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| Southwest Harbor Elementary School Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Southwest Harbor Elementary School Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: Maine Historic Preservation Commission, Historic Building/Structure Survey #405-0080 File Attachment: MHPC 405-0080.pdf …Southwest Harbor separated from Tremont in 1905. …Conveyance of property from Southwest Harbor School District to Town of Southwest Harbor. Marshall, Jean. …"Southwest Harbor School-Pemetic and Harbor House." MS summarizing deed searches. Southwest Harbor Town Office. Thornton, Mrs. Seth S. …[Nell Carroll Thornton) Traditions and Records of [Southwest] Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine. Bar Harbor: Acadia Publishing, 1988. |
| Fernalds Point and Fernald Cove Bridge Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Fernalds Point and Fernald Cove Bridge Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: ...The postcard was printed by the Albertype Company for Bar Harbor stationer E.F. Teague to sell in his shop... | ||
| J.C. Ralph Studio and Store Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  J.C. Ralph Studio and Store Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: ...Ralph Studio and Store, on Main Street in Southwest Harbor, proclaimed itself, "Eyeglasses and Spectacles - Jeweler and Optician."...Ralph moved from Bar Harbor to Southwest Harbor in 1888 to open a jewelry window in J.T.R. Freeman's store...Over the course of his 22-year tenure in Southwest Harbor, this ambitious man established many businesses...As described in the newspaper, Ralph never...-“Mount Desert Island - Somesville, Southwest Harbor, and Northeast Harbor” by Earle G. Shettleworth Jr. and Lydia B... File Attachment: J.C. Ralph Studio and Store.pdf …- Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine by Mrs. Seth S. …Ralph moved from Bar Harbor to Southwest Harbor in 1888 to open a jewelry window in J.T.R. Freeman's store. …As described in the newspaper, Ralph never walked when he could run." - Mount Desert Island - Somesville, Southwest Harbor, and Northeast Harbor …Desert IslandA Brief Sketch of the History, Homes and Industries of that Enterprising VillageThe Bar Harbor Record, p. 1, 5, 6 Saturday, June 15, | ||
| Southwest Harbor Public Library, MHPC Survey Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Southwest Harbor Public Library, MHPC Survey Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: Maine Historic Preservation Commission, Historic Building/Structure Survey #405-0001 File Attachment: MHPC 405-0001.pdf …In the meantime please note that the Southwest Harbor Architectural Survey Index and the Southwest Harbor Public Library Collection of Photographs Database …NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section 8 Southwest Harbor Public Library, Hancock County, Maine The Southwest Harbor Public Library …Bar Harbor Record. 16 October 1895. Identifies E.B . Homer as architect of new Public Library. Street, George E. Mount Desert, A History. Samuel A. …Bar Harbor, Maine: Acadia Publishing, 1988. Reprint edition by Southwest Harbor Public Library of original, 1938, edition. Pages 111-118; 149. 10. |
| White - Leslie Frank White Sr. (1891-1967) Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  White - Leslie Frank White Sr. (1891-1967) Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: ...(Ash) Richardson, on July 20, 1914 in Southwest Harbor, Maine. They were the parents of six children, among them, Leslie Frank White Jr. (1921-2010)...Leslie married second Margaret Brewer (1894-1983), daughter of Everett Kimball Brewer and Nellie Josephine (Leland) Brewer, on May 22, 1953 in Bar Harbor...Leslie Frank White Sr. died on May 14, 1967 in Southwest Harbor, Maine. “Les” White built the original Harbor View Motel... | ||
| William Patch Dickey Cottage Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  William Patch Dickey Cottage Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: ...One cottage of the twin cottages that were the first built by rusticators in Southwest Harbor, Maine... File Attachment: William Patch Dickey Cottage - T.pdf …Farnham of Bangor about 1882 and were the first summer cottages to be built in Southwest Harbor or west of Bar Harbor. …In 1868, the Boston merchant Alpheus Hardy built the first summer cottage in Bar Harbor. Almost 15 years later, W.P. Dickey and Col. Augustus B. …- Mount Desert Island - Somesville, Southwest Harbor, and Northeast Harbor by Earle G. Shettleworth Jr. and Lydia B. …In 1888, their daughter, Miss Virginia Dickey of Bangor stayed at the Grand Central Hotel in Bar Harbor during the week of August 9. | ||
