her new home port." - Bar Harbor Record, February 3. 1897 Spurling Leonard …Harbor Record, December 3, 1902, p. 1. | ||
| Green Mountain House Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Green Mountain House Southwest Harbor Public Library File Attachment: Green Mountain House.pdf …" - The Story of Bar Harbor An Informal History Recording One Hundred and Fifty Years in the Life of a Community, by Richard Walden Hale, …The whole distance from Bar Harbor cannot be more than four miles, and good walkers call it less. …At the foot of the mountain the winding roads a:nd red roofs and great hotels of Bar Harbor cover the point, with a fleet of yachts and steamboats off-shore …Beyond are the Porcupine Islands, Bar Island over the left of Bar Harbor, with Sheep Porcupine next, and then Burnt Porcupine, and then Round Porcupine | ||
| Albert Wilson Bee Cottage Sleepy Hollow By-the-Sound Barton Haxall Grundy Cottage, "Journey's End" Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Albert Wilson Bee Cottage Sleepy Hollow By-the-Sound Barton Haxall Grundy Cottage, "Journey's End" Southwest Harbor Public Library File Attachment: Albert Wilson Bee Cottage.pdf …Bee was a newspaper agent in Boston, who established a branch store offering newspapers, stationary, fruit, and confections in Bar Harbor during the summer …The Bar Harbor Record, March 29, 1888. The builder was probably Seth W. …Bee s new summer home at Southwest Harbor. …From the extensive verandas there are charming views of the mountains and ocean, and every boat arriving at Southwest Harbor or Northeast Harbor can be | ||
| Joseph B. Mason House Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Joseph B. Mason House Southwest Harbor Public Library File Attachment: Joseph B. Mason House.pdf …Mason House Address: 284 Main Street City: Southwest Harbor State: Maine Map and Lot Number: Map 6 Lot 72 Map: CS 1887 MASON JOSEPH MASON First …Bar Harbor Mount Desert Herald, October 1, 1881. "Sometimes a shoemaker came to the house and made shoes for all the family. William Lawler and J. B. …Mason had their shoemaking shops in their homes at Southwest Harbor." Thornton, p. 91. "Mr. Joseph B. …Bar Harbor Record, June 16, 1895. Owner Chain: The land at 284 Main Street was sold to Joseph B. | ||
| Jordan Pond Gate Lodge Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Jordan Pond Gate Lodge Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: ...The two lodges were designed by Grosvenor Atterbury, a New York architect who had previously designed the Congregational Church in Seal Harbor... | ||
| Clifton House Hotel Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Clifton House Hotel Southwest Harbor Public Library File Attachment: Clifton House Hotel.pdf …Business History Clifton House Hotel Address Clifton Dock Road City Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor State - Maine Map and Lot: Map 24 Lot 139 …across the wide mouth of Somes Sound is Northeast Harbor, where the summer resort business commenced comparatively late during the 1880s, supplementing …Clark of Bar Harbor, and the first version of the Asticou Inn See Summer By The Seaside: The Architecture of New England Coastal Resort Hotels …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. | ||
| 2013-11-01 Acadia National Park's Oceanfront Cottage Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  2013-11-01 Acadia National Park's Oceanfront Cottage Southwest Harbor Public Library File Attachment: 2013-11-01 Acadia NP's Oceanfront Cottage.pdf …enlarged view This oceanfront building was a cottage belonging to Reverend Christopher Starr Leffingwell, a native Ohioan who became the first rector of Bar …Harbor's St. …Harbor. …Harbor Times, September 12, 1928, p. 3. 3 Because of Dorr's U.S. | |
