Title	Type	Subject	Creator	Date	Place	Rights
House at Irish Point for Steven Rockefeller Northeast Harbor Library	Document, Projection, Architectural Drawing	Structures, Dwellings, House	Roc Caivano	1990-1992	Swans Island		House at Irish Point for Steven Rockefeller Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-1241 Type: Document, Projection, Architectural Drawing Subject: Structures, Dwellings, House Creator: Roc Caivano Date: 1990-1992 Place: Swans Island Description: Bridge sketch, sketches, plot plan, floor plans, elevations, mechanical Roc's Comments: Steven Rockefeller and his wife, Dorie, asked me to design the Gilley Museum (see 118). We had a great time working together on that building and in 1990 (when we were contemplating moving back to MDI from Philadelphia) I received a letter asking if I would design him a new home on Swans Island. Steven had remarried Barbara Bellows and they wanted a summer home built on the land that Steven had simply camped on and cleared the lower branches of the spruce trees to maintain the meadow, encourage the breezes and discourage the mosquitoes. When I asked Steven and Barbara what they were looking for in a summer house Barbara said in her charming southern accent " Roc, we like a summer house with dogs and kids and screen doors that slam." I knew exactly what she meant and prepared a series of pencil sketches that zeroed in on a really nice white clapboard farmhouse indicative of the Greek and Gothic revival structures found all over Swans and the western side of Mt Desert Island. We went thru very few iterations before arriving at the final design. The house purposely has 4 different exterior elevations. The entry or East elevation is the regional revival style facade, the South elevation has a more "craftsman/sea captains" appearance. The West elevation is meant to be the " summer house cottage" side when viewed from the water. And the North side is our current, funky Downeast side. There is a wonderful big bathtub that aligns with a big southern window looking out over the pink sand beach. This place and the clients are all a very happy memory. [show more]
Swans Island Library Northeast Harbor Library	Document, Projection, Architectural Drawing	Structures, Civic, Library	Roc Caivano	1993	Swans Island		Swans Island Library Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-1291 Type: Document, Projection, Architectural Drawing Subject: Structures, Civic, Library Creator: Roc Caivano Date: 1993 Place: Swans Island Description: Sketches, floor plan
A Map of Swans Island Northeast Harbor Library	Map	Places, Island	Augustus D. Phillips	1963	Swans Island		A Map of Swans Island Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-3599 Type: Map Subject: Places, Island Creator: Augustus D. Phillips Date: 1963 Place: Swans Island Description: Lists historical facts about specific places and boats.
Lindsay Cottage, Swans Island Northeast Harbor Library	Image, Photograph	Places, Island Structures, Dwellings Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage		ca. 1900	Swans Island		Lindsay Cottage, Swans Island Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-5145 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Places, Island Structures, Dwellings Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage Date: ca. 1900 Place: Swans Island Description: Mrs. W. B. Lindsay's cottage on Swans Island. Photo 1563 a: Exterior view of cottage Photo 1563 b: One corner of central hall showing part of stairway Photo 1563 c: One end of library and living room showing the mantle and fireplace Photo 1563 d: Another view of the hall

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