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13162Musgrave Tea Tower
  • Reference
  • Structures, Tower
  • Bar Harbor
  • 30 Atlantic Ave
A landmark along the Shore Path was the Musgrave Tea Tower. In 1881, New York banker Thomas Musgrave built Edgemere, a Shingle-style cottage designed by William R. Emerson. Five years later he added a second cottage, Mare Vista, to his property. Musgrave's tower contained a second-floor tearoom and an attached bowling alley and dance hall." - "Bar Harbor" by Earle G. Shettleworth Jr., Postcard Series, Arcadia Publishing, Charleston, South Carolina, 2011, p. 50. The Musgrave Tea Tower was built by Thomas Bateson Musgrave (1831-1903) and his wife, Frances 'Fannie' Eleanor (Jones) Musgrave. Archivists researching the life of the Musgraves embark upon a sea of stories combining opulence, litigation and controversy.
Musgrave Tea Tower
Item:
  • 13162   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Tower
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 30 Atlantic Ave
Description:
A landmark along the Shore Path was the Musgrave Tea Tower. In 1881, New York banker Thomas Musgrave built Edgemere, a Shingle-style cottage designed by William R. Emerson. Five years later he added a second cottage, Mare Vista, to his property. Musgrave's tower contained a second-floor tearoom and an attached bowling alley and dance hall." - "Bar Harbor" by Earle G. Shettleworth Jr., Postcard Series, Arcadia Publishing, Charleston, South Carolina, 2011, p. 50. The Musgrave Tea Tower was built by Thomas Bateson Musgrave (1831-1903) and his wife, Frances 'Fannie' Eleanor (Jones) Musgrave. Archivists researching the life of the Musgraves embark upon a sea of stories combining opulence, litigation and controversy. [show more]
13163Eden Hall
  • Reference
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • Bar Harbor
  • 30 Atlantic Ave
Eden Hall
Item:
  • 13163   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 30 Atlantic Ave
15127Daniel Leland Jr. House
  • Reference
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • Bar Harbor
  • 945 Bar Harbor Road
According to Robert Leland, father of Patti Leland of Trenton, in 1849 this house was moved to its present location at 945 Bar Harbor Road, Map 19 – Lot 6 from about a quarter of a mile closer to Mount Desert Island (probably near 1007 Bar Harbor Road, Map 15 – Lot 16). The house was probably moved by Daniel Leland Jr. (1929-). The 1840 census has both Daniel Leland, born in 1874, and Daniel Leland Jr., born in 1829, living in the houses. Reportedly the house was built c. 1802 although this information has yet to be verified. When Willis Ballard photographed the house in 1962 it was owned by Maurice Clements. The house is now [2014] painted red and the original outbuildings are gone, perhaps due to fire, according to Patti Leland. The Bar Harbor Road has been widened so the house now lies closer to the road, although it is more difficult to see as trees have grown up around it.
Daniel Leland Jr. House
Item:
  • 15127   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 945 Bar Harbor Road
Description:
According to Robert Leland, father of Patti Leland of Trenton, in 1849 this house was moved to its present location at 945 Bar Harbor Road, Map 19 – Lot 6 from about a quarter of a mile closer to Mount Desert Island (probably near 1007 Bar Harbor Road, Map 15 – Lot 16). The house was probably moved by Daniel Leland Jr. (1929-). The 1840 census has both Daniel Leland, born in 1874, and Daniel Leland Jr., born in 1829, living in the houses. Reportedly the house was built c. 1802 although this information has yet to be verified. When Willis Ballard photographed the house in 1962 it was owned by Maurice Clements. The house is now [2014] painted red and the original outbuildings are gone, perhaps due to fire, according to Patti Leland. The Bar Harbor Road has been widened so the house now lies closer to the road, although it is more difficult to see as trees have grown up around it. [show more]
12224A. Bird Cough, Fine Groceries and Provisions
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Commercial, Store
  • 1902-08-12
  • Bar Harbor
  • 26 Cottage Street
A. Bird Cough, Fine Groceries and Provisions
Item:
  • 12224   
Accession #:
  • 1099
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Store
Date:
  • 1902-08-12
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 26 Cottage Street
Tags:
store, woman, apparel, carriage, people
152111932 Criterion Theatre
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Theater Business
  • Bar Harbor
  • 35 Cottage Street
The Criterion Theatre is a cinema, performance theatre, and venue located on Cottage Street in Bar Harbor, Maine. It opened in June 1932 featuring vaudeville performances and movies during a time when Bar Harbor's summer scene was at its height. Today it is one of only two Art Deco theaters in the state of Maine and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The 760 seat theatre was built for a convicted bootlegger named George McKay. After his release from federal prison, McKay solicited bids for constructions of a glamorous movie palace. The high bid of $95,206 was beat by Bunker & Savage Architects of Augusta, Maine who built the theatre in just six months for a contract price of $58,000. That's about $900,000 in today's dollars, a surprisingly low figure for such a magnificent structure. A $2 million dollar contribution from an anonymous donor in 2014 made possible the purchase and restoration of the Criterion which now operates as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization committed to safeguarding this historic space for stories, storytellers, and audiences. Today, almost everything in the building is original or as close as possible to it, including the light fixtures, curtains, seats, and stencils on the ceiling.
