Title	Type	Subject	Creator	Date	Place	Rights
View looking toward the Wedge and the Rock End Hotel, Northeast Harbor Great Harbor Maritime Museum	Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph	Businesses, Lodging Business		1886 c.	Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor	No Known Copyright	View looking toward the Wedge and the Rock End Hotel, Northeast Harbor Great Harbor Maritime Museum Identifier: ghmm-1698 Type: Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph Subject: Businesses, Lodging Business Date: 1886 c. Place: Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor Description: Photograph taken from the area of the Samuel Gilpatrick Homestead looking toward the Rock End Hotel, near Gilpatrick Cove Northeast Harbor. In the foreground is Herman Savage's cottage, "The Wedge," designed by his architect brother, Fred L. Savage, in 1885. Two children stand on the side of the road, and an unidentified structure is visible beyond the hotel. In the distance, the northern shores of Great Cranberry Island can be seen. The Rock End Hotel was originally called the Revere House and was opened by Herman L. Savage in the summer of 1884. The Wedge was built by A. Torrey, a contractor from Southwest Harbor, in the winter of 1885-1886. The Rock End Hotel burned in March, 1942. The Wedge was purchased by the Roberts family and remodeled in 1944-45, following plans by Philadelphia architect Edmund Gilchrist. It remains a private residence today. [show more]
Front Yard Scene at Woodlawn Photograph, 1948 Islesford Historical Society	Image, Photograph	Businesses, Lodging Business People Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel		1948-08	Cranberry Isles, Little Cranberry Island, Islesford	Copyright Not Evaluated	Front Yard Scene at Woodlawn Photograph, 1948 Islesford Historical Society Identifier: ihs-1012 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Businesses, Lodging Business People Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel Date: 1948-08 Place: Cranberry Isles, Little Cranberry Island, Islesford Description: The Woodlawn Inn was built by George Henry Fernald for George and Edna Gilley, circa 1893. After Edna's death it was closed in 1909. James Ray and Ada Dwelley reopened the inn in 1911 and ran it for over 40 years. Three people in the front yard of Woodlawn House. Inscription on back reads "Typical front yard scene at Woodlawn House. Mrs. Wagner busy at something, with Mrs. Kemmer and Miss Whilinan [sp?] deep in discussion on the porch rail. Islesford, Aug, 1948" in pencil Black and white [show more]

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