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| Moore's Garage Southwest Harbor Motor Company Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Description: In 1940 Southwest Harbor Motor Co. was the only AAA filling station in Southwest Harbor. Their phone number was 51-2. The brick building was converted to offices to rent in 1986-1987. The U.S. Post Office opened in the building on June 2, 1987. Ralph Warren Stanley (1929-2021) attended school in the elementary school on the present ellipse (behind the Gilley Plumbing building on the left of this photograph) before it was moved across the street to become a fire station and now [2011] the police station/town office. When the bank was housed at the Southwest Harbor Motor Co. Ralph would take his penny bank there to be unlocked and have the money deposited in his bank account. The lady in the bank would show him the big safe where is money would be kept. – Ralph Warren Stanley 01/17/11 Marion E. Newman (1890-1976), Mrs. Frederick Walter Wescott at the time, owned a yellow Stutz Bearcat that was destroyed in the fire. Marion was known for having invested in Coca Cola stock and holding on to it when others thought it worthless and sold their stock. – Ralph Warren Stanley, 03/31/14 [show more] | ||
| Freeman Cottage Freeman Annex Ashmont Hotel Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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| A.I. Holmes Stores The A&P - The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  A.I. Holmes Stores The A&P - The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company Southwest Harbor Public Library | ||
| Franklin Ward Machine Shop Dockside Motel XYZ Restaurant Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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| Island House Hotel Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Island House Hotel Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: "The Island House, owned by Deacon Henry H. Clark, was the first summer hotel on Mount Desert Island. Deacon Clark began the hotel business by taking into his hospitable home the first occasional tourists who came to the island for a short stay. He gradually enlarged his house until in 1885 it was entirely remodeled and did a thriving business, employing many of the townspeople during the summer season." - Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, p. 174 - 1938. [show more] | ||
| Farnsworth's Millinery Shop and Post Office Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Farnsworth's Millinery Shop and Post Office Southwest Harbor Public Library | ||
| Lawler Paint Co. Building Sunrise Heating & Coastline Construction Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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| Brown Mountain Gate Lodge Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Brown Mountain Gate Lodge Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: One of two gate lodges (the other being the Jordan Pond Gate Lodge) built for John D. Rockefeller Jr. to serve as entry points to his system of carriage roads and to guard against the entry of automobiles. The Brown Mountain Gate Lodge is the larger of the two, with a small complex consisting of a gate house, carriage house, and a care taker's house. The carriage road no longer passes through the grand gate. The two lodges were designed by Grosvenor Atterbury, a New York architect who had previously designed the Congregational Church in Seal Harbor. Atterbury shared Rockefeller's dedication to philanthropy and was one of the few architects to study and use light and ventilation in tenement buildings. These lodges allowed Atterbury to design for the aesthetics of a grand estate and the purpose of housing the working class families that cared for the carriage roads. The gate lodges were subsequently given to Acadia National Park along with the system of carriage roads. In the years since, they have served as housing for park employees. While they are no longer necessary to guard against the entry of automobiles, they serve as a reminder of this long tradition and as architectural gems within the Park. [show more] | ||
| Jordan Pond Gate Lodge Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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| Jordan Pond Gate Lodge Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: One of two gate lodges (the other being the Brown Mountain Gate Lodge) built for John D. Rockefeller Jr. to serve as entry points to his system of carriage roads and to guard against the entry of automobiles. They were built in 1931-1932. The Jordan Pond Gate Lodge is located just south of Jordan Pond on the Loop Road. It is the smaller of the two lodges. The two lodges were designed by Grosvenor Atterbury, a New York architect who had previously designed the Congregational Church in Seal Harbor. Atterbury shared Rockefeller's dedication to philanthropy and was one of the few architects to study and use light and ventilation in tenement buildings. These lodges allowed Atterbury to design for the aesthetics of a grand estate and the purpose of housing the working class families that cared for the carriage roads. While the exteriors appear castle-like, the interiors are modest and were clearly designed with the needs of the residents in mind. The gate lodges were subsequently given to Acadia National Park along with the system of carriage roads. In the years since, they have served as housing for park employees. While they are no longer necessary to guard against the entry of automobiles, they serve as a reminder of this long tradition and as architectural gems within the Park. [show more] | ||
| Seawall Hotel Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Seawall Hotel Southwest Harbor Public Library | ||
| Carroll Building Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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| Carroll Building Southwest Harbor Public Library | ||
