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Item Title Type Subject Creator Publisher Date Place Address Description
13258Moore's Garage
Southwest Harbor Motor Company
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Automotive Repair Business
  • Structures, Commercial, Commercial Structures, Automotive Repair
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 19 Clark Point Road
In 1940 Southwest Harbor Motor Co. was the only AAA filling station in Southwest Harbor. Their phone number was 51-2. The brick building was converted to offices to rent in 1986-1987. The U.S. Post Office opened in the building on June 2, 1987. Ralph Warren Stanley (1929-2021) attended school in the elementary school on the present ellipse (behind the Gilley Plumbing building on the left of this photograph) before it was moved across the street to become a fire station and now [2011] the police station/town office. When the bank was housed at the Southwest Harbor Motor Co. Ralph would take his penny bank there to be unlocked and have the money deposited in his bank account. The lady in the bank would show him the big safe where is money would be kept. – Ralph Warren Stanley 01/17/11 Marion E. Newman (1890-1976), Mrs. Frederick Walter Wescott at the time, owned a yellow Stutz Bearcat that was destroyed in the fire. Marion was known for having invested in Coca Cola stock and holding on to it when others thought it worthless and sold their stock. – Ralph Warren Stanley, 03/31/14
Moore's Garage
Southwest Harbor Motor Company
Item:
  • 13258   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Automotive Repair Business
  • Structures, Commercial, Commercial Structures, Automotive Repair
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 19 Clark Point Road
Description:
In 1940 Southwest Harbor Motor Co. was the only AAA filling station in Southwest Harbor. Their phone number was 51-2. The brick building was converted to offices to rent in 1986-1987. The U.S. Post Office opened in the building on June 2, 1987. Ralph Warren Stanley (1929-2021) attended school in the elementary school on the present ellipse (behind the Gilley Plumbing building on the left of this photograph) before it was moved across the street to become a fire station and now [2011] the police station/town office. When the bank was housed at the Southwest Harbor Motor Co. Ralph would take his penny bank there to be unlocked and have the money deposited in his bank account. The lady in the bank would show him the big safe where is money would be kept. – Ralph Warren Stanley 01/17/11 Marion E. Newman (1890-1976), Mrs. Frederick Walter Wescott at the time, owned a yellow Stutz Bearcat that was destroyed in the fire. Marion was known for having invested in Coca Cola stock and holding on to it when others thought it worthless and sold their stock. – Ralph Warren Stanley, 03/31/14 [show more]
13501Franklin Ward Machine Shop
Dockside Motel
XYZ Restaurant
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Restaurant Business
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Motel
  • Structures, Other Structures
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
  • 48 Shore Road
Franklin Ward Machine Shop
Dockside Motel
XYZ Restaurant
Item:
  • 13501   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Restaurant Business
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Motel
  • Structures, Other Structures
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 48 Shore Road
16251W. H. Ward Store Before 1884
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Cyanotype
  • Businesses, Store Business
  • Places, Harbor
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
  • 55 Shore Road
The original William Henry Ward Store on the Manset shore. This photograph was taken before the expansion of the wharf by William H. Ward.
W. H. Ward Store Before 1884
Item:
  • 16251   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Cyanotype
Subject:
  • Businesses, Store Business
  • Places, Harbor
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 55 Shore Road
Source:
  • The Ward Family Collection
Description:
The original William Henry Ward Store on the Manset shore. This photograph was taken before the expansion of the wharf by William H. Ward.
