"Cottage Costing about $3,000. Stone foundation, shingled sides and roof. Designed as a Summer House by W.A. Bates." Page from "The House and Home - A Practical Book" by Dr. Lyman Abbott and others. Chapter XIV, House Building by Helen Churchill Candee, p. 66 - 1896
Description: "Cottage Costing about $3,000. Stone foundation, shingled sides and roof. Designed as a Summer House by W.A. Bates." Page from "The House and Home - A Practical Book" by Dr. Lyman Abbott and others. Chapter XIV, House Building by Helen Churchill Candee, p. 66 - 1896
Advertisement for Samuel Morse Downs' Cottage - The Edgecliff For Sale or Rent Advertisement appeared in "The Outlook" - A Weekly Newspaper and an Illustrated Monthly Magazine, Volume 83, May 5 - August 25, 1906. Advertisement reads: "Edgecliff A Charming Estate on Somes Sound Opposite North East Harbor, Mount Desert Five acres heavily wooded with spruce and fir. Most comfortable house of eight rooms with hardwood floors and large open fireplaces. Piazza twelve feet wide. Best water privlege [Sic] on the Sound. Best of plumbing and lake water. Stable for two horses. The combination of mountains, sea, and islands presents a view of surpassing beauty. For sale or to rent for the season. Price for the season very reasonable. Address S.M. Downs, Bellevue Hotel, Boston, Mass."
The Outlook - A Weekly Newspaper and an Illustrated Monthly Magazine
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Description: Advertisement for Samuel Morse Downs' Cottage - The Edgecliff For Sale or Rent Advertisement appeared in "The Outlook" - A Weekly Newspaper and an Illustrated Monthly Magazine, Volume 83, May 5 - August 25, 1906. Advertisement reads: "Edgecliff A Charming Estate on Somes Sound Opposite North East Harbor, Mount Desert Five acres heavily wooded with spruce and fir. Most comfortable house of eight rooms with hardwood floors and large open fireplaces. Piazza twelve feet wide. Best water privlege [Sic] on the Sound. Best of plumbing and lake water. Stable for two horses. The combination of mountains, sea, and islands presents a view of surpassing beauty. For sale or to rent for the season. Price for the season very reasonable. Address S.M. Downs, Bellevue Hotel, Boston, Mass." [show more]
"At 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. Calhoun in MAINE - 1994 "An escape to Acadia Park when the crowds have gone" in The Inquirer "Edwardian Elegance, Regal Comfort" in The Times Record - August 30, 2002
The Claremont Hotel Collection courtesy of the McCue Family
Description: "At 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. Calhoun in MAINE - 1994 "An escape to Acadia Park when the crowds have gone" in The Inquirer "Edwardian Elegance, Regal Comfort" in The Times Record - August 30, 2002 [show more]