Item	Title	Type	Subject	Creator	Publisher	Date	Place	Address	Description
13296	Island 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.	Island House Hotel Item: 13296    Type: Reference Subject: Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Address: 121-127 Clark Point Road Description: "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]
12487	West 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			West Point Cottage, Pretty Marsh, Maine Item: 12487    Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage Creator: Pepper - Charles H. Pepper Jr. (1866-1889) Date: 1884 Place: Mount Desert, Pretty Marsh State: ME Source: Collection of Lida Mason Edwards Tags: building, hotel

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