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Satterlee Tea House Southwest Harbor Public Library	Reference	Structures, Tower			Acadia National Park, Lafayette National Park	In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted	Satterlee Tea House Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-13125 Type: Reference Subject: Structures, Tower Place: Acadia National Park, Lafayette National Park Description: According to an article entitled "The Stone Tower on Great Head" by Gladys O'Neil in the Journal of Friends of Acadia and reprinted in "The Rusticator's Journal" (1993, Friends of Acadia), the observatory was actually a stone tea house tower built in 1915. The land (Great Head and Sand Beach) was bought by J.P. Morgan in 1910 as a gift for his daughter, Louisa Satterlee. The great fire of 1947 damaged the tower and destroyed the three nearby bungalows. Louisa Satterlee's daughter, Eleanor, donated the land two years after the fire to Acadia National Park. For safety reasons, what was left of the tower after the fire was torn down so that only the foundation remains. [show more]
Satterlee Tea House Martello Tower on Great Head Southwest Harbor Public Library	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Structures, Tower		1915 c.	Acadia National Park, Lafayette National Park	Copyright Not Evaluated	Satterlee Tea House Martello Tower on Great Head Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-12645 Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Structures, Tower Publisher: The Albertype Co., Brooklyn, N.Y. Date: 1915 c. Place: Acadia National Park, Lafayette National Park Description: Postcard Date: Circa 1920 Size: 5.4375” x 3.5” Media: Collotype (probably) Title: Martello Tower on Great Head, Bar Harbor, Maine Subject: Satterlee Tea House Photographer: Unknown Publisher: The Albertype Co., Brooklyn, N.Y. Original Printer: The Albertype Co. Divided Back: Y Bordered: N Mailed: N Postage: Unstated Number: Unnumbered Postmarked: N

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