| Eugene M. Norwood Square Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Eugene M. Norwood Square Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: ...The square is at the junction of Main Street and Seal Cove Road, Southwest Harbor, Maine... File Attachment: Eugene M. Norwood Square.pdf …Norwood Post, No. 169, of the American Legion of Southwest Harbor is named for him as is the Eugene M. …Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, p. 102 - 1938. …Norwood Square, Bar Harbor Times, June 6, 1923, p. 6. 2007: 88 years after Eugene's death, the memorial honoring him was still beautifully planted and …Harbor. | ||
| Augustus Bowman Farnham Cottage Mary S. Snow Cottage Grey Rock Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Description: ...One cottage of the twin cottages that were the first built by rusticators in Southwest Harbor, Maine, the other built by W.P. Dickey... File Attachment: Augustus Bowman Farnham Cottage - T.pdf …Farnham of Bangor about 1882 and were the first summer cottages to be built in Southwest Harbor or west of Bar Harbor. …In 1868, the Boston merchant Alpheus Hardy built the first summer cottage in Bar Harbor. Almost 15 years later, W.P. Dickey and Col. Augustus B. …Miss Safford is in Europe where she will spend the summer in traveling." - The Bar Harbor Times, June 4, 1924, p. 8. …Bar Harbor Times, July 1, 1925. Devised to Virginia L. | ||
| Walls - Franze Earl Walls (1890-1964) Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Walls - Franze Earl Walls (1890-1964) Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: ...(Lurvey) Walls in Tremont (Southwest Harbor), Maine. Franze married Rena M. Donnell (1891-1985), daughter of Henry A. Donnell and Lillian B...Franze Earl Walls died on December 13, 1964 in Southwest Harbor, Maine... File Attachment: Walls_-_Franz_Earl_Walls.pdf …The nearest stores were in Bar Harbor and Ellsworth. It was illegal but it was pretty Earle Leonard Boomer (1904-1957) Edna Milligan, Mrs. …Wimpy was so shook up he decided to go to Bar Harbor to the liquor store to get something to calm his nerves. …It was probably a good thing that he didn t get to Bar Harbor because that evening he would have been drunk. …Harmon Block, 339 Main Street, Map 6 Lot 93, Southwest Harbor. | ||
| The Warren Derby Stanley House as Hearthstone Tea Room Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  The Warren Derby Stanley House as Hearthstone Tea Room Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: ...." – Bar Harbor Times, July 3, 1952. The Hearthstone was open as early as 1950... | ||
| The Cedars The Sylvester B. Brown House Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Description: ...Scott will continue to let the remainder of her rooms to transients as usual.” – The Bar Harbor Times, Wednesday, June 10, 1925. “Mr. and Mrs...James Scott of The Cedars.” – The Bar Harbor Times, Wednesday, June 17, 1925 “Mr. and Mrs. Walter M....” – The Bar Harbor Times, Wednesday, August 19, 1925 Lizzie Lord sold “The Cedars” to Richard G. and Barbara Wallace Robinson on July 10, 1956...Juanita Esther (Dorr) Wilson died on December 18, 1997 in Southwest Harbor, Maine... | ||
| Dinner Doily Signed by Officers and Guests at Great Pond CCC Camp Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Dinner Doily Signed by Officers and Guests at Great Pond CCC Camp Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: ...Reginald Ingalls (1906-1974) - Superintendent - Technical Personnel Born in Bar Harbor Technical Personnel Superintendent, Company 154, Bar Harbor...Shea – mason contractor in Bar Harbor Married Abbie Louise Peach (1886-) Technical Personnel, Assistant Superintendent, Company 158, Southwest Harbor...Harbor, Maine Married Annie T...Blaine Campbell (1892-1950) Born August 10, 1892 in Maine Married Pheobe Adelaide Marshall (1892-1986) Died on June 4, 1950 in Bar Harbor, Maine Technical... | |