16250William H. Ward Sr. Approval for Wharf Extension by the Selectmen of Tremont
  • Document, Legal, Legal Documents
  • Businesses, Store Business
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf
  • The Selectmen of Tremont
  • 1884-09-29
"The Selectmen of the Town of Tremont, upon the application of William H. Ward of said Tremont for license to extend his wharf into the tide-waters of S.W. Harbor, within his limit of said Town, having given lawful notices of their meeting to examine the premises and give a hearing to all parties interested therein, and having met at this time and place appointed and for the purposes named in said notice, and having decided that the extension asked for would not be an obstruction to navigation nor an injury to the rights of others, in accordance with the Statutes of this State, do hereby issue this license unto the said William H. Ward authorizing him to extend his wharf into the tide-waters of said SouthWest Harbor; said extension not to exceed one hundred feet in width and three hundred feet in length, in a northeasterly direction from the pier now standing on said Ward's Shore, on the southwesterly side of said S.W. Harbor. Given under our hands at said Tremont this 29th of Sept. A. D. 1884" Signed: William Heath Perry W. Richardson Caleb H. Sawyer Selectmen of Tremont
William H. Ward Sr. Approval for Wharf Extension by the Selectmen of Tremont
Item:
  • 16250   
Type:
  • Document, Legal, Legal Documents
Subject:
  • Businesses, Store Business
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf
Creator:
  • The Selectmen of Tremont
Date:
  • 1884-09-29
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • The Ward Family Collection
Description:
"The Selectmen of the Town of Tremont, upon the application of William H. Ward of said Tremont for license to extend his wharf into the tide-waters of S.W. Harbor, within his limit of said Town, having given lawful notices of their meeting to examine the premises and give a hearing to all parties interested therein, and having met at this time and place appointed and for the purposes named in said notice, and having decided that the extension asked for would not be an obstruction to navigation nor an injury to the rights of others, in accordance with the Statutes of this State, do hereby issue this license unto the said William H. Ward authorizing him to extend his wharf into the tide-waters of said SouthWest Harbor; said extension not to exceed one hundred feet in width and three hundred feet in length, in a northeasterly direction from the pier now standing on said Ward's Shore, on the southwesterly side of said S.W. Harbor. Given under our hands at said Tremont this 29th of Sept. A. D. 1884" Signed: William Heath Perry W. Richardson Caleb H. Sawyer Selectmen of Tremont [show more]
16249W. H. Ward Store & Wharf
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Store Business
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
  • 55 Shore Road
W. H. Ward Store & Wharf
Item:
  • 16249   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Store Business
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 55 Shore Road
11442Lobsterland in a Storm
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Restaurant Business
  • Structures, Commercial, Restaurant
  • 1963
  • Southwest Harbor, Seawall
  • 563 Seawall Road
The original Seawall Dining Room is visible at left.
Lobsterland in a Storm
Item:
  • 11442   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Restaurant Business
  • Structures, Commercial, Restaurant
Date:
  • 1963
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Seawall
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 563 Seawall Road
Source:
  • Collection of the David B. Benson Family
Description:
The original Seawall Dining Room is visible at left.
5823Moore's Garage Co. and Bar Harbor Banking & Trust Co.
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Automotive Repair Business
  • Structures, Commercial, Commercial Structures, Automotive Repair
  • 1919 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 19 Clark Point Road
The photograph shows Gilley Plumbing Co. to the left of Moore's Garage, and an early location of the Bar Harbor Banking & Trust Company in the right portion of the building.
Moore's Garage Co. and Bar Harbor Banking & Trust Co.
Item:
  • 5823   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Automotive Repair Business
  • Structures, Commercial, Commercial Structures, Automotive Repair
Date:
  • 1919 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 19 Clark Point Road
Description:
The photograph shows Gilley Plumbing Co. to the left of Moore's Garage, and an early location of the Bar Harbor Banking & Trust Company in the right portion of the building.
11446Southwest Motor Inn
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo
  • Businesses, Lodging Business
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Inn
  • Sommerfeld Photo Film, Auburn, Mass.
  • 1971
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 214 Main Street
Southwest Motor Inn
Item:
  • 11446   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo
Subject:
  • Businesses, Lodging Business
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Inn
Creator:
  • Sommerfeld Photo Film, Auburn, Mass.