| The Fire Lookouts of Acadia National Park Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  The Fire Lookouts of Acadia National Park Southwest Harbor Public Library File Attachment: 2014-08-27 The Fire Lookouts of Acadia National Park.pdf …Explorers making a discovery *Footnotes: 1 Bar Harbor Times, April 14, 1949, p. 10. 2 Pathmakers, Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation, National …Support pins and an eyebolt still remain. 4 Bar Harbor Times, June 15, 1932, p. 2. 5 Armstrong Cork Corp. bought The Whitall Tatum Co. in 1938. …Hilton, Moosehead Communications, Greenville, ME. 1997. 7 Bar Harbor Times, October 16, 1936, p.1. | |
| Odd Fellows Hall Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Odd Fellows Hall Southwest Harbor Public Library File Attachment: Odd Fellows Hall.pdf …Organization History Odd Fellows Lodge and Hall Address: 357 Main Street City: Southwest Harbor State: Maine Map and Lot Number: Map 3 Lot 95 Map: …SAN 1921 ODD FELLOWS Founded: 1895 Build Date: 1897 Destroyed by Fire: 1922 Rebuilt: 1923 "The Odd Fellows lodge was organized in Southwest Harbor …Fuller and Alvah Rich joined at Bar Harbor to make the necessary number for the formation of the new lodge. …It was rebuilt the following year." - Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine by Mrs. Seth S. | ||
| The George Lewis Harmon House The Old Harmon House Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  File Attachment: SWH - The Old Harmon House - 1st SWH Sch.pdf …School History The Old Harmon House First Southwest Harbor School Address: 259 Main Street City: Southwest Harbor State: Maine Map and Lot: Map 7 Lot …(A copy of this map is in the Southwest Harbor public library [the Salem Town Map].) In 1814 Mr. …Later, the property came into the hands of George Harmon, now of Bar Harbor, great-grandson of the original owner, and the interesting old house was taken …The George Harmons lived in Bar Harbor when Nell Thornton wrote her book. This was the Harmon of the Harmon Block see Thornton p. 148. | |||
| Adoniram Judson Robinson House Chester Warren Stanley House Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  File Attachment: Adoniram Judson Robinson House - T.pdf …House History Adoniram Judson Robinson House Ralph Judson Robinson House Ralph Warren Stanley - 1st Workshop Address: 376 Main Street City: Southwest Harbor …Bar Harbor Times, March 22, 1922. Robinson - Ralph Judson Robinson (1870-1923) The barn at the Adoniram Judson Robinson House served many purposes. …and, away from his workshop, painted the Freeman Elementary School (later Harbor House.) …Ralph was also a drummer and his workshop offered the Southwest Harbor Band a place to practice. | ||
| A.E. Parker Wharf and Boat Shop Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  A.E. Parker Wharf and Boat Shop Southwest Harbor Public Library File Attachment: A.E. Parker Wharf and Boat Shop.pdf …Address 168 Clark Point Road City Southwest Harbor State Maine Map and Lot: Map 4 Lot 29 Map - ROB 1951 SW BOAT CORP Original Owner …- The Bar Harbor Times, September 9, 1925. Southwest Harbor A.E. | ||
| Chester Eben Clement House Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Chester Eben Clement House Southwest Harbor Public Library File Attachment: Chester Eben Clement House.pdf …House History Chester Eben Clement House ME - SWH Forest Avenue - 017 Address: 17 Forest Avenue City: Southwest Harbor State - Maine Map and Lot Number …Bar Harbor Times, July 11, 1923. Owner Chain: The land at 15 Forest Avenue was sold by John H. | ||
| William Lawrence Underwood Cottage - Squirrelhurst The Misses Underwood Cottage Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  William Lawrence Underwood Cottage - Squirrelhurst The Misses Underwood Cottage Southwest Harbor Public Library File Attachment: Squirrelhurst - Cottage.pdf …Underwood Cottage ME SWH Norwood Road - 038 See also: Squirrelhurst - Stable Address 38 Norwood Avenue (now Garfield Avenue) City Southwest Harbor …- William Lawrence Underwood (1856-1919) with his sisters Architect: Howe - Lois Lilley Howe (1864-1911) Builder: Clark & Manchester of Northeast Harbor …Growth The Underwoods of Boston Putting Up a $10,000 Cottage Bangor, Me., March 29 Building operations at the Summer resort of Southwest Harbor …- The Bar Harbor Times, November 8, 1922. The Underwood Family at Squirrelhurst and The Rands at Fox Dens were good friends. |