| John Lawler Commercial Building Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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| John Lawler Commercial Building Southwest Harbor Public Library | ||
| Green Mountain House Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Green Mountain House Southwest Harbor Public Library | ||
| Clifton House Hotel Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Clifton House Hotel Southwest Harbor Public Library | ||
| Ocean House Hotel Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Ocean House Hotel Southwest Harbor Public Library | ||
| Lily Lake House Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Lily Lake House Southwest Harbor Public Library | ||
| Dirigo Hotel Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Dirigo Hotel Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: The Dirigo Hotel burned down on September 3, 1960. | ||
| The American House Hotel - Ellsworth Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  The American House Hotel - Ellsworth Southwest Harbor Public Library | ||
| Rock End Hotel - aka Rock Inn Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Rock End Hotel - aka Rock Inn Southwest Harbor Public Library | ||
| Somes House Hotel Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Somes House Hotel Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: "Later [Abraham Somes] built a substantial frame house on the site of the Somes House and a part of that house is embodied in the present hotel. Some of the rooms at the back remain almost as they were at first. The house was built as a one-story building and later the walls were raised. Since then there have been many alterations and additions. George A. Somes finally inherited the property, developed the hotel business and built the two cottages toward the shore. His widow now owns it and conducts the hotel." - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 270-271. “When George A. Somes inherited the [Somes House], he expanded the family inn by constructing two large additions, one attached at the left and the other freestanding to the right, giving the hotel a capacity of 150 guests. Noted visitors included Louis Comfort Tiffany, Alfred Vanderbilt, Joseph Pulitzer, J.P. Morgan, Pres. William Howard Taft, and Mary Cassatt. Known for its chicken and lobster dinners, the Somes House operated into the 1950s with rates of $5 to $10 a day." - “Mount Desert Island - Somesville, Southwest Harbor, and Northeast Harbor” by Earle G. Shettleworth Jr. and Lydia B. Vandenbergh - Images of America Series, 2001, p. 27. [show more] | ||
| The Cheese House Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  The Cheese House Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: "The Cheese House was part of the Cheese House chain which had 18 cheese-shaped locations in New England. Apparently, there are only … two buildings left. The stores were built in the late 1960s and early 1970s. They were constructed of wood with a cut-out wedge for the entrance and windows. They are 9' tall and 40' in diameter. In the late 1970s, the chain disbanded due to financial problems." - “Giant Food: Misc. Food” by Debra Jane Seltzer, Roadside Architecture.com, Accessed online 11/12/13; http://www.agilitynut.com/food/other.html The postcards for all the Cheeses Houses appear to be the same photograph. The store in Trenton was owned by Alex A. Albin and Bernice E. Albin. It closed in 1984 and the building has been for sale almost all the time since. Collectors of architectural oddities are always looking for such buildings, originally built as cheese wheels, hot dogs, clam boxes or loaves of bread. [show more] | |||
| Southwest Motor Inn Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Southwest Motor Inn Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: The Motel, named the "Southwest Motor Inn," was built in 1970 and ran until 1980. New Motel Planned For Area "Southwest Harbor - Three businessmen here have combined resources to build a new 32-unit motel on Route 102 overlooking Norwood Cove. Foundation work is now being done and the motel will be ready for occupancy by June 1, said David Benson, one of the three partners. Druggist George McVety and lawyer Frederick Burrill are Benson's Associates in the business venture. The quarter-million-dollar motel will have two levels, with an outside corridor, plus an office and quarters for the manager. Hanson is acting as contractor for the project. The major subcontractor is John Goodwin, who is handling concrete work. The motel will be built entirely of concrete blocks. The three businessmen have not yet decided on a name for the new motel." - Bangor Daily News, 1971 The property was later Norwood Cove Housing, owned by the Ellsworth and MDI Housing Authorities who provide housing assistance and related services to individuals and families who face income or other life challenges. [show more] | |||
| Seawall Motel Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Seawall Motel Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: Annabelle owned and operated Seawall Dining Room, Manset, from 1959 to 2000. In 1982 she added the motel. | |||
| Harbor View Motel Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Harbor View Motel Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: "Harbor View Motel, Southwest Harbor, Maine 04679, On ocean front - twelve modern, soundproof motel units - continental breakfasts in season - four housekeeping cottages - television - individual thermostatic control heat - five minutes walk to village and restaurants - adjacent to Acadia National Park, boating, lake swimming. Telephone 207-244-6631 - AAA - ALA - MOBIL" The telephone number for the hotel was once listed as Chestnut 43133. “Soon Announcing… The Opening of New Harbor View Motel, Southwest Harbor” - Advertisement, Bar Harbor Times, April 22, 1954 [show more] | |||
| The Saranac Inn Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  The Saranac Inn Southwest Harbor Public Library |