Description: Hand-colored group photograph of some Seal Harbor children. Back row (L to R): Chester Smallidge, Grafton Pinkham, Leslie Clement, Fred Willikenson, Cliff Bracy, Frankie Clement, Everett Jordan. 2nd row (L to R): Estella Chapson, Ralph Liscomb, Roy Clement, Irving Clement, Arthur Clement, Tommy Dodge. 3rd row (L to R): Ed Jordan (grandfather of Judith Harvel), Mabel Lynam, Arno Varnum, Villa Lun..., Dora ..., Ella ..., Marc ... Courtesy of Mrs. Judith Harvel and Ms. Melissa Harvel, Seal Harbor (who has the original framed photograph). [show more]
Description: A publication explaining "The Harbor Club" in Seal Harbor, The Board of Governors, club rules, charges etc. in 1999. Included is an activity program.
Description: A blue booklet beginning with the first recorded meeting of the Seal Harbor Library Association. It describes the building of library, past librarians, special events etc.
Description: According to Earl Brechlin, the location of the cabins appears to be just east of Little Harbor Brook between Seal Harbor and Northeast Harbor. The view is looking towards the southwest from the hill on the north side of Route 3. If you zoom in above the place you can just make out the bridge over the stream which is tidal at that point. The little island fits with topos of the area. There's a large estate there now. The back of the card indicates that the cabins were owned by Arthur and Evelyn Gibbs. [show more]
Description: Plot Plan of Land at Seal Harbor, ME property for William Adams Brown D. D., 1899, Edgar I. Lord 1 copy of Specifications for Cottage. 1 copy of Specifications for Plumbing. 1 letter and some sketches.
Description: Blueprints of multilevel floor plans of C. S. Batchelder house, "Sunset Hill", in Seal Harbor. Name of Mrs. Morris Loeb is written on some of the plans. Cottage is also labeled "Windy Brow".
Description: Floor plans blueprints of the original "Anchorage" in Seal Harbor. It was later torn down to build the Nelson Rockefeller house. Subsequently owned by Josephine Ford.
Description: Sketch. 8/24/21 Added 3 more drawings for "Tea House Addition at Ringing Point" given by Helen Caivano (it looks like the same structure as the "Pavillon").
Description: Blueprints of revised plans for the house of Dr. Ernest Stillman, "Berry Cliff" on Pierce Head Point, Pierce Head Point in Seal Harbor. 2 sets.
Description: Held at the Eyrie in Seal Harbor. Attached are the "Articles of Agreement for a Federated Church", by the Massachusetts Federation of Churches. Bulletin No. 14, 6th edition, Sept. 1929.
Description: This was the meal receipt used at the Jordan Pond House in 1979, At that time, there were separate hours for lunch, tea, and dinner - the restaurant was closed between services. Your waiter or waitress (then referred to by the staff as waitra) would come to your table with their hands behinds their back and commit your order to memory. They only used this receipt for the bill you received after your meal. This receipt came from George Soules who worked at the "Pond House" in 1977 and 1978, the last two years before it burned in 1979. That was the end of an era never to be experienced again. [show more]
Description: House in Seal Harbor for David Rockefeller Jr. Site plans, foundation plan and details, elevations, sections, floor plans. Architect: Venturi, Rauch and Scott Brown, Philadelphia, PA. Project Manager: Roc Caivano, Bar Harbor, ME. Structural Engineer: Keast and Hood, Philadelphia, PA. Mechanical Engineer: Basil Greene, Erdenheim, PA.
Description: Landscape, contour plan of building site, 22x24", one of ink on tag paper, another of tissue (torn/fragile, of property of William Marcus, Jr. in Seal Harbor. tracing cloth, of property of William Marcus Jr., in Seal Harbor. Plan is torn; very fragile.
Description: Rough copy of development plans, 13x18" tracing cloth, of part of Mount Desert Island showing property of Mount Desert Eastern Shore Land Company (a development group), encompassing 3500 acres on land now part of Seal Harbor and Acadia National Park. Shows cottage lots near Wildwood Farms, the Triad, Turtle Lake (Bubble Pond today). Also shows proposed elevated railroad from Northeast Harbor to Jordan Pond, Eagle Lake, and beyond.
Description: Lot map (20 1/2x13") of H. VanDyke property on Dodge Point, Seal Harbor. Lots of neighbors (N. Rockefeller, Dr. Angell, Fletcher, McAlpin, Douglass, Ford, Harrison, Church - St. Jude; Seal Harbor Congregational, Reed) are indicated. Prepared by Charles Simpson. (Kn. Map 1; lot 10-16)
Description: Lot map on parchment, 23x23 1/2", on Pierce Head, west of Bracy Cove, in Seal Harbor. The name Edward Mears, Bar Harbor is stamped on map.
