Description: ...She also talks about taking the "BarHarbor Express," a train from Washington D.C. up to a ferry which would complete the journey to BarHarbor...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...
Description: ...Esther Rodick interviews Ruth Grindle who talks about her life in Southwest Harbor...Neither of her parents were originally from the area, but her father moved to BarHarbor to work in a jewelry story before moving to Southwest Harbor to...Finally, she tells of how she finagled her way into meeting FDR when he visited Southwest Harbor...
Description: ...Before World War One, he worked in the Post Office in BarHarbor and saw the switch from horses to automobiles...After World War One, he worked in the customs office in Southwest Harbor for twelve years...Athol talks about walking out to "the small island in the middle of the harbor" for picnics, and having to be careful of the tide...
Description: ...The first Herrick to stay was Isaac who ran a tide mill in Southwest Harbor. Andrew grew up in the house that Isaac built...Andrew drove a truck for a gas company, living in BarHarbor and Ellsworth but was forced to stop that work in 1952 following a shoulder injury...He has many stories from his time in Southwest Harbor; the first car in the town, Beech Mountain priginally being called Herrick Mountain, finding bootleg...stories about Billy Tot, a man who worked as a cabin boy for Captain Norwood and eventually lived a primitive life on the edges of society near Southwest Harbor...
Description: Maine Historic Preservation Commission, Historic Building/Structure Survey #405-0836
File Attachment: MHPC 405-0836.pdf …In the meantime please note that the Southwest Harbor Architectural Survey Index and the Southwest Harbor Public Library Collection of Photographs Database …Narrative Description The Mount Desert Congregational Church of Southwest Harbor, commonly known as the Southwest Harbor Congregational Church, is a rectangular …Clark died on September 19, 1902 at Southwest Harbor, Maine. …BarHarbor, Maine: Acadia Publishing, 1988. Reprint edition by Southwest Harbor Public Library of original, 1938, edition. Pages :5-57, 159,162. 10.
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. BarHarbor: Acadia Publishing, 1988.
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 …BarHarbor Record. 16 October 1895. Identifies E.B . Homer as architect of new Public Library. Street, George E. Mount Desert, A History. Samuel A. …BarHarbor, Maine: Acadia Publishing, 1988. Reprint edition by Southwest Harbor Public Library of original, 1938, edition. Pages 111-118; 149. 10.
Description: Maine Historic Preservation Commission, Historic Building/Structure Survey #405-0024
File Attachment: MHPC 405-0024.pdf …Stratton kept an office in BarHarbor and had a mixed practice, which included a number of summer cottages. …He was also the architect of the BarHarbor Historical Society building. …The BarHarbor Record also provided the name of Robie M. …[Nell Carroll Thornton] Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine. BarHarbor: Acadia Publishing, 1988.
File Attachment: MHPC 405-0019.pdf …The name of the architect of the cottage, who was mentioned in the BarHarbor Record of March 22, 1888, P. H. …The floor has been replaced. 5 BarHarbor Record. 6. 15. 1895. …In 1895, when the BarHarbor 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. BarHarbor: Acadia Publishing, 1988.
"Cooper Family", Mrs. Marian Cooper Rogers Cottage
Southwest Harbor Public Library
Identifier:
swhpl-3025
Type:
Document, Report
Subject:
Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
Creator:
Thompson - Deborah Thompson
Date:
1998
Place:
Southwest Harbor
Description: Maine Historic Preservation Commission, Historic Building/Structure Survey #405-0028
File Attachment: MHPC 405-0028.pdf …Other reports appeared in the BarHarbor Record in 1895 (which supplied the name of the architect, James W. …The final published mention of the cottage dates from the BarHarbor Record in 1938, which reports on the remodeling by Mrs. Marion C. …Harbor Record 6.15. 1895. 11. 8.1895. 1.13.1 938. …[Nell Carroll Thornton) Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine. BarHarbor: Acadia Publishing, 1988.
Description: Maine Historic Preservation Commission, Historic Building/Structure Survey #405-0033
File Attachment: MHPC 405-0033.pdf …Harbor Record reported in May, 1929 on Mrs. …(The 1895 article in the BarHarbor Record listed in Section 9 below is a general survey of landmark buildings at Southwest Harbor.) …BarHarbor Record. 6. 15. 1895. 5.15. 1929. Ellsworth, Maine. Registry of Deeds. Book 411 Page 288. 9.23.1904. Henry Clark to Robet1 Kaighn. …[Nell Carroll Thornton] Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert, Maine. BarHarbor: Acadia Publishing, 1988.
Description: Maine Historic Preservation Commission, Historic Building/Structure Survey #405-0009
File Attachment: MHPC 405-0009.pdf …In the meantime please note that the Southwest Harbor Architectural Survey Index and the Southwest Harbor Public Library Collection of Photographs Database …Norwood, according to the BarHarbor Record of 30 January 1907. Robie M. Norwood (1873-1955) was a very talented builder-architect. …Harbor Record 10.3 1. 1906. 1.30.1907. …[Nell Carroll Thornton] Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine. BarHarbor: Acadia Publishing, 1988.
Description: Maine Historic Preservation Commission, Historic Building/Structure Survey #405-0003
File Attachment: MHPC 405-0003.pdf …In the meantime please note that the Southwest Harbor Architectural Survey Index and the Southwest Harbor Public Library Collection of Photographs Database …This cottage is referred to as a bungalow in the BarHarbor Record in December, 1930. …Scott "Bungalow," Hancock County, Maine Major Bibliographic References BarHarbor Record 12.24.1930. Ellsworth, Maine. …[Nell Carroll Thornton) Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine. BarHarbor: Acadia Publishing Co.
