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| 1922 Southwest Harbor Fire Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  1922 Southwest Harbor Fire Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: ...Main Street in Southwest Harbor was devastated by fire on March 27, 1922...Newspaper accounts of the fire reported estimated losses of $150,000 and that the Southwest Harbor Volunteer Fire Company, “did remarkable work, considering...Bar Harbor and Northeast Harbor firemen also responded, but the roads were considerably different from today and it took the Bar Harbor department, “four...“Had the roads been in anything like fair condition it is the unanimous opinion that the truck from Bar Harbor would have been able to save the Odd Fellows... | ||
| 1951 Map and Cottage Directory of Southwest Harbor, Maine Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  1951 Map and Cottage Directory of Southwest Harbor, Maine Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: ...Directory of Southwest Harbor, Maine compliments of L.S. Robinson Co. Real Estate - Insurance... File Attachment: L.S. Robinson 1951 - Index.pdf …SOUTHWEST HARBOR, MAINE King, Stanwood King, Mrs. Susie Knox, Thomas Knowles, William Krantz, Oscar 476. Insurance and Real Estate Tel. S. W. …Ballard, Anchor Light Studio Bar Harbor Banking & Trust Co. …Southwest Boat CorPSouthwest Harbor Motor Co. Spahr, Boyd Lee 593. 107. 407. | |
| Adoniram Judson Robinson House Chester Warren Stanley House Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  File Attachment: Adoniram Judson Robinson House - T.pdf …House History Adoniram Judson Robinson House Ralph Judson Robinson House Ralph Warren Stanley - 1st Workshop Address: 376 Main Street City: Southwest Harbor …Bar Harbor Times, March 22, 1922. Robinson - Ralph Judson Robinson (1870-1923) The barn at the Adoniram Judson Robinson House served many purposes. …and, away from his workshop, painted the Freeman Elementary School (later Harbor House.) …Ralph was also a drummer and his workshop offered the Southwest Harbor Band a place to practice. | ||
| A.E. Parker Wharf and Boat Shop Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  A.E. Parker Wharf and Boat Shop Southwest Harbor Public Library File Attachment: A.E. Parker Wharf and Boat Shop.pdf …Address 168 Clark Point Road City Southwest Harbor State Maine Map and Lot: Map 4 Lot 29 Map - ROB 1951 SW BOAT CORP Original Owner …- The Bar Harbor Times, September 9, 1925. Southwest Harbor A.E. | ||
| Albert Wilson Bee Cottage Sleepy Hollow By-the-Sound Barton Haxall Grundy Cottage, "Journey's End" Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Albert Wilson Bee Cottage Sleepy Hollow By-the-Sound Barton Haxall Grundy Cottage, "Journey's End" Southwest Harbor Public Library File Attachment: Albert Wilson Bee Cottage.pdf …Bee was a newspaper agent in Boston, who established a branch store offering newspapers, stationary, fruit, and confections in Bar Harbor during the summer …The Bar Harbor Record, March 29, 1888. The builder was probably Seth W. …Bee s new summer home at Southwest Harbor. …From the extensive verandas there are charming views of the mountains and ocean, and every boat arriving at Southwest Harbor or Northeast Harbor can be | ||
| 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. | |
| 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 File Attachment: MHPC 405-0019.pdf …The name of the architect of the cottage, who was mentioned in the Bar Harbor Record of March 22, 1888, P. H. …The floor has been replaced. 5 Bar Harbor Record. 6. 15. 1895. …In 1895, when the Bar Harbor Record published its description of the attractions of Southwest Harbor, Dr. …[Nell Carroll Thornton] Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine. Bar Harbor: Acadia Publishing, 1988. |
| Andrew Hopewell Hepburn Cottage McCandlish Cottage Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  File Attachment: Andrew Hopewell Hepburn Cottage.pdf …House History Andrew Hopewell Hepburn Cottage Address: 20 Town Wharf Way City: Southwest Harbor State: Maine Map and Lot Number: Map 4 Lot 39 Map: …Hepburn is a member of Perry, Shaw and Hepburn, Architects of Boston." - "Bar Harbor Times," October 11, 1945, p. 9. …Bar Harbor Times, November 8, 1945, p. 10. "Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Hepburn have arrived to settle the furniture in their new home." …Bar Harbor Times, May 29, 1947, p. 7. Owner Chain: Land at 20 Town Wharf Way acquired by Rosamond S. | ||