1932 Criterion Theatre
Item:
  • 15211   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Theater Business
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 35 Cottage Street
Tags:
theater
Description:
The Criterion Theatre is a cinema, performance theatre, and venue located on Cottage Street in Bar Harbor, Maine. It opened in June 1932 featuring vaudeville performances and movies during a time when Bar Harbor's summer scene was at its height. Today it is one of only two Art Deco theaters in the state of Maine and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The 760 seat theatre was built for a convicted bootlegger named George McKay. After his release from federal prison, McKay solicited bids for constructions of a glamorous movie palace. The high bid of $95,206 was beat by Bunker & Savage Architects of Augusta, Maine who built the theatre in just six months for a contract price of $58,000. That's about $900,000 in today's dollars, a surprisingly low figure for such a magnificent structure. A $2 million dollar contribution from an anonymous donor in 2014 made possible the purchase and restoration of the Criterion which now operates as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization committed to safeguarding this historic space for stories, storytellers, and audiences. Today, almost everything in the building is original or as close as possible to it, including the light fixtures, curtains, seats, and stencils on the ceiling. [show more]
12903Egg Rock Light
  • Reference
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
  • Bar Harbor
  • Egg Rock
Egg Rock Light
Item:
  • 12903   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • Egg Rock
7066Egg Rock Light Station
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
  • Bar Harbor
  • Egg Rock
Egg Rock Light Station
Item:
  • 7066   
Accession #:
  • 1023
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • Egg Rock
Source:
  • Eleanor R. Mayo Collection
14797Huguenot Head
Pickett Mountain
  • Reference
  • Places, Mountain
  • Bar Harbor
  • Huguenot Head
Huguenot Head
Pickett Mountain
Item:
  • 14797   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Places, Mountain
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • Huguenot Head
16018St. Sylvia’s Catholic Church
  • Reference
  • Structures, Ceremonial, Church
  • Bar Harbor
  • 53 Kebo Street
St. Sylvia’s Catholic Church
Item:
  • 16018   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Ceremonial, Church
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 53 Kebo Street
15918Civilian Conservation Corps - Company 154
Eagle Lake Camp
  • Reference
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Places, Camp
  • Bar Harbor
  • 22 MacFarland Hill Drive
The Eagle Lake CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) camp (NP-1), Company 154, at Bar Harbor was operated under the supervision of the National Park Service from May 1934 to June 1942. Its primary function was forest culture (roads, trails, recreation).
Civilian Conservation Corps - Company 154
Eagle Lake Camp
Item:
  • 15918   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Places, Camp
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 22 MacFarland Hill Drive
Description:
The Eagle Lake CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) camp (NP-1), Company 154, at Bar Harbor was operated under the supervision of the National Park Service from May 1934 to June 1942. Its primary function was forest culture (roads, trails, recreation).
3558Bryant Bradley Studio, Bar Harbor
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Photography Business
  • Bar Harbor
  • Main Street
The photography studio of Bryant Bradley in Bar Harbor. Bradley built a three-story office building on Main Street to house his business. He developed and printed his photos on site.
Bryant Bradley Studio, Bar Harbor
Item:
  • 3558   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Photography Business
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • Main Street
Description:
The photography studio of Bryant Bradley in Bar Harbor. Bradley built a three-story office building on Main Street to house his business. He developed and printed his photos on site.
7406Main Street, Bar Harbor
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Town
  • 1921
  • Bar Harbor
  • Main Street
Main Street, Bar Harbor
Item:
  • 7406   
Accession #:
  • 1023
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Town
Date:
  • 1921
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • Main Street
Source:
  • Eleanor R. Mayo Collection
3510Albert Wilson Bee's Stationery Store and Shop
A.W. Bee, Stationers
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Store Business
  • Bar Harbor
  • 116 Main Street
The well known Main Street shop which Albert Wilson Bee II conducted for more than 40 years. <br /><br />Albert W. Bee II was a newspaper agent in Boston, who established a branch store offering newspapers, stationary, fruit, and confections in Bar Harbor during the summer months at least as early as 1876. <br /><br />“I shall open my stores at Bar Harbor, with my usual line of summer goods, early in June; and at Southwest Harbor, July 1st.” – The bottom lines of a front page ad that Albert ran in many issues of the Bar Harbor Record; this one on March 17, 1887.