Date:
  • 1971
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 214 Main Street
Source:
  • Collection of the David B. Benson Family
13415Harding's Wharf
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Transportation Business
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf
  • Tremont, Bernard
  • 30 Steamboat Wharf Road
Harding's Wharf
Item:
  • 13415   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Transportation Business
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf
Place:
  • Tremont, Bernard
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 30 Steamboat Wharf Road
13083Eastern Steamship Company and Wharf at Belfast
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Transportation Business
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf, Steamboat Wharf
  • Belfast ME
Eastern Steamship Company and Wharf at Belfast
Item:
  • 13083   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Transportation Business
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf, Steamboat Wharf
Place:
  • Belfast ME
State:
  • ME
13429Ezra R. Norwood - Octavia Fifield House
Octavia Fifield Millinery
Llewellyn J. Norwood's Livery Stable
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Transportation Business
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • Tremont, Bernard
  • 94 Bernard Road
Ezra R. Norwood - Octavia Fifield House
Octavia Fifield Millinery
Llewellyn J. Norwood's Livery Stable
Item:
  • 13429   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Transportation Business
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Place:
  • Tremont, Bernard
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 94 Bernard Road
15941The Gangplank
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Store Business
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
  • 1910
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 180 Clark Point Road
The Gangplank
Item:
  • 15941   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Store Business
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
Date:
  • 1910
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 180 Clark Point Road
15932Melville Moore House and Store
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Business Shop
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
  • 110 Shore Road
Melville Moore House and Store
Item:
  • 15932   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Business Shop
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 110 Shore Road
13527James Parker's Wharf
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
  • 127 Shore Road
James Parker's Wharf
Item:
  • 13527   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 127 Shore Road
3592Freeman's Wharf
Farnsworth Fish Factory
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Cannery Business
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf
  • Southwest Harbor
Built by John T.R. Freeman around 1885. The wharf was occupied by several canning businesses at various times
Freeman's Wharf
Farnsworth Fish Factory
Item:
  • 3592   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Cannery Business
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Description:
Built by John T.R. Freeman around 1885. The wharf was occupied by several canning businesses at various times
13653A.E. Parker Wharf and Boat Shop
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 168 Clark Point Road
A.E. Parker Wharf and Boat Shop
Item:
  • 13653   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 168 Clark Point Road
6192Octavia Fifield Millinery, Bernard, Maine - I - Between 1887 and 1896
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Business Shop
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939)
  • 1887 c.
  • Tremont, Bernard
  • 94 Bernard Road
Octavia Fifield Millinery, Bernard, Maine - I - Between 1887 and 1896
Item:
  • 6192   
Accession #:
  • 1010
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Business Shop
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Creator:
  • Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939)
Date:
  • 1887 c.
Place:
  • Tremont, Bernard
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 94 Bernard Road
Source:
  • George A. Neal Collection
6249Octavia Fifield Millinery, Bernard, Maine - II - Between 1887 and 1896
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Business Shop
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939)
  • 1887 c.
  • Tremont, Bernard
Octavia Fifield Millinery, Bernard, Maine - II - Between 1887 and 1896
Item:
  • 6249   
Accession #:
  • 1010
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Business Shop
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Creator:
  • Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939)
Date:
  • 1887 c.
Place:
  • Tremont, Bernard
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • George A. Neal Collection
7737Central Filling Station - Tydol Service Station on Clark Point Road
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Service Station Business
  • Structures, Commercial, Commercial Structures, Automotive Repair
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1945 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 19-21 Clark Point Road
"Ped" Sargent's house is just visible to the rear of the gasoline station. The filling station was located in the space occupied by the Post Office parking lot in 2017.
Central Filling Station - Tydol Service Station on Clark Point Road
Item:
  • 7737   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Service Station Business
  • Structures, Commercial, Commercial Structures, Automotive Repair
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1945 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 19-21 Clark Point Road
Description:
"Ped" Sargent's house is just visible to the rear of the gasoline station. The filling station was located in the space occupied by the Post Office parking lot in 2017.
13878The Cheese House
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Store Business
  • Structures, Commercial, Store
"The Cheese House was part of the Cheese House chain which had 18 cheese-shaped locations in New England. Apparently, there are only … two buildings left. The stores were built in the late 1960s and early 1970s. They were constructed of wood with a cut-out wedge for the entrance and windows. They are 9' tall and 40' in diameter. In the late 1970s, the chain disbanded due to financial problems." - “Giant Food: Misc. Food” by Debra Jane Seltzer, Roadside Architecture.com, Accessed online 11/12/13; http://www.agilitynut.com/food/other.html The postcards for all the Cheeses Houses appear to be the same photograph. The store in Trenton was owned by Alex A. Albin and Bernice E. Albin. It closed in 1984 and the building has been for sale almost all the time since. Collectors of architectural oddities are always looking for such buildings, originally built as cheese wheels, hot dogs, clam boxes or loaves of bread.
