Description: The photographer and date are unknown, but judging from the gasoline pumps at the end of the wharf, the photo could be as early as the 1920s.
Description: The Callendar House was the first summer cottage built of brick in Bar Harbor. When this photograph was taken in 2016, the Jackson Lab owned this structure which is located on the Schooner Head Road just outside of Bar Harbor. The history of Bar Harbor is the history of the rich and famous and the story of the Callendar House fits right into this history. The imposing “cottage” was built in 1901 for Mrs. John Callendar Livingston, a member of the prominent and incredibly prosperous Livingston family, by Fredrick Savage. The structure was Savage’s most formal design and also the most expensive (partly because just before it was completed in 1901, the entire building burnt leading to a near complete rebuilding). Savage, himself, was a native of Northeast Harbor and the vast majority of his work consisted of cottages and hotels, showing the rise of Bar Harbor’s place as a “summer colony”. Savage built cottages in many styles including several prominent Queen Anne and Shingle Style structures showcasing the dominant design trends of the late 19th century and early 20th century. The Callendar House, however, can be seen as firmly colonial revival in design and was the first summer “cottage” built with brick. At the time of its construction it was praised by the Bar Harbor Record for both its refinement and its modernity. In 1992, the Callendar House was purchased by the Jackson Lab at a foreclosure auction. (Source: Maine Preservation). [show more]
Description: One of the photos is a Christmas card from H. R. Beal and Sons, Inc. signed Harvard & Elva. Another shows what appears to be construction of the wharf during the early 1900s judging by the pickup truck in the background.
Description: A collection of photographs taken at the 1984 Claremont Hotel 100th Anniversary Party. Individuals in these photographs have not yet been identified, please contact archivists at the SWHPL if you have information regarding people in these photographs.
Lenhard - Mary Emma Wamsley (Lenhard) Coates (1900-1983)
Date:
1960-06
Description: The Field House was constructed on the Martha P. and Charlotte H. Conant Cottage in June 1960. Raymond Whitmore was a painter on the project.
Lenhard - Mary Emma Wamsley (Lenhard) Coates (1900-1983)
Date:
1960-06
Description: The Field House was constructed on the Martha P. and Charlotte H. Conant Cottage in June 1960. Melvin Farley was the carpenter for The Field House.
Description: Left to Right: Franklin Henry Ward (1925-2008) William Eugene Ward (1934-2000) aka Willie Ingrid Ward (1929-) Unknown house in background.