Description: Maine Historic Preservation Commission, Historic Building/Structure Survey #405-0030
File Attachment: MHPC 405-0030.pdf …In the meantime please note that the Southwest Harbor Architectural Survey Index and the Southwest Harbor Public Library Collection of Photographs Database …BarHarbor: V.F. …See The Redbook, Directory and Handbook, Northeast Harbor, Seal Harbor, Somesville, BarHarbor. Southwest Harbor and Adjacent Islands, 2000, C.C. …BarHarbor: Acadia Publishing, 1988, Reprint edition by Southwest Harbor Public Library of original, 1938, edition, Page 169. 10.
Description: Maine Historic Preservation Commission, Historic Building/Structure Survey #405-0041
File Attachment: MHPC 405-0041.pdf …In the meantime please note that the Southwest Harbor Architectural Survey Index and the Southwest Harbor Public Library Collection of Photographs Database …The other thing known about the house is that it received very extensive and handsome landscaping in 1892, which was described by the BarHarbor Record …Major Bibliographical References BarHarbor Record. 9. 15. 1892 [landscaping]. Ellsworth American. 5.20 and 8. 12. 1886. Ellsworth, Maine. …[Nell Carroll Thornton) Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine. BarHarbor: Acadia Publishing, 1988.
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 ...., (BarHarbor, 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. BarHarbor: Acadia Publishing, 1988.
Description: Maine Historic Preservation Commission, Historic Building/Structure Survey #405-0783
File Attachment: MHPC 405-0783.pdf …In the meantime please note that the Southwest Harbor Architectural Survey Index and the Southwest Harbor Public Library Collection of Photographs Database …The rear (southerly or harbor) gable projects forward beyond the main block of the house. …Major Bibliographical References BarHarbor Record, 11.12. 1902. Ellsworth, Maine. Hancock County Registry of Deeds. Book 372 Page 42. …[Nell Carroll Thornton] Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine. BarHarbor: Acadia Publishing, 1988.
Description: Maine Historic Preservation Commission, Historic Building/Structure Survey #405-0034
File Attachment: MHPC 405-0034.pdf …In the meantime please note that the Southwest Harbor Architectural Survey Index and the Southwest Harbor Public Library Collection of Photographs Database …Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Nathan Clark House, Hancock County, Maine Section 9 Major Bibliographic References Bar …Harbor Record. …BarHarbor, Maine: Acadia Publishing. 1988. Reprint edition by Southwest Harbor Public Library of original, 1938, edition. Page 167.
Description: Maine Historic Preservation Commission, Historic Building/Structure Survey #405-0046
File Attachment: MHPC 405-0046.pdf …In the meantime please note that the Southwest Harbor Architectural Survey Index and the Southwest Harbor Public Library Collection of Photographs Database …She called it "BarHarbor blue" and felt it was the perfect complement to the cedar shingles. …She was a benefactor of the Southwest Harbor Public Library and the SPCA, and devised the Rhoads House to the Town of Southwest Harbor, in memory of Charlotte …Carroll] Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine. BarHarbor: Acadia Publishing. 1988.
Description: Maine Historic Preservation Commission, Historic Building/Structure Survey #405-0171
File Attachment: MHPC 405-0171.pdf …In the meantime please note that the Southwest Harbor Architectural Survey Index and the Southwest Harbor Public Library Collection of Photographs Database …The house faces north towards the Clark Point Road and is situated on a small, irregular, lot between Harbor Road and Harbor View Avenue. …He settled in Southwest Harbor and soon after had this modest house built. …[Nell Carroll Thornton] Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine. BarHarbor: Acadia Publishing, 1988.
Description: Maine Historic Preservation Commission, Historic Building/Structure Survey #405-0796
File Attachment: MHPC 405-0796.pdf …In the meantime please note that the Southwest Harbor Architectural Survey Index and the Southwest Harbor Public Library Collection of Photographs Database …This house formerly had a view towards the harbor from its high bank on the north of the road. …[Nell Carroll] Thornton Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine. BarHarbor: Acadia Publishing, 1988. …Reprint edition by Southwest Harbor Public Library of original, 1938, edition. Page 166. 10.
Description: Maine Historic Preservation Commission, Historic Building/Structure Survey #405-0154
File Attachment: MHPC 405-0154.pdf …In the meantime please note that the Southwest Harbor Architectural Survey Index and the Southwest Harbor Public Library Collection of Photographs Database …Robinson of Southwest Harbor. …[Nell Carroll Thornton] Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine. BarHarbor: Acadia Publishing, 1988. …Reprint edition by Southwest Harbor Public Library of original, 1938, edition. Page 154. 10.
Hannah C. Lawrence and Thomas C. & Hannah L. Schuller Cottage
Southwest Harbor Public Library
Identifier:
swhpl-3212
Type:
Document, Report
Subject:
Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
Creator:
Thompson - Deborah Thompson
Date:
1999
Place:
Southwest Harbor
Description: Maine Historic Preservation Commission, Historic Building/Structure Survey #405-0792
File Attachment: MHPC 405-0792.pdf …In the meantime please note that the Southwest Harbor Architectural Survey Index and the Southwest Harbor Public Library Collection of Photographs Database …Thompson, Historic Resources Inventory of the Town of Southwest Harbor. Phase One. …[Nell Carroll Thornton) Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert island, Maine. BarHarbor: Acadia Publishing. …Reprint edition by Southwest Harbor Public Library of original, 1938, edition. 1988. Page 169. 10.
Description: Maine Historic Preservation Commission, Historic Building/Structure Survey #405-0834
File Attachment: MHPC 405-0834.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 Desert Island, Maine. BarHarbor Acadia Publishing, 1988. …Reprint edition by Southwest Harbor Public Library of original, 1938, edition. Page 158 [carpenter shop). Page 16 1 [house]. 10.