| Stanley - Ralph Warren Stanley (1929-2021) Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Stanley - Ralph Warren Stanley (1929-2021) Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: ...mentor to all who share these interests, has been recognized by the government of the United States, the State of Maine and the citizens of Southwest Harbor... File Attachment: Stanley - Ralph Warren Stanley (1929-2021).pdf …Stanley Chester Warren Stanley (1900-1971) Mother: Robinson Bertha Emily (Robinson) Stanley (1901-1968) Birth Date: February 9, 1929 Born at: Bar …Preble (1910-1991) Wedding Date: September 22, 1956 Wedding Place: Southwest Harbor Congregational Church, Southwest Harbor, Maine Occupation: Boatbuilder …ME - SWH Main Street 376 Home: William Doane Stanley House ME - SWH Clark Point Road 102-104 Death Date: December 7, 2021 Death Place: Bar …Stanley was born February 9, 1929, in Bar Harbor, on Maine's Mt. Desert Island. | ||
| Byron Bide Lewis Robinson and Walter Hill Walking to Greening Island on the Ice Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Byron Bide Lewis Robinson and Walter Hill Walking to Greening Island on the Ice Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: ...." - The Bar Harbor Times, January 29, 1981, p. 5... | |
| Alexandra Cottage - Dr. Abigail Mary (Redman) Fulton Cottage Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Alexandra Cottage - Dr. Abigail Mary (Redman) Fulton Cottage Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: ...Abigail Mary Redman Fulton Cottage, built in Southwest Harbor, Maine, in 1888, was one of several houses that were built between 1885 and 2002 inspired... File Attachment: Dr. Abigail Mary Redman Fulton Cottage.pdf …The Bar Harbor Record, March 24, 1887. Southwest Harbor Hillside Cottage Dr. Alex Fulton and wife, Ellsworth. …The Bar Harbor Record, July 14, 1887 In 1888 the Fultons contracted to build Highland Cottage in Southwest Harbor. P.H. …Fulton s that are in the market The Bar Harbor Record, March 22, 1888. …The Bar Harbor Record, April 12, 1888 Southwest Harbor Mrs. Dr. | |
| Clark - Henry Higgins Clark (1811-1897) aka Deacon Clark Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Clark - Henry Higgins Clark (1811-1897) aka Deacon Clark Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: ...For a fascinating description of Deacon Clark and the Island House, written by a man who knew him as a child, see “Recollections of Southwest Harbor, Maine...In 1871 in Southwest Harbor, Maine, he filled these functions: Insurance Agent, Steamboat Agent, Herring Dealer, Proprietor of the Island House Hotel,... File Attachment: Clark – Henry Higgins Clark (1811-1897) - T.pdf …Clark of Southwest Harbor used to tell often that in 1836 he walked from Southwest Harbor to Castine, a distance of more than forty miles, to buy his wedding …He started teaching school in Bar Harbor at the age of 17 where his job entailed not only imparting knowledge but janitorial services as well, some of …While he was still teaching school in Bar Harbor he joined the Baptist Church, and he remained an active Christian throughout his life. …Clark: Active Nineteenth Century Entrepreneur At SWH by LaRue Spiker, The Bar Harbor Times Thursday, February 4, 1965 | ||
| The Carroll Family Goodbye to Nell Rebecca (Carroll) Thornton at Steamboat Wharf Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  The Carroll Family Goodbye to Nell Rebecca (Carroll) Thornton at Steamboat Wharf Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: ...Seth Sprague Thornton, is leaving Southwest Harbor at Steamboat Wharf for her home in Houlton, Maine...Nell would have travelled by steamship from SWH by way of Bar Harbor to meet the Maine Central Railroad at Hancock Point... |
| Great Pond Camp, Company 158 - Civilian Conservation Corp Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Great Pond Camp, Company 158 - Civilian Conservation Corp Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: ...The Great Pond Camp in Southwest Harbor operated from 1933-1941...“The Southwest Harbor camp was opened about May, 1933 with enrollees erecting and living in tents while construction of the roll roofing covered barracks...The camp was located at the height of ground on the west side of the road leading from Southwest Harbor village to the south end of Great Pond [Long Pond... File Attachment: CCC – Company 158 - SWH - T.pdf …Camp Date Founded: 1932 Date Built: 1933 Other locations: CCC Company 154 BH Civilian Conservation Corps - Company 154 Eagle Lake Camp ME Bar …Harbor McFarland Hill Drive - 022 In 1932 Franklin D. …In June 1933, Company 158 (NP-2) established a work camp on Great [Long] Pond near Southwest Harbor. …Coffin Brown, Olmstead Center for Landscape Preservation, p. 122137, 2006 The Eagle Lake CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) camp (NP-1), Company 154, at Bar | ||
