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| Moore's Garage Co. and Bar Harbor Banking & Trust Co. Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Moore's Garage Co. and Bar Harbor Banking & Trust Co. Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: ...The photograph shows Gilley Plumbing Co. to the left of Moore's Garage, and an early location of the Bar Harbor Banking & Trust Company in the right portion... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... |
| 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. | ||
| Newspaper Clippings featuring the Claremont Hotel Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Newspaper Clippings featuring the Claremont Hotel Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: ...inn overlooking the sea, tradition has a capital T" from The Globe and Mail - September 21, 1994 "Claremont spruces up for another century" from The Bar...Harbor Times - August 18, 1994 "Visitor's guide to a lush Maine isle" from The New York Sunday Times -August 9, 1989 A write up by Charles C... File Attachments: 2068-001.pdf …CLAREMONT HOTEL IN MAINE At inn overlooking the sea 9 tradition has a capital T I Southwest Harbor, Me. …- T was searingly hot when I ar rived at the Claremont Hotel, a venerable hostelry overlooking Southwest Harbor, Me. …Another afternoon, we drove around Acadia National Park, then on to Bar Harbor to stroll around its boutiques and galleries, which are housed in old, renovated …Box 137-South west Harbor, Maine, 04679; tele phone (207) 244-5036. MATURE TRAVELLER - - - - - / - i 2068-002.pdf …The Bar Harbor Times August 18, 1994 Page A15 Claremont spruces up for another century by Julia Hinckley - The road into Southwest Harbor is awash …Page A16 The Bar Harbor Times August 18, 1994 CLAREMONT from page A15 enormous dump fees. …The recent boom of bed & breakfasts in Southwest Harbor, as well as an increase in competition all over the island , made it necessary for the Claremont …CLAREMON 1 Page A17 The Bar Harbor Times August 18, 1994 Owner Gertrude McCue from page A16 of glittering blue ocean flecked with the white of sails 2068-003.pdf …At the airport in Bangor, and at Bar Harbor Airport in V Trenton , there are Avis, Hertz and S Budget car rentals and taxis. …|available at the Chambers of Com Hi , i merce in Bar Harbor North least Harbor and Southwest Harbor, o 5V and the Park Visitor s Center at Hull 's cove …In Bar Harbor, the Bar Harbor Inn (207 288-3351 or 800-248-3351 ; $80 to $150 in high season ) looks out over Frenchman s Bay. …For a half day trip try Down East Whale Watch, Bar Harbor (288-3322), also $25. It leaves at 8: 30 A.M. or 2:15 P.M. 2068-004.pdf …Calhoun PHOTOGRAPHS BY THOMAS MARK SZELOG "Southwest Harbor's most memorable landmark , however, is what 1 would argue is Maine's best hotel, the vintage 2068-005.pdf …If it s sunny, we rent bicycles in Bar Harbor and head for Acadia s magnifi cent carriage paths, or take the mail ferry from Northeast Harbor to tiny …Perhaps an Bangor, the closest real city an hour aperitif at Bar Harbor s Opera House , northwest , or along the Park Loop Restaurant and Listening Room …The Acadia park en trance was only a short drive away , as was Bar Harbor , Leaving Acadia is always traumatic. …For information on the park, write to the Visitor s Center , Box 177, Bar Harbor , Maine 04609, or call 207 2884932. 2068-006.pdf …Regal comfort winM ftp CLAREMONT HOTEL THE CLAREMONT HOTEL in Southwest Harbor gives guests a taste of what summering in Maine meant during the first …The Claremont Hotel is approximately 155 miles from Portland in Southwest Harbor. Call 1-800-244-5036, or go online at www.theclaremonthotel.com. …SOUTHWEST HARBOR he view from the gentle hilltop where the Clare mont Hotel rises in its 19 th century glory is nothing less than magnif icent. …This single spot on the water s edge in Southwest Harbor is one of the first in the nation to greet each new day s rising sun . | |
| J.C. Ralph Studio on Main Street Looking South, Southwest Harbor Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  J.C. Ralph Studio on Main Street Looking South, Southwest Harbor Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: ...The First Masonic Hall, now 353 Main Street, Southwest Harbor - at the corner of Clark Point Road, - The Hall, built c. 1877 as Tremont Hall, was sold...the building, raised it, and rebuilt the first and second floors to achieve the building shown in all the pictures as the First Masonic Hall – See the Bar...Harbor Times, April 20, 1927, p. 7...These lamps did duty until the installation of electricity in the summer of 1917.” - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount... | |
| Mount Desert Congregational Church of Southwest Harbor Southwest Harbor Union Church Southwest Harbor Congregational Church Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Mount Desert Congregational Church of Southwest Harbor Southwest Harbor Union Church Southwest Harbor Congregational Church Southwest Harbor Public Library 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. …Bar Harbor, Maine: Acadia Publishing, 1988. Reprint edition by Southwest Harbor Public Library of original, 1938, edition. Pages :5-57, 159,162. 10. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. | ||
| 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. | ||
| 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... | ||
| 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. | |
| 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. | ||
| 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... | ||
| Judd Residence Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Judd Residence Northeast Harbor Library Description: ...specifications, sections, plan detail, foundation details, electrical & lighting plan, floor plans, building sections, elevations, garage, cabinetry-dining room, bar... | |
| George Ripley Fuller House Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  George Ripley Fuller House Southwest Harbor Public Library File Attachment: George Ripley Fuller House.pdf …The house, owned by a consortium represented by Bar Harbor resident Roc Caivano, was advertised for sale approximately two months ago to anyone who would …One, Marjorie Fuller of the Sonagee Nursing Home in Bar Harbor, had more than just a passing interest. …The house, owned by a consortium represented by Bar Harbor resident Roc Caivano, was advertised for sale approximately two months ago to anyone who would …One, Marjorie Fuller of the Sonagee Nursing Home in Bar Harbor, had more than just a passing interest. | ||
| 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. | ||
| 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. | ||
| 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 | ||
| Joseph B. Mason House Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Joseph B. Mason House Southwest Harbor Public Library File Attachment: Joseph B. Mason House.pdf …Mason House Address: 284 Main Street City: Southwest Harbor State: Maine Map and Lot Number: Map 6 Lot 72 Map: CS 1887 MASON JOSEPH MASON First …Bar Harbor Mount Desert Herald, October 1, 1881. "Sometimes a shoemaker came to the house and made shoes for all the family. William Lawler and J. B. …Mason had their shoemaking shops in their homes at Southwest Harbor." Thornton, p. 91. "Mr. Joseph B. …Bar Harbor Record, June 16, 1895. Owner Chain: The land at 284 Main Street was sold to Joseph B. |