Albert Wilson Bee's Stationery Store and Shop
A.W. Bee, Stationers
Item:
  • 3510   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Store Business
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 116 Main Street
Description:
The well known Main Street shop which Albert Wilson Bee II conducted for more than 40 years. <br /><br />Albert W. Bee II was a newspaper agent in Boston, who established a branch store offering newspapers, stationary, fruit, and confections in Bar Harbor during the summer months at least as early as 1876. <br /><br />“I shall open my stores at Bar Harbor, with my usual line of summer goods, early in June; and at Southwest Harbor, July 1st.” – The bottom lines of a front page ad that Albert ran in many issues of the Bar Harbor Record; this one on March 17, 1887. [show more]
10254Sign from A.W. Bee, Stationer, Bar Harbor Store
  • Object, Sign
  • Businesses, Store Business
  • Diehl - Douglas S. Diehl
  • 2010-03-23
  • Bar Harbor
  • 116 Main Street
Sign from A.W. Bee, Stationer, Bar Harbor Store
Item:
  • 10254   
Type:
  • Object, Sign
Subject:
  • Businesses, Store Business
Creator:
  • Diehl - Douglas S. Diehl
Date:
  • 2010-03-23
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 116 Main Street
Source:
  • Collection of Raymond Strout
Tags:
sign, store
11306Albert Wilson Bee's Bar Harbor Store Building in 2012.
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Commercial, Store
  • Riebel - Charlotte Helen (Riebel) Morrill
  • 2012-02-16
  • Bar Harbor
  • 116 Main Street
The Original A.W. Bee Stationery Store Building Map 104 – Lot 509
Albert Wilson Bee's Bar Harbor Store Building in 2012.
Item:
  • 11306   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Store
Creator:
  • Riebel - Charlotte Helen (Riebel) Morrill
Date:
  • 2012-02-16
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 116 Main Street
Description:
The Original A.W. Bee Stationery Store Building Map 104 – Lot 509
15113Jackson Laboratory
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Other Business
  • Structures, Other Structures
  • Bar Harbor
  • 600 Main Street
Originally the site of Robin Hood Park
Jackson Laboratory
Item:
  • 15113   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Other Business
  • Structures, Other Structures
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 600 Main Street
Description:
Originally the site of Robin Hood Park
6732St. Saviour's Episcopal Church and Rectory
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Structures, Ceremonial, Church
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
  • 1906 c.
  • Bar Harbor
  • 41 Mount Desert Street
St. Saviour's Episcopal Church and Rectory
Item:
  • 6732   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Structures, Ceremonial, Church
Publisher:
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
Date:
  • 1906 c.
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 41 Mount Desert Street
Source:
  • Collection of the Clark Family
Tags:
building
15873Jesup Memorial Library
  • Reference
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • Bar Harbor
  • 34 Mt. Desert St.
"The Jesup Library was founded in 1875 by summer visitors who left their books for winter use, and clubbed together to get the services of a part-time librarian." - “The Story of Bar Harbor – An Informal History Recording One Hundred and Fifty Years In the Life of a Community,” by Richard Walden Hale, Jr., Ives Washburn, Inc., 1949, p. 209.
Jesup Memorial Library
Item:
  • 15873   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Library
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 34 Mt. Desert St.
Description:
"The Jesup Library was founded in 1875 by summer visitors who left their books for winter use, and clubbed together to get the services of a part-time librarian." - “The Story of Bar Harbor – An Informal History Recording One Hundred and Fifty Years In the Life of a Community,” by Richard Walden Hale, Jr., Ives Washburn, Inc., 1949, p. 209.
15862St. Saviour's Episcopal Church
  • Reference
  • Structures, Ceremonial, Church
  • Bar Harbor
  • 41 Mt. Desert Street
The church has forty-two stained glass window, ten of which are original Tiffany stained-glass windows and a replacement for the 11th window, stolen from the sanctuary.
St. Saviour's Episcopal Church
Item:
  • 15862   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Ceremonial, Church
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 41 Mt. Desert Street
Description:
The church has forty-two stained glass window, ten of which are original Tiffany stained-glass windows and a replacement for the 11th window, stolen from the sanctuary.
6718Congregational Church, Bar Harbor, Maine
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Structures, Ceremonial, Church
  • Bar Harbor
  • 41 Mt. Desert Street
Made in Austria for W. H. Sherman, Bar Harbor, Maine Church on the left - see: St. Saviour's Episcopal Church
Congregational Church, Bar Harbor, Maine
Item:
  • 6718   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Structures, Ceremonial, Church
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 41 Mt. Desert Street
Source:
  • Collection of the Clark Family, Courtesy of Frances Eliot Foote Stehman
Tags:
tinted
Description:
Made in Austria for W. H. Sherman, Bar Harbor, Maine Church on the left - see: St. Saviour's Episcopal Church
13256Malvern Hotel
  • Reference
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • Bar Harbor
  • 80 Mt. Desert Street
Malvern Hotel
Item:
  • 13256   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 80 Mt. Desert Street
15808Camp Aim-Al
  • Reference
  • Structures, Dwellings, Camp House
  • Bar Harbor
  • Ocean Drive
Land now owned by Acadia National Park.