Description: Large, 58z37", zoning map of Seal Harbor, showing residential and business areas, prepared for the Mount Desert Zoning Committee of the Planning Committee.
Description: Lot map of the property owned by Ludington in Seal Harbor between Uplands Rd. and Rowland Rd.; adjoining J. D. Rockefeller Jr. and McAlpin properties. Town map 29; lot 33
Description: Two 27x57" and three half-maps showing roads and residences (named) in Seal Harbor. Drawn from surveys of C. P. Simpson and J. E. Savage et al., extending from Bracy Cove to Hunter's Beach and from the harbor to Jordan Pond.
Description: Looking toward Tyson driveway and steps. (This was probably taken after the roadbed was moved and reconstructed as Peabody Drive (route 3)
Description: Built by Bishop Alexander MacKay-Smith, Washington DC listed from 1914-36. Then listed under Charles Marlatt of Washington DC from 1937-41. Property demolished, sold to Rockefeller. David Rockefeller Sr. planned a public park and started to develop it before he died. Property then became the home of David Rockefeller Jr. See also "Wildcliff".
Description: Exterior shot of large, 2/3 story home with short bushes surrounding it and the front entrance. See also "Wild Cliff" Bishop Alexander McKay Smith cottage designed by C. A. Candage.
Description: Floor plans, sections, elevation Roc's Comments: This was my first job. It was for Neva Goodwin who has remained a good friend ever since. The work began back in the 70's and was first a kitchen renovation with bay window addition. Bob Patterson who suggested me to Neva was cajoled into designing the beautiful garden in front. Neva and I worked well together and she truly enjoyed the new space when it was completed. Edgar Walls did the construction and Barb Sassaman helped with the drawings. We went on to do about 5 or six additional tasks for Neva there including moving and renovating the Jordan house across the road. [show more]
Description: Options A, B, C in a found booklet. Sketches, floor plans, site plans, height restrictions, topological plans. Includes drawings for Perigee drawn in 1995/6.
Description: Elevations, floor plans, sketches Roc's Comments: So Findlay and Joanie are two delightful friends. Findlay is a fan and collector of old steam engines and various mechanical objects of functional beauty. I had done a renovation of a kitchen of a house he owned in an earlier life nearby and when he asked me to help work up a new home on land he owned between the beautiful Grosvenor Atterbury church and the Greenrock staging area I suggested that his new home might be mostly big barn and work area for his heavy machinery passion with a smaller, functional home attached. When the time came to begin the project I was overwhelmed with other projects and recommended the Surrey firm of Bingham and Woodward to do the project and helped during the construction supervision phase. I think it came out well and have since enjoyed many wonderful dinners in the "barn" which has become more of an art gallery than workshop. [show more]
Description: Elevations, floor plans, details Roc's Comments: Joanie Matheson needed a get away place. A garden house or teahouse. A place that was hers alone and she could escape to it and read or write or just sit and think. It is interesting how many of these little "getaway" places there are here on MDI. A phenomenon of the intense summer season and its sometimes draining impact on the matriarch and hostess. This project was a real pleasure to do. Joanie is a special person and I could sit and draw it by hand and do it all without staff and complications and I love the result and think Joanie does as well. [show more]
Description: Floor plans, elevations, sketches Roc's Comments: I love Maude March. When she and John asked me to design their home I was delighted to do it. Their family and John's legal career were young and it was difficult to satisfy all of John's requirements. I don't think I succeeded as, once it was done, I never heard from John again. I still love Maude March.
Description: 2 tracing papers oversized and rolled 1 copy of Specifications for Cottage. 1 Copy of Specifications for Plumbing. 1 letter and some sketches.
Description: Side elevation, entrance elevation, greenhouse site design (project terminated), contour plan, floor plan and elevation, specifications and details, porch details, sketches
Description: Sketches, floor plans, elevations Roc Comments: An addition for daughter of Josephine Ingle who we did a guest house for years earlier. Nice couple who did a very respectful expansion on this house that we originally designed for Ira Levy and Stan Gurell.
Description: Site plan, floor plans, elevations, sections, details, mechanical Roc's Comments: This project was an addition on a garage! The Ingles found that they had zoning permission to add a substantial addition to their garage. They wanted a sturdy home that would house their grown children and guests. We worked hard to create an attractive structure that looked like it had always been there. I think we succeeded. The living room in this house is really pleasant. John Gordon was the excellent project manager on this one and the building looks it. [show more]
Description: Sections, floor plan, elevations Roc's Comments: Finley and Joanie Matheson had a sweet piece of land in Seal Harbor behind the wonderful Grosvenor Atterbury church. When Finley asked me to design a new home for them I unfortunately had more work than we could handle and did not want to agree to something we could not due and recommended some fellows in Blue Hill. When their project was complete I did have time to design a small garden cottage for Joanie. This was after those wonderful little "nap houses" scattered thru the hills built by large summer families that wanted a quiet respite from the summer frenzy. Joanie loved it. [show more]
Description: Developed by Lynam Realtors for the sale of the Edsel Ford estate in Seal Harbor, brochure has many photographs and drawings. Following Ford, owners of "Skylands" have been Skylands have included Edward Leed and Martha Stewart.