| Andrew Tarr House Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Andrew Tarr House Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: Maine Historic Preservation Commission, Historic Building/Structure Survey #405-0858 File Attachment: MHPC 405-0858.pdf …Maine Historic Preservation Commission Historic Building Survey Southwest Harbor 1997-2000 Written by Deborah Thompson assisted by Mary Jones Corrected …In the meantime please note that the Southwest Harbor Architectural Survey Index and the Southwest Harbor Public Library Collection of Photographs Database …[Nell Carroll Thornton] Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Deserl Island, Maine. …Bar Harbor, Maine: Acadia Publishing, 1988. Reprint edition by Southwest Harbor Public Library of original, 1938, edition. |
| Andy's Little Store Andy's Restaurant Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  File Attachment: Andy’s Little Store and Restaurant.pdf …Business History Andy s Little Store Andy s Restaurant MDI, Southwest Harbor, Main Street, 432 Convenience store. lunch room and restaurant. …Address: 432 Main Street City: Southwest Harbor State: Maine Map and Lot: Map 3 Lot 50 Map: Rob 1951 - Andy's Little Store Date Founded: 1946 Duration …Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine (Southwest Harbor Public Library, 1938, 1988 Reprint), 176. …Robbins mortgages [1127-270 and 1159-18] foreclosed by Bar Harbor Banking and Trust 1/15/1974 [1184-78]; Sold to Robert J. and Annette B. | ||
| Anson I. Holmes Cottage Kingsleigh Inn Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Description: Maine Historic Preservation Commission, Historic Building/Structure Survey #405-0158 File Attachment: MHPC 405-0158.pdf …In the meantime please note that the Southwest Harbor Architectural Survey Index and the Southwest Harbor Public Library Collection of Photographs Database …harbor. …Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville ...., (Bar Harbor, 1988), 149. NATIONAL REGISTER CONTINUATION SHEET, Section 8 A.I. …[Nell Carroll Thornton] Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine. Bar Harbor: Acadia Publishing, 1988. |
| 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. | ||
| Bar Harbor Bank & Trust Company and United States Post Office in the John Lawler Commercial Building Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Bar Harbor Bank & Trust Company and United States Post Office in the John Lawler Commercial Building Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: ...On the left side is the Bar Harbor Banking & Trust Company - Southwest Harbor Branch...On the right side (to the right of the Post Office box is The United States Post Office at Southwest Harbor..."The Salisbury building which now houses the local branch of the Bar Harbor Banking and Trust Company, the post office and a plumbing shop, was built by...Salisbury in 1933-4." - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S... |
| Bar Harbor Times article, July 3, 1980. Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Bar Harbor Times article, July 3, 1980. Wendell Gilley Museum Description: ...., Southwest Harbor) prior to the museum's construction... | |
| Beal's Bowling Spa Opened Last Week in Southwest Harbor Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Beal's Bowling Spa Opened Last Week in Southwest Harbor Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: ...Full page advertisement on page 6 in the March 18, 1948 Bar Harbor Times. The two photographs in the ad were taken by Willis Ballard... | |
| Beal's Fish Wharf Fred Fernald Lobster Business B.R. Simmons Lobster Business H.R. Beal & Sons Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Beal's Fish Wharf Fred Fernald Lobster Business B.R. Simmons Lobster Business H.R. Beal & Sons Southwest Harbor Public Library File Attachment: Fred Fernald Lobster Business.pdf …Beal & Sons Address: 182 Clark Point Road City: Southwest Harbor State: Maine Map and Lot: Map 4: Lot 35 Map: ROB 1951 BEALS FISH WHARF Duration: At …Bowling Alley ME: SWH Clark Point Road Beal s Bowling 1922: "Islesford Waterfront News Two lobster smacks, Speedwell and Onaway, were in the harbor …The Bar Harbor Times, November 29, 1922. …Simmons who sold to Harvard Beal in 1937." - Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine by Mrs. | ||
| 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... | |
