Description: Building of Arts was built for the summer population of Bar Harbor. It was meant to be a place where music lovers and professional musicians from all over the country would come to entertain the summer colony. Members of the building committee included George Dorr, Mr. Vanderbilt and Mrs. Robert Abbe. Guy Lowell of Boston, Massachusetts, was chosen as architect for the building. It was finished in 1907 with a final cost of approximately $100,000. The opening concert was held on Saturday, July 13, 1907. Mme. Emma Eames and Mr. Emilio De Gogorza were soloists. Over the next 35 years the Building of Arts held concerts and shows by Ernest Schelling, Paderewski, Walter Damrosch, dancer Ted Shawn, Josef Hofmann, and many others, including celebrated stars from Hollywood and Broadway. By the end of this time period the building had fallen into disrepair and was sold in January 1943 to Earl D. and Charles A. Holt for $305.24. Just four years later in April 1947 the Holts sold the building to Consuello Sides of Boston and New York. The plan was to use it as a summer theater. In October 1947 the Building of Arts was destroyed by fire. See also: "Lost Bar Harbor," p. 110. "Bygone Bar Harbor - A Postcard Tour of Mount Desert Island and Acadia National Park," p. 16. "Maine Cottages: Fred L. Savage and the Architecture of Mount Desert," p. 232. [show more]
Description: The property at Spruce Point was purchased by Frederick Allen in 1841. He was the first person of African descent to own land in the area. His family of 12 lived on this property until the 1890s. Spruce Point was also referred to as Negro Point.
Description: 1 Comb bound book, Eben M. Hamor, researcher, Feb., 1909 Photocopied documents of Eden, a part of Mt. Desert and Plantation from 1776. Missing
Description: 1 Comb bound book, Eben M. Hamor, researcher, Feb., 1909 Photocopied documents of Eden, a part of Mt. Desert and Plantation from 1776. Missing
Description: Copied from the original by Leonard J. Thomas, only surviving son, September 10, 1885. This contains a narrative of the life of Nicholas Thomas, 78 years old.
Description: Town Report (covers missing) of all the selectmen , Board of Health, Road Commissioner, Overseer of the Poor, Treasurer and Collector, Town Clerk, School Committee & Superintendent.
Description: Letter from T. Searles for the Eden Board of Selectmen to the residents of the Town of Eden denying that M. C. Morrison, selectman, was intoxicated at an Automobile Hearing before the judiciary committee in Augusta.
Description: Blueprint, 53x36", of Hull's Cove, Eden, Hancock County, ME showing old settlers lots (unidentified). Shows 650 acre property of E. T. Hamor.
Description: Lot map, 32x26", showing the development plan for "High Head", off Western Bay, on property owned by the Bar Harbor and Mount Desert Island Investment Co. in the towns of Eden and Mount Desert.
Description: copy of Will page including trustee designation Regarding appointment of Eden Baptist Church trustees Samuel N. Rich and Edward S. Carpenter appointed