Description: Constructed by 1810 and named for its original owner; placed on National Register of Historic Places in 2003. Its one-story timber-framed English bard form is one of the finest examples of this style and of barn craftmanship. Ichabod Higgins's family moved to MDI from Cape Cod in 1778 to settle in the small Island community of Somesville. It wasn't until the early 1800's that this ridge of land outside the village was established as an agricultural area. The barn has been in continuous use since its construction. [show more]
Description: Queen Anne style; attached to 1830's center-chimney cape house; located on Beech Hill Road, once the main road from Somesville to Southwest Harbor.
Description: Constructed in 1810 and named for original owner; placed on National Register of Historic Places in 2003. The one-story timber-framed English barn is one of the finest examples of this style and of barn craftmanship. Ichabod Higgins's family moved to MDI from Cape Cod in 1778 to settle in the small Island community of Somesville. Not until the early 1800's did this ridge of land outside the village become and agricultural area. The barn has been in continuous use since its construction. [show more]
Description: Built in 1842, but not in use as working farm for many years. Frequently a site for weddings; in the beginning of Somesville's development this farm occupied the whole south end of the harbor, where cows roamed the cleared woods.
Description: Photograph of the Stone Barn on the Crooked Road in Bar Harbor. Photo taken on August 5, 2006 during "Barns of Yesterday" tour sponsored by the MDI Historical Society. Inset photo shows plaque recognizing Stone Barn's listing on the National Register of Historic Places. Right barn door is open; American flag hangs on left door. Two people are looking at the vIntage car on right side of barn. Two people seated behind table on the left side of the driveway, talking to two other people. Farm implement in left foreground, tractor to right. [show more]
Description: Photograph of the Higgins Barn on Oak Hill Road in Bar Harbor. Photo taken on August 5, 2006 during "Barns of Yesterday" tour sponsored by the MDI Historical Society. Inset photo shows plaque recognizing Higgins Barn's listing on the National Register of Historic Places. Sunflowers to left of barn, red flowers on farm implement in foreground.
Description: This matted color photograph by Bob Thayer is labeled "Steve Haynes" and dated 2001. Steve is standing by quarrying tools and is holding some kind of pole. He is wearing a white, short-sleeve tee shirt and bluejeans. It looks as if there is a display behind him.
Description: A CD with 10 images of hooked rugs included in the exhibit: Three Centuries of Hooking, August, 2009, Mount Desert Historical Society Schoolhouse Probably photos taken by Judith Burger-Gossart, Curator Images also included in catalog of exhibit: Three Centuries of Hooking, MDIHS, August 2009, Burger-Gossart, Judith, Curator
Description: A student standing in front of the Kathryn W. Davis Center of International and Regional Studies, a building that honors Mrs. Davis's lifetime of dedication to international affairs and to higher education.
Description: A reception followed by a lecture and slide presentation, "Collecting Art in America," by John Wilmerding, Collector, Curator, and Scholar, Thursday, August 5, 2004. Reception at the George B. Dorr Museum of Natural History. John Wilmerding is a professor of art at Princeton University and longtime summer resident of Northeast Harbor. He is the Visiting Curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. He is an emeritus trustee of the Shelburne Museum in Vermont and on the Board of Trustees of the Guggenheim Museum in New York and the College of the Atlantic. He was formerly Senior Curator of American Art and Deputy Director of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, where he organized the landmark exhibition "American Light: The Luminist Movement" in 1980. Professor Wilmerding is the author of many books and catalogs on American art, including American Marine Painting (Harry N. Abrams, 1987), American Views (Princeton, 1991), monographic studies of Robert Salmon, Fitz Hugh Lane, John F. Peto, Winslow Homer, and Thomas Eakins, and The Artist's Mount Desert: American Painters on the Maine Coast (Princeton University Press, 1994). His most recent book, Compass and Clock, illuminates major continuing themes in the national character. Professor Wilmerding recently bequeathed his private collection, which includes works by Church, Marin, Homer, and Lane, to the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., where they are on view in the East Building through October 10, 2004. [show more]
Description: Open House You are invited to a pre-lecture gathering at the Dorr Museum in honor of the museum's Summer of Rachel Carson. MacArthur Fellow Carl Safina talks about his use of science, art and literature to inspire a closer relationship with the sea and its conservation needs. An exhibit on Rachel Carson, created by COA students, will be on view. 5:30 p.m. in the George B. Dorr Museum Front text: Tosia australis Uniophora granifera PDF description: A brochure describing a 2007 Dorr Museum Champlain Society lecture by Carl Safina of the Blue Ocean Institute on "History and Destiny in World Fisheries," held in honor of the centennial of Rachel Carson. [show more]
Description: Beauty and the Beast: Nature Images August 18 - October 12, 2003 This exhibit features nineteen color and photogravure prints of New York-based photographer Barbara Yoshida, whose work has been shown throughout the world. Since 1996, six artist's residencies in National Parks, including Acadia National Park, have provided an opportunity for Ms. Yoshida to reexamine her relationship with nature. Her large-format images capture the diversity of landscape on the planet and the various forms of life that it supports, and reflect her conviction that the preservation of nature with a camera is inextricably linked to the preservation of various species and their habitats. In other words, the medium fits the message. Front: Jawbone, Lilies, and Maple. 14" x 11" Silver Gelatin Print. Courtesy of Barbara Yoshida [show more]
Description: Photograph of E. Farnham Butler in his office at Mount Desert Yacht Yard, circa 2003. On the table in front of him are photographs of boats built by Butler at his yard over the course of his career.
Description: Postcard, with photo of "Untitled, Cranberry Island", from Bowdoin College Museum of Art, announcing reception 22 Jun 2000 for exhibition of Emily Nelligan art, summer 2000