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Southwest Harbor Post Office at 30 Clark Point Road
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Reference
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Structures, Civic, Public, Post Office
  • Southwest Harbor
  • In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted
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"At Southwest Harbor after J. T. R. Freeman, Mrs. Emily Robinson Farnsworth had the [post] office for some time; then J. A. Freeman and William J. Tower held it alternately according to change of political administration for several terms. Then E. S. Thurston was appointed and held office for twelve years until Earll W. Gott was appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt. The office has changed location with every new postmaster…" - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 105. "William J. Tower built the building east of the Jackson lot and he kept the post-office there for a number of years. He sold to E. S. Thurston when Mr. Thurston took over the duties of postmaster and after his services of twelve years were past, the property was sold in 1936 to Mrs. Fred A. Birlem whose son, Wallace Birlem, built the double garage behind it with living rooms above which he occupies [1938]." - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 157. [show more]
First Class Mail
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Places, Island
  • Structures, Civic, Public, Post Office
  • Letitia Baldwin
  • 1994
  • Cranberry Isles, Little Cranberry Island
First Class Mail
Northeast Harbor Library
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Article about Little Cranberry Isle post office and postmaster Joy Sprague, who built a big business for this tiny post office with cream puffs and a personal touch. Published in Down East Magazine, December 1994.
Southwest Harbor Post Office
Southwest Harbor Public Library
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  • Organizations, Civic
  • Structures, Civic, Public, Post Office
  • In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted
Southwest Harbor Post Office
Southwest Harbor Public Library
Southwest Harbor Post Office at 340 Main Street
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Reference
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Structures, Civic, Public, Post Office
  • Southwest Harbor
  • In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted
James Albert Freeman Post Office
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Reference
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Structures, Civic, Public, Post Office
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • Southwest Harbor
  • In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted
James Albert Freeman Post Office
Southwest Harbor Public Library
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This building was used by James Albert Freeman as a Post Office from 1905 to 1914.
Bass Harbor Post Office
McKinley Post Office
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Reference
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Structures, Civic, Public, Post Office
  • Tremont, Bass Harbor
  • In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted
Bass Harbor Post Office
McKinley Post Office
Southwest Harbor Public Library