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13498Freeman Cottage
Freeman Annex
Ashmont Hotel
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  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Inn
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 371 Main Street
Freeman Cottage
Freeman Annex
Ashmont Hotel
13296Island House Hotel
  • Reference
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 121-127 Clark Point Road
"The Island House, owned by Deacon Henry H. Clark, was the first summer hotel on Mount Desert Island. Deacon Clark began the hotel business by taking into his hospitable home the first occasional tourists who came to the island for a short stay. He gradually enlarged his house until in 1885 it was entirely remodeled and did a thriving business, employing many of the townspeople during the summer season." - Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, p. 174 - 1938.
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"The Island House, owned by Deacon Henry H. Clark, was the first summer hotel on Mount Desert Island. Deacon Clark began the hotel business by taking into his hospitable home the first occasional tourists who came to the island for a short stay. He gradually enlarged his house until in 1885 it was entirely remodeled and did a thriving business, employing many of the townspeople during the summer season." - Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, p. 174 - 1938. [show more]
3594Somes House Hotel
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  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • Mount Desert, Somesville
  • 1102 Main Street
"Later [Abraham Somes] built a substantial frame house on the site of the Somes House and a part of that house is embodied in the present hotel. Some of the rooms at the back remain almost as they were at first. The house was built as a one-story building and later the walls were raised. Since then there have been many alterations and additions. George A. Somes finally inherited the property, developed the hotel business and built the two cottages toward the shore. His widow now owns it and conducts the hotel." - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 270-271. “When George A. Somes inherited the [Somes House], he expanded the family inn by constructing two large additions, one attached at the left and the other freestanding to the right, giving the hotel a capacity of 150 guests. Noted visitors included Louis Comfort Tiffany, Alfred Vanderbilt, Joseph Pulitzer, J.P. Morgan, Pres. William Howard Taft, and Mary Cassatt. Known for its chicken and lobster dinners, the Somes House operated into the 1950s with rates of $5 to $10 a day." - “Mount Desert Island - Somesville, Southwest Harbor, and Northeast Harbor” by Earle G. Shettleworth Jr. and Lydia B. Vandenbergh - Images of America Series, 2001, p. 27.
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"Later [Abraham Somes] built a substantial frame house on the site of the Somes House and a part of that house is embodied in the present hotel. Some of the rooms at the back remain almost as they were at first. The house was built as a one-story building and later the walls were raised. Since then there have been many alterations and additions. George A. Somes finally inherited the property, developed the hotel business and built the two cottages toward the shore. His widow now owns it and conducts the hotel." - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 270-271. “When George A. Somes inherited the [Somes House], he expanded the family inn by constructing two large additions, one attached at the left and the other freestanding to the right, giving the hotel a capacity of 150 guests. Noted visitors included Louis Comfort Tiffany, Alfred Vanderbilt, Joseph Pulitzer, J.P. Morgan, Pres. William Howard Taft, and Mary Cassatt. Known for its chicken and lobster dinners, the Somes House operated into the 1950s with rates of $5 to $10 a day." - “Mount Desert Island - Somesville, Southwest Harbor, and Northeast Harbor” by Earle G. Shettleworth Jr. and Lydia B. Vandenbergh - Images of America Series, 2001, p. 27. [show more]
14323Almon Frank Ramsdell’s 2nd Garage
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  • Structures, Commercial, Commercial Structures, Automotive Repair
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
  • 119 Shore Road
13312Freeman House Hotel
  • Reference
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 9 Phillips Lane
This Freeman House, which burned in February 1894, was built c1825 by John Clark, brother of Deacon H.H. Clark, as a residence. The hotel was enlarged from the house and opened during the Civil War. The building stood on the site later occupied by Dr. J.D. Phillips residence, Phillips Lane, Southwest Harbor. See also Thornton, page 152, which has an excellent photograph of The Freeman House. - MH 2005 - Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton - 1938.
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This Freeman House, which burned in February 1894, was built c1825 by John Clark, brother of Deacon H.H. Clark, as a residence. The hotel was enlarged from the house and opened during the Civil War. The building stood on the site later occupied by Dr. J.D. Phillips residence, Phillips Lane, Southwest Harbor. See also Thornton, page 152, which has an excellent photograph of The Freeman House. - MH 2005 - Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton - 1938. [show more]
13114Andrew Tucker / Andrew H. Haynes House
Benjamin Barrett Hinckley House
The Moorings
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  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Inn
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
  • 133 Shore Road
Andrew Tucker / Andrew H. Haynes House
Benjamin Barrett Hinckley House
The Moorings
6562Daniel Cough's House and Store, Bernard, Maine
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Commercial, Store
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • Tremont, Bernard
12487West Point Cottage, Pretty Marsh, Maine
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
  • Pepper - Charles H. Pepper Jr. (1866-1889)
  • 1884
  • Mount Desert, Pretty Marsh
12138The Somes House Hotel
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1961-07-01
  • Mount Desert, Somesville
  • 1102 Main Street
11545Dorothy Rush and Lynne Birlem in Front of the Charles Eaton Spurling Store
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Store Business
  • Structures, Commercial, Store
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • Rich - Meredith Adelle (Rich) Hutchins (1939-2016)
  • 2000
  • Cranberry Isles, Great Cranberry Island
  • 45 Cranberry Road
6058A.C. Smith's Store and House
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Commercial, Store
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939)
  • 1900 c.
  • Swans Island
6019A.C. Smith's Store and House
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Commercial, Store
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939)
  • 1900 c.
  • Swans Island
Owned by Smith - Andrew C. Smith (1857-), the store was torn down in 1949. The house is now [2017] owned by summer residents.
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Owned by Smith - Andrew C. Smith (1857-), the store was torn down in 1949. The house is now [2017] owned by summer residents.
3379Andrew Tucker/Andrew H. Haynes House
Benjamin B. Hinckley House
The Moorings
  • Document, MHPC Survey
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • Thompson - Deborah Thompson
  • 1999
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
  • 133 Shore Road
Maine Historic Preservation Commission, Historic Building/Structure Survey #405-0960
Andrew Tucker/Andrew H. Haynes House
Benjamin B. Hinckley House
The Moorings
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Maine Historic Preservation Commission, Historic Building/Structure Survey #405-0960
3366Jessie B. Farrar House & Store
Alvah Foss House
  • Document, MHPC Survey
  • Structures, Commercial, Store
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • Thompson - Deborah Thompson
  • 1999
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
  • 201 Seawall Road
Maine Historic Preservation Commission, Historic Building/Structure Survey #405-0947
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Maine Historic Preservation Commission, Historic Building/Structure Survey #405-0947
11435David Brazer Benson's Lobsterland Restaurant - Playhouse Moving on to Lawler Lane
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Commercial, Restaurant
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • 1961-06
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 411 Main Street
The house visible on the left of the photograph is the Capt. Joseph Whitmore House at 9 Lawler Lane,
Description:
The house visible on the left of the photograph is the Capt. Joseph Whitmore House at 9 Lawler Lane,