| Carroll - Nellie Rebecca (Carroll) Thornton (1871-1958) Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Carroll - Nellie Rebecca (Carroll) Thornton (1871-1958) Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: ...Nellie is remembered with love and gratitude by generations of Southwest Harbor and Mount Desert Island residents, genealogists and historians from here...and "from away" for her 1938 book, popularly known as, "Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor," a complete and detailed record of the history of...Besides writing the definitive history of Southwest Harbor and its inhabitants she was wrote the social notes for the town that appeared in the Bar Harbor...She made photograph albums for many family members, many of whom have shared her photographs with the Southwest Harbor Public Library... File Attachment: Carroll_-_Nellie_Rebecca_[Carroll]_Thornton_[1871-1958].pdf …Besides writing the definitive history of Southwest Harbor and its inhabitants she was wrote the social notes for the town that appeared in the Bar Harbor …Nellie Rebecca (Carroll) Thornton died on February 3, 1958 in Bar Harbor, Maine. …Obituary Bar Harbor Times Thursday, February 6, 1958 Prominent SWH Woman Succumbs At Age 86 Mrs. Nellie C. Thornton, 86, author of a Mt. …She was Southwest Harbor news correspondent for the Bar Harbor Times for many years. | ||
| C.E. Clement’s Boat Shop Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  C.E. Clement’s Boat Shop Southwest Harbor Public Library File Attachment: C.E. Clement Boat Builders.pdf …Here and at Northeast Harbor are moored many pleasure craft whose owners reside at Bar Harbor and name that as their home port. A.E. …- The Bar Harbor Times, September 9, 1925. Chester Clement wasn t a very good bookkeeper. …Bar Harbor Times, April 20, 1927. 1927: "C.E. …Bar Harbor Times, April 20, 1927. "Chester Clement bought the place in [1925,] I think it was. | ||
| Chalet-du-Grand-Pré Frances (Pepper) Scott Cottage Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  File Attachment: Chalet-du-Grand-Pré.pdf …Bar Harbor Times, June 15, 1927. The Grand PreTea House ran for four years, from the summer of 1927 through the summer of 1930. Eleanor L. …Bar Harbor Times, July 2, 1930. - Eleanor Lucille Clark (1907-1998), daughter of Roderick Pepper Clark and Grace Clark (Carroll) Clark, later Mrs. …Daily Season June 23 to September 6, 1930 Bar Harbor Times, August 27. 1930 "Grand Pre Tea House Will Not Open Again The tea house at Grand Pre …Bar Harbor Times, September 10, 1930. Frances (Pepper) Scott died on May 30, 1942. Lowrie, Sarah Dickson. | ||
| Chester Eben Clement House Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Chester Eben Clement House Southwest Harbor Public Library File Attachment: Chester Eben Clement House.pdf …House History Chester Eben Clement House ME - SWH Forest Avenue - 017 Address: 17 Forest Avenue City: Southwest Harbor State - Maine Map and Lot Number …Bar Harbor Times, July 11, 1923. Owner Chain: The land at 15 Forest Avenue was sold by John H. | ||
| 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 | ||
| Clark - Seth Higgins Clark (1816-1896) Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Clark - Seth Higgins Clark (1816-1896) Southwest Harbor Public Library File Attachment: Clark – Seth Higgins Clark (1816-1896).pdf …Seth Higgins Clark (1816-1896) Father: Nathan Clark II (1780-1848) Mother: Mercy Higgins (1787-1868) Birth Date: 1816 Born at: Tremont, (Southwest Harbor …Clark (1817-1899) Spouse Parents: Benjamin Ward Jr. (1792-1866) and Margaret Dolliver (1798-1879) Wedding Date: January 22, 1839 Wedding Place: Eden (Bar …Harbor), Maine Occupation: 1880 Census - Seth Higgins Clark , 61, a "Boat Agent," lived in Tremont, Maine. …Cemetery: Clark Family Burying Ground, Southwest Harbor, Maine Vessels: Author: Charlotte R. | ||
| 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... | |
| E.A. Lawler Paint Company Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  E.A. Lawler Paint Company Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: Lawler purchased the building in 1923. The other half of the building was occupied by the Robinson Brother's Automobile Accessories salesroom File Attachment: E.A._Lawler_Paint_Company.pdf …Store Robinson Brothers Automobile Accessories Coastline Construction ME - SWH Clark Point Road 040 Address: 40 Clark Point Road City: Southwest Harbor …- Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine by Mrs. Seth S. …The other side is occupied by Robinson Brothers as a salesroom for automobile accessories and they are to remain there." - Bar Harbor Times, May 9, 1923 …Clark, is a descendant of the first Clark settler in Southwest Harbor." The Ellsworth American, Wednesday, February 28, 1947. |