Description: Copy of article of John Gordon's interview with Martha Stewart about living in Maine, what she likes to do, places she likes to go, and her love of her home, "Skylands", in Seal Harbor.
Description: Description, with photographs, of the Walter Harrison designed house "Anchorage" built in 1939 for Nelson Rockefeller in Seal Harbor. Owned by Dodie Ford in l979. Published in Down East Magazine, August 1989.
Description: Designed by Beatrix Farrand, the Rockefeller Gardens in Seal Harbor combine East and West influences in landscape design and artifacts. Several photographs included. Published in House & Garden, February 1985.
Description: Although their Mount Desert summer home was palatial in scale, the Rockefellers came to Seal Harbor each year to enjoy the simple life. This article describes their life.
Description: Small brochure for new parishioners of UCC, Seal Harbor - Abby Chapel. Contains a brief history of the Church. Rev. William McP. Bigelow is the minister.
Description: Shows chain-drive Mack open cab delivery truck and several men in front of dock building. Location was near site of current town dock. For book Mount Desert, 1989
Description: From Ox Hill area. MOUNT DESERT started service in 1886 and was replaced by J. T. MORSE in 1904. Collected for "Mt. Desert: an Informal History"
Description: Built 1900, Savage plan ; 1st owner Rev. Wm. Adams Brown, NYC. 1986 owner Fitzgerald Hudson. Listed in 1986 MHPC Survey by T. Mark Cole. Photos show a portion of house and grounds.
Description: Photograph shows the carriage road built in about 1918 between the county road (route 3) and the Pond. The settlement here was known as "Bracy's".
Description: Berry Cliff was built in 1934 for Dr. Ernest Stillman, a research doctor in Manhattan and associated with the Jackson Lab on MDI. House: 105' long with 13 bedrooms
Description: FDR's white schooner yacht, Sewanna (far right). Nelson Rockefeller's yacht, Wenonah on mooring (just right of the pier). Scanned photograph.
Description: Gardens of the Dane home, named "Glengariff" in Seal Harbor. The first Photograph is of Barbara Chase's father Robert Duncan from Aberdeen, Scotland. Photographs are photocopies.
Description: Abby Chapel - summer church - in Seal Harbor, taken to show the influence of the arts and crafts movement on local architecture. This church is now a private residence.
Description: St. Jude Episcopal Church - summer - in Seal Harbor taken to show the influence of the folk arts and crafts movement on local architecture.
Description: List of cottages available for rent in Seal Harbor, includes rental price and often the owner's name. Also, a booklet of "The Tree Tops", for sale or to rent; includes photographs of the property.
Description: Leaflet listing Seal Harbor cottages for rent for the 1920 summer season through Seal Harbor Realty Co, George L. Stebbins, Managing Director.
Description: Seal Harbor looking inland from the tip of Dodge Point. On left is the Sea Side Hotel, right of center is the Glencove Hotel, and on right are homes along Steamboat Wharf Road.
Description: Taken from near East Bunker's Ledge, Photograph also shows cottages on both sides of Seal Harbor including original structure on site of the "Anchorage"
Description: A small brochure describing Seal Harbor, its location, water supply, hotels, access, drives, walks, and many other things of interest & many photographs. Photographs: a. Village of Seal Harbor b. Seal Harbor Library c. Jordan Pond d. West side of Seal Harbor - panorama e. East side of Seal Harbor - panorama f. Long Pond g. Hunters Beach Head h. Office of G. L. Stebbins i. "Wabenaki" cottage j. "Wayside" cottage k. View from "Wayside" cottage l. "Hillside" cottage See also item 6158 (SCB 974.1 STE). [show more]
Description: Side view of Wolfe estate, taken from Peabody Drive, near Seal Harbor. Trees and fence in foreground, house in background, partially obscured.
Description: Pierce Head is behind Bear Island next to Harbor Brook. Bishop Mackay-Smith's home is on the right. The left area is Berry Cliff. Right is now David Rockefeller's.
Description: Built 1901, architect Grosvenor Atterbury. 1901-1915 owner Dr. Christian Herter, NYC. Also called "Herter Cottage". 1923-present (1986) Doctor and Mrs. James B. Murphy. Listed in 1986 Historic Properties Survey (Seal Harbor), No. 62 Chas A. Townsend, Belfast, Maine