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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... | ||
| Steamboat Wharf at Southwest Harbor Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Steamboat Wharf at Southwest Harbor Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: ...“Summer tourists who enter Mount Desert by the way of South-west Harbor are liable to receive very unfavorable impressions of this beautiful island...By crossing the harbor to the Ocean House, the view of the mountains may indeed be regained, yet the prospect from the east side is tame.” - Rambles in... File Attachment: Steamboat Wharf at Southwest Harbor.pdf …Business History Steamboat Wharf at Southwest Harbor Address: 184 Clark Point Road City: Southwest Harbor State: Maine Map and Lot: Map 4 Lot 35-1 …the night at Deacon Clark's and taking an all-day ride by team to Bar Harbor where a resident of that town gave them hospitable treatment for a few days …Desert in the early 1850s next to Steamboat Wharf in Southwest Harbor and then moved to what is now Bass Harbor in 1889. …when the summer tourists began to come to Mount Desert in great numbers and every boat in early summer brought crowds of passengers for Southwest and Bar | ||
| Southwest Harbor High School Freeman Grammar School Harbor House Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  File Attachment: SWH High School - Freeman Grammar School.pdf …School History Freeman Grammar School Southwest Harbor High School Harbor House Address: 329 Main Street City: Southwest Harbor State: Maine Map and Lot …Stanley" "In 1906 the Southwest Harbor schoolhouse was sold to George Harmon of Bar Harbor who bought the adjoining lot to the south, moved the building …When the high school at Southwest Harbor, later the Harbor House building, was first constructed it was smaller than it appears today. …Harbor school building. | ||
| George A. Neal House James Lawton House Danforth Marcyes House Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Description: ...In 2017 this was the site of the Bar Harbor Bank and Trust Building... File Attachment: Danforth Marcyes House.pdf …George Arthur Neal House Address: 314 Main Street City: Southwest Harbor State: Maine Map: Map 6 Lot 45 First Owner: Marcyes - Danforth Pond Marcyes …He was in charge of the Custom House here for a long time, moving to Bar Harbor when his duties there were over. His son-in-law, James J. …Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, p. 147 - 1938. | ||
| Howe D. Higgins House Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Howe D. Higgins House Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: ...Higgin's father, Fenelon Higgins of Bar Harbor is foreman of the work." Vol...I - History of Southwest Harbor – Oct. 16, 1921 to Jan. 9, 1924, #354, Pg. 94, August 8, 1923... File Attachment: Howe D. Higgins House.pdf …House History Howe Dwain Higgins House ME SWH Clark Point Road - 086 Address: 86 Clark Point Road City: Southwest Harbor State: Maine Map and …- Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 175. | ||
| 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. | ||
| 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, | ||
| 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 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... | ||
| 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. | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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. | ||
| 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... | ||
| 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... | ||
| The Tweed Shop Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  The Tweed Shop Southwest Harbor Public Library File Attachment: Tweed Shop.pdf …Bar Harbor hosted "Olive's Tweed Shop" or the "Bar Harbor Tweed Shop" at various times from at least 1945 to 1968. …Seal Harbor 100 Bar Harbor Times, July 18, 1940. "Ritchie Imports, Ltd. Southwest Harbor Main Street 735 Madison Ave., N.Y. …Ritchie 735 Madison Avenue, New York" - Bar Harbor Times July 21, 1949. …of friends." - Bar Harbor Times March 14, 1957. | ||
| Lawlor Ice Business Benjamin M. Robinson Ice Pond Henry E. Tracy Ice Pond Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Lawlor Ice Business Benjamin M. Robinson Ice Pond Henry E. Tracy Ice Pond Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: In the 21st Century we may think of ice as something that comes out of the doors of our refrigerator or a nice skating surface in an indoor rink, but, in the 18th and early 19th centuries the ice business produced a very necessary product and employed many people. See: “Ice Harvesting Sampler” DVD, produced by Northeast Historic Film, Black & White, NTSC, 33 minutes - 1994. This “compilation of newsreel and amateur footage of ice harvesting operations in Maine includes ice-house interiors with massive ice blocks being maneuvered at high speed, and horse teams delivering ice to brownstones in Boston.” “America’s Icemen: An Illustrative History of the United States Natural Ice Industry 1665-1925” by Joseph C. Jones Jr., published by Jobeco Books, 1984. “The American Ice Harvests: A Historical Study in Technology, 1800-1918” by Richard O. Cummings, published by the University of Calfornia Press, 1949. [show more] File Attachment: Benjamin M. Robinson Ice Pond.pdf …near the center of the town on the road to McKinley, but efficient work on the part of the fire Department protected the surrounding property." - The Bar …Harbor; Dep. …Sheriff Lyle Reed of McKinley." - The Bar Harbor Times, Thursday, December 18, 1947. "C.W. …." - The Bar Harbor Times, Thursday, December 18, 1947. The town of Southwest Harbor acquired Chris's Pond on March 4, 1957 at the Town Meeting. | ||
| 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. |