| Gordon & White Garage Howard E. Robinson Garage Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Description: ...The Gordon & White garage, on Main Street in Southwest Harbor, was an Esso station and sold Fords, Mercurys and Kiekhaefer Mercury outboard motors... File Attachment: Gordon & White Garage.pdf …Garage Car Dealer Address: 322-326-330 Main Street City: Southwest Harbor State: Maine Map and Lot: Map 6 Lot 44-1 44-6 Map: ROB 1951 GORDON …Original Owner: Robinson Howard Ernest Robinson (1896-1972) Date Built: 1928 The Gordon & White garage, on Main Street in Southwest Harbor, was an …Bar Harbor Times, January 1928. …of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine by Mrs. | ||
| The Snow Owl - Stuffed Owl in Collection of Wendell Holmes Gilley Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  The Snow Owl - Stuffed Owl in Collection of Wendell Holmes Gilley Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: ...." – Bar Harbor Times, February, 1931... |
| Fred Sydney Mayo House Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Fred Sydney Mayo House Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: ...." - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 151... File Attachment: Fred Sidney Mayo House - T.pdf …House History Fred Sidney Mayo House Address: 8 Wesley Avenue formerly Church Lane City: Southwest Harbor State: Maine Map and Lot Number: Map 6 …Mayo built his house in 1922-23 and his shop in 1926." - Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine by …Mayo as a residence on Church Lane, near his father's home." - Bar Harbor Times, August 2, 1922, p. 8. | ||
| The Causeway, Norwood's Cove Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  The Causeway, Norwood's Cove Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: ..."The long contemplated scheme of bridging the dam across Norwood cove, Southwest Harbor, shutting in the tide waters for a swimming and boating pool, is...The slate legislature will be petitioned, and if a charter is granted work will begin on the dam in the spring." - Bar Harbor Record, December 21, 1898... | ||
| Interview of Henry and Elizabeth Guthrie Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Interview of Henry and Elizabeth Guthrie Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: ...She also talks about taking the "Bar Harbor Express," a train from Washington D.C. up to a ferry which would complete the journey to Bar Harbor...The Guthries were always just summer people, but felt that they belonged in Southwest Harbor and were very complimentary of the people they met in town... | |
| Ralph Stanley Inc. Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Ralph Stanley Inc. Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: ...After earning an associate's degree from a college in northern Maine, Stanley returned to Southwest Harbor... File Attachment: Ralph W. Stanley Inc.pdf …Stanley was born February 9, 1929, in Bar Harbor, on Maine's Mt. Desert Island. …Stanley grew up in the small island community of Southwest Harbor. …After earning an associate's degree from a college in northern Maine, Stanley returned to Southwest Harbor. …Historical Society Tremont Historical Society Southwest Harbor Historical Society Fellow of the G.W. | ||
| Masonic Hall Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Masonic Hall Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: ....” - Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton p. 151 - 1938...The Old Masonic Hall, then known as Tremont Hall, appears in the History of the Southwest Harbor Public Library in 1895...stores in the basement of the Masonic Hall where he was in business until failing health forced him to retire.” - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor...The lodge members renamed the building, raised it, and rebuilt the first and second floors to achieve the building shown here. – See the Bar Harbor Times... |