Camp Aim-Al
Item:
  • 15808   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Dwellings, Camp House
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • Ocean Drive
Description:
Land now owned by Acadia National Park.
3710Maine Seacoast Mission
  • Reference
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Bar Harbor
  • 127 West Street
Founded in 1905 to provide access to medical and dental care, spiritual support, education, and crisis services to the islands, lighthouses, and isolated coastal communities around Mount Desert Island. The first of the Mission's ships, the Sunbeam, was commissioned in 1912. The current vessel (in 2017) serving the mission is the Sunbeam V. "Founded in 1905 by two brothers, Angus and Alexander MacDonald, [the purpose of the Maine Seacoast Mission Society] was "to undertake religious and benevolent work with the people in the neglected communities and among the isolated families along the coast and on the islands" (from the Society's by-laws). The Society maintained a mission for three decades on Head Harbor Island (1910-1940) and another intermittently for some years on Crowley (Moose) Island in the Indian River. Its vessels - initially the sloop Hope, followed by the Morning Star and later by the steam and diesel-powered Sunbeams I, II, III, and IV - cruised regularly back and forth along the coast, summer and winter, to maintain contact with the missions as well as to visit other islanders, including the life saving and lighthouse crews at the fifteen or more island stations in our sector. Alexander MacDonald, a large and impulsive man (who once physically removed a heckler from his church at Frenchboro), was the first pastor as well as captain of the Mission's vessels; he died aboard Sunbeam I in 1922. He was succeeded by the Reverend Orville J. Guptill and in 1935 by the Reverend Neal D. Bousfield, who served for thirty-seven years (to 1972). The work of the society continues." - "Islands Of The Mid-Maine Coast, Vol.II: Mount Desert To Machias Bay" by Charles B. McLane. Falmouth, Maine, The Kennebec River Press, Inc., c. l989, pp 22-23. - "Islands Of The Mid-Maine Coast, Vol.II: Mount Desert To Machias Bay" by Charles B. McLane. Falmouth, Maine, The Kennebec River Press, Inc., c. l989, pp 22-23.
Maine Seacoast Mission
Item:
  • 3710   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 127 West Street
Description:
Founded in 1905 to provide access to medical and dental care, spiritual support, education, and crisis services to the islands, lighthouses, and isolated coastal communities around Mount Desert Island. The first of the Mission's ships, the Sunbeam, was commissioned in 1912. The current vessel (in 2017) serving the mission is the Sunbeam V. "Founded in 1905 by two brothers, Angus and Alexander MacDonald, [the purpose of the Maine Seacoast Mission Society] was "to undertake religious and benevolent work with the people in the neglected communities and among the isolated families along the coast and on the islands" (from the Society's by-laws). The Society maintained a mission for three decades on Head Harbor Island (1910-1940) and another intermittently for some years on Crowley (Moose) Island in the Indian River. Its vessels - initially the sloop Hope, followed by the Morning Star and later by the steam and diesel-powered Sunbeams I, II, III, and IV - cruised regularly back and forth along the coast, summer and winter, to maintain contact with the missions as well as to visit other islanders, including the life saving and lighthouse crews at the fifteen or more island stations in our sector. Alexander MacDonald, a large and impulsive man (who once physically removed a heckler from his church at Frenchboro), was the first pastor as well as captain of the Mission's vessels; he died aboard Sunbeam I in 1922. He was succeeded by the Reverend Orville J. Guptill and in 1935 by the Reverend Neal D. Bousfield, who served for thirty-seven years (to 1972). The work of the society continues." - "Islands Of The Mid-Maine Coast, Vol.II: Mount Desert To Machias Bay" by Charles B. McLane. Falmouth, Maine, The Kennebec River Press, Inc., c. l989, pp 22-23. - "Islands Of The Mid-Maine Coast, Vol.II: Mount Desert To Machias Bay" by Charles B. McLane. Falmouth, Maine, The Kennebec River Press, Inc., c. l989, pp 22-23. [show more]
15876The Shore Path - Bar Harbor
  • Reference
  • Places, Shore
  • Bar Harbor
The Shore Path - Bar Harbor
Item:
  • 15876   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Places, Shore
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
State:
  • ME
14433Bar Harbor Record
  • Reference
  • Other, General
  • Bar Harbor
Bar Harbor Record
Item:
  • 14433   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Other, General
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
State:
  • ME