The Cheese House
Item:
  • 13878   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Store Business
  • Structures, Commercial, Store
Description:
"The Cheese House was part of the Cheese House chain which had 18 cheese-shaped locations in New England. Apparently, there are only … two buildings left. The stores were built in the late 1960s and early 1970s. They were constructed of wood with a cut-out wedge for the entrance and windows. They are 9' tall and 40' in diameter. In the late 1970s, the chain disbanded due to financial problems." - “Giant Food: Misc. Food” by Debra Jane Seltzer, Roadside Architecture.com, Accessed online 11/12/13; http://www.agilitynut.com/food/other.html The postcards for all the Cheeses Houses appear to be the same photograph. The store in Trenton was owned by Alex A. Albin and Bernice E. Albin. It closed in 1984 and the building has been for sale almost all the time since. Collectors of architectural oddities are always looking for such buildings, originally built as cheese wheels, hot dogs, clam boxes or loaves of bread. [show more]
12368The Franklin Ward Machine Shop as The Dockside Motel and XYZ Restaurant
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Businesses, Restaurant Business
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Motel
  • Strong - Janet Strong
  • 48 Shore Road
The Franklin Ward Machine Shop as The Dockside Motel and XYZ Restaurant
Item:
  • 12368   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
Subject:
  • Businesses, Restaurant Business
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Motel
Creator:
  • Strong - Janet Strong
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 48 Shore Road
Source:
  • Collection of Janet Strong
Tags:
motel, building, restaurant
12370Robert Hoyt at The Franklin Ward Machine Shop as The Dockside Motel and XYZ Restaurant
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Businesses, Restaurant Business
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Motel
  • Strong - Janet Strong
  • 48 Shore Road
Robert Hoyt at The Franklin Ward Machine Shop as The Dockside Motel and XYZ Restaurant
Item:
  • 12370   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
Subject:
  • Businesses, Restaurant Business
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Motel
Creator:
  • Strong - Janet Strong
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 48 Shore Road
Source:
  • Collection of Janet Strong
Tags:
building, motel, restaurant, people, man
12371The Franklin Ward Machine Shop as The Dockside Motel and XYZ Restaurant
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Businesses, Restaurant Business
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Motel
  • Strong - Janet Strong
  • 48 Shore Road
The Franklin Ward Machine Shop as The Dockside Motel and XYZ Restaurant
Item:
  • 12371   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
Subject:
  • Businesses, Restaurant Business
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Motel
Creator:
  • Strong - Janet Strong
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 48 Shore Road
Source:
  • Collection of Janet Strong
Tags:
building, restaurant, hotel
12367The Franklin Ward Machine Shop as The Dockside Motel and Restaurant
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Businesses, Restaurant Business
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Motel
  • Strong - Janet Strong
  • 1974
  • 48 Shore Road
The Franklin Ward Machine Shop as The Dockside Motel and Restaurant
Item:
  • 12367   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
Subject:
  • Businesses, Restaurant Business
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Motel
Creator:
  • Strong - Janet Strong
Date:
  • 1974
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 48 Shore Road
Source:
  • Collection of Janet Strong
Tags:
motel, building, restaurant
14957Southwest Motor Inn
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Lodging Business
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Motel
  • 214 Main Street
The Motel, named the "Southwest Motor Inn," was built in 1970 and ran until 1980. New Motel Planned For Area "Southwest Harbor - Three businessmen here have combined resources to build a new 32-unit motel on Route 102 overlooking Norwood Cove. Foundation work is now being done and the motel will be ready for occupancy by June 1, said David Benson, one of the three partners. Druggist George McVety and lawyer Frederick Burrill are Benson's Associates in the business venture. The quarter-million-dollar motel will have two levels, with an outside corridor, plus an office and quarters for the manager. Hanson is acting as contractor for the project. The major subcontractor is John Goodwin, who is handling concrete work. The motel will be built entirely of concrete blocks. The three businessmen have not yet decided on a name for the new motel." - Bangor Daily News, 1971 The property was later Norwood Cove Housing, owned by the Ellsworth and MDI Housing Authorities who provide housing assistance and related services to individuals and families who face income or other life challenges.
Southwest Motor Inn
Item:
  • 14957   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Lodging Business
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Motel
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 214 Main Street
Description:
The Motel, named the "Southwest Motor Inn," was built in 1970 and ran until 1980. New Motel Planned For Area "Southwest Harbor - Three businessmen here have combined resources to build a new 32-unit motel on Route 102 overlooking Norwood Cove. Foundation work is now being done and the motel will be ready for occupancy by June 1, said David Benson, one of the three partners. Druggist George McVety and lawyer Frederick Burrill are Benson's Associates in the business venture. The quarter-million-dollar motel will have two levels, with an outside corridor, plus an office and quarters for the manager. Hanson is acting as contractor for the project. The major subcontractor is John Goodwin, who is handling concrete work. The motel will be built entirely of concrete blocks. The three businessmen have not yet decided on a name for the new motel." - Bangor Daily News, 1971 The property was later Norwood Cove Housing, owned by the Ellsworth and MDI Housing Authorities who provide housing assistance and related services to individuals and families who face income or other life challenges. [show more]