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Original Christmas card painted by Daisy Doane.
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Image, Art, Other Art
  • Object, Art
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
  • Daisy Doane
  • 1881
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Description:
Original card painted by Margaret Herrison Doane ("Daisy") for her aunt Mary Spring Perkins, Christmas 1881 from which the window in St. Mary's-by-the-Sea, Northeast Harbor, was done.
House at Indian Head, Northeast Harbor
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Document, Projection, Architectural Drawing
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • Fred L. Savage
  • 1880's
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Description:
4 blueprints, 5 blueprints stapled, 7 drawings loose. Gabled house with patterned shingles, columned piazza. Used by John Manchester III Inn. Stacy B. Lloyd, 1993. See also 0073 FLS (item 1072) and GHC 357 (item 2562)
Mt. Desert Reading Room Share Receipt
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Organizations, Civic, Public Library
  • 1889
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Description:
Signed share certificate in the Mt. Desert Reading-Room made out to Mason Campbell. The Reading-Room was predecessor of the Northeast Harbor Library.
Gilparick's Cove with Rock End Hotel and the Wedge
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • Structures, Transportation, Boathouse
  • 1889
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Description:
Sepia tone photograph (very faded) of the Rock End Hotel and in front of it the boat house and carpenter shop, In 2000 the site of the Northeast Harbor Fleet. Predates the walkway to Smallidge Point. See also Item 5282 Photograph owned by Mrs. Julia Manchester.
House for S. D. Sargeant
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Document, Projection, Architectural Drawing
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • Fred L. Savage
  • 1886-1888
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
House for S. D. Sargeant
Northeast Harbor Library
Description:
Small booklet (8 pages) with sketches of floor plans; colored elevations. Includes a folder containing correspondence and slides from an exhibit of these plans at the Portland Museum of Art in 2004: "The Maine Perspective: Architectural Drawings, 1875-1925", which focused on Shingle Style and the Colonial Revival period.
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
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]
Deed: Charles H. Frazier to Northeast Harbor Water Company
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Document, Legal, Deed
  • Organizations, Civic
  • People
  • Charles H. Frazier
  • 1883
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Deed: Charles H. Frazier to George J. Joy
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Document, Legal, Deed
  • Other
  • People
  • Charles H. Frazier
  • 1886
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Description:
Sale of "78 acre lot". Sketch of "78 acre lot" and adjacent lots.
Union Church Property Deed
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Document, Legal, Deed
  • Organizations, Religious
  • Structures, Ceremonial, Church
  • Samuel Gilpatrick
  • 12-17-1887
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Union Church Property Deed
Northeast Harbor Library
Description:
A copy of the deed signing over property to be used for erection and maintenance of a church to be called "The Union Church of Northeast Harbor".
Front Street (South Shore Road)
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Road
  • Structures, Ceremonial, Church
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • early 1880's
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Front Street (South Shore Road)
Northeast Harbor Library
Description:
Front Street, unpaved, (now South Shore Road) looking east. Kimball House on left, Steven Smallidge farm just right of center, and St. Mary's wooden chapel in background.
USS Dolphin off Wheelwright point
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Naval Vessel
  • Burr
  • 1889
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
USS Dolphin off Wheelwright point
Northeast Harbor Library
Description:
Photograph taken from Kimball's dock looking toward Wheelwright point with US Navy vessel "Dolphin" center place. Photograph is very faded. This area is now called Clifton Dock.
St. Mary's Church and Magnum Donum
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Ceremonial, Church
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • Fayerweather
  • 1884
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
St. Mary's Church and Magnum Donum
Northeast Harbor Library
Description:
B/W Photograph, 6.5x4", viewed from top of Kimball House, of the original wood St. Mary's Church and "Magnum Donum" residence of Rev. William Doane.
Asticou Inn and cottages connected
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Inn
  • 1880's ?
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Asticou Inn and cottages connected
Northeast Harbor Library
Description:
Advertising brochure showing the exterior of the original hotel, located in Asticou, ME, and smaller photographs of the Clover and Phillips cottages with people at entrances. Floor plans on the back.
St. Mary's by the Sea
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Ceremonial, Church
  • mid 1880's
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
St. Mary's by the Sea
Northeast Harbor Library
Description:
B/W framed photograph (9.75 x 7.50") of the interior of the original St. Mary's by the Sea Church.
View from Morris Cottage
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Harbor
  • Places, Town
  • 1888
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
View from Morris Cottage
Northeast Harbor Library
Description:
Framed, B/W, 14x10.5" photograph of view from Morris Cottage overlooking the harbor before fill-in and Clifton hotel and dock.
Asticou settlement
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Inn
  • Structures, Dwellings
  • 1885
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Asticou settlement
Northeast Harbor Library
Description:
Taken from side field showing the Asticou Inn, cemetery, the Robert's cottage and other residences at the settlement. Copied by William Hocker.
Asticou Settlement
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Inn
  • Structures, Dwellings
  • ca. 1885
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Asticou Settlement
Northeast Harbor Library
Description:
From Schoolhouse Ledge looking northeast at the Asticou Settlement with the Asticou Inn, Robert's House and residences owned by the Savage family, the Phillips family and others.
South Shore Road looking west.
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Road
  • Burr
  • 1888
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
South Shore Road looking west.
Northeast Harbor Library
Description:
Presented by Eleanor T. Burr. Photograph taken from Stephen Smallidge (1993 Drexel) House.
Kimball Point from Eliot's House
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Landscape
  • ca. 1885
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Kimball Point from Eliot's House
Northeast Harbor Library
Addition to House for Lieut. R. G. Davenport
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Document, Projection, Architectural Drawing
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • Fred L. Savage
  • 1887
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Description:
1 folder of notes and sketches. Addition 1887.
Addition to House for S. D. Sargeant
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Document, Projection, Architectural Drawing
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • Fred L. Savage
  • 1886-1888
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Addition to House for S. D. Sargeant
Northeast Harbor Library
Description:
The 2 blueprints are photographic prints of the building. Booklet with 4 elevations, 3 plans, and 2 coers. graphite, ink and washes on heavy xove paper.
House for Moorfield Storey
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Document, Projection, Architectural Drawing
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • Fred L. Savage
  • 1884-1885
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
House for Moorfield Storey
Northeast Harbor Library
Description:
See also item 1102, by Wheelwright and Haven.
Alteration and Addition to House for Moorfield Storey
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Document, Projection, Architectural Drawing
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • Wheelwright and Haven
  • 1884-1885
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Description:
See also item 1101, by Fred L. Savage.
The Lighthouse Window
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Image, Art, Painting
  • Object, Art
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
  • Margaret Herrison Doane
  • 1881
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
The Lighthouse Window
Northeast Harbor Library
Description:
Original card painted by Margaret Herrison Doane (Daisy) for her Aunt Mary Spring Perkins, Christmas 1881. This design inspired the window in St. Mary's-by-the-sea. Accompanying is a Photograph copy of a paper written by Margaret Doane Fayerweather in 1955 about the history of the lighthouse window.
Asticou Settlement
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Shore
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
  • ca. 1885
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Asticou Settlement
Northeast Harbor Library
Description:
Taken from harbor of the Asticou Inn, the Robert's Cottage and other homes in the Asticou settlement. Photograph courtesy of Richard Savage II, copied by William Hocker.