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12834	The Cedars The Sylvester B. Brown House	Reference	Structures, Dwellings, House	Southwest Harbor	7 Wesley Ave	"The Cedars was built by Sylvester Brown, who lived there for some time before moving to Northeast Harbor and selling to Thomas Savage, who sold to James Scott." - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, p. 151-152 – 1938. The Browns built their house, later called “The Cedars”, before 1900. Sylvester’s father-in-law, John T.R. Freeman had his store just around the corner on Main Street and owned the land from there to what was later called Freeman Ridge so it is probable that he gave or sold the land to the Browns at about the time of their marriage. Nell Thornton says that Sylvester Brown sold the property to Thomas Savage. Thomas was apparently a farmer or farm gardener. The twice widowed Myra Ellen (Barrett) Lord Dresser purchased the house from Thomas and Nellie Savage on March 24, 1904. Nell Thornton’s account of the history of the house omitted Myra’s ownership. She may or may not have lived in the house. Myra sold the house to her daughter and son-in-law, James H. and Lizzie Lord Scott on July 7, 1908. James H. Scott was born to John J. and Rachel K. Scott in January 1872 in Ellsworth, Maine. James married Lizzie J. Lord (1869-1956), daughter of Seth R. and Myra Ellen (Barrett) Lord on December 31, 1900 in Ellsworth, Maine. The property at 7 Wesley Avenue was devised to Lizzie J. (Lord) Scott on September 28, 1921. 7 Wesley Avenue is called “The Cedars” on the Sanborn 1921 map. James H. Scott died in September 1929 and Lizzie, the manager of a “rooming house” in 1930, kept “The Cedars” for thirty-five years. It is reasonable to assume that Lizzie turned the house into a rooming house and named it “The Cedars” as everyone else before Lizzie had other professions. “Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Toomey of Boston have rented furnished housekeeping apartments at The Cedars. Mr. Toomey is employed at the Seawall radio station. Mrs. Scott will continue to let the remainder of her rooms to transients as usual.” – The Bar Harbor Times, Wednesday, June 10, 1925. “Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Harding and children of Gott's Island have taken housekeeping apartments in the garage building belonging to Mrs. James Scott of The Cedars.” – The Bar Harbor Times, Wednesday, June 17, 1925 “Mr. and Mrs. Walter M. Robinson have taken rooms at the Cedars for the remainder of the summer.” – The Bar Harbor Times, Wednesday, August 19, 1925 Lizzie Lord sold “The Cedars” to Richard G. and Barbara Wallace Robinson on July 10, 1956. Brendon Herbert Thurston was born on July 10, 1915 to Herbert W. and Gertrude E. (Kelley) Thurston in Tremont, Maine. Brendon married Effie Florence Murphy (1921-1988), daughter of Forest Emery and Lottie Frances (Conary) Murphy, on October 15, 1935 in Maine. Brendon Herbert Thurston died on October 31, 1980 in Seal Cove, Maine. “The Cedars” was sold to Juanita Dorr Wilson on August 8, 1967. Juanita Esther Dorr was born on July 19, 1929 to Sylvester Warren and Nellie Myra (Robinson) Dorr in Southwest Harbor, Maine. Juanita married Howard Edwin Wilson (1928-1966). “The Cedars” was devised to Juanita’s son, Michael E. Wilson on November 27, 1995. Juanita Esther (Dorr) Wilson died on December 18, 1997 in Southwest Harbor, Maine.	The Cedars The Sylvester B. Brown House Item: 12834 Type: Reference Subject: Structures, Dwellings, House Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Address: 7 Wesley Ave Description: "The Cedars was built by Sylvester Brown, who lived there for some time before moving to Northeast Harbor and selling to Thomas Savage, who sold to James Scott." - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, p. 151-152 – 1938. The Browns built their house, later called “The Cedars”, before 1900. Sylvester’s father-in-law, John T.R. Freeman had his store just around the corner on Main Street and owned the land from there to what was later called Freeman Ridge so it is probable that he gave or sold the land to the Browns at about the time of their marriage. Nell Thornton says that Sylvester Brown sold the property to Thomas Savage. Thomas was apparently a farmer or farm gardener. The twice widowed Myra Ellen (Barrett) Lord Dresser purchased the house from Thomas and Nellie Savage on March 24, 1904. Nell Thornton’s account of the history of the house omitted Myra’s ownership. She may or may not have lived in the house. Myra sold the house to her daughter and son-in-law, James H. and Lizzie Lord Scott on July 7, 1908. James H. Scott was born to John J. and Rachel K. Scott in January 1872 in Ellsworth, Maine. James married Lizzie J. Lord (1869-1956), daughter of Seth R. and Myra Ellen (Barrett) Lord on December 31, 1900 in Ellsworth, Maine. The property at 7 Wesley Avenue was devised to Lizzie J. (Lord) Scott on September 28, 1921. 7 Wesley Avenue is called “The Cedars” on the Sanborn 1921 map. James H. Scott died in September 1929 and Lizzie, the manager of a “rooming house” in 1930, kept “The Cedars” for thirty-five years. It is reasonable to assume that Lizzie turned the house into a rooming house and named it “The Cedars” as everyone else before Lizzie had other professions. “Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Toomey of Boston have rented furnished housekeeping apartments at The Cedars. Mr. Toomey is employed at the Seawall radio station. Mrs. Scott will continue to let the remainder of her rooms to transients as usual.” – The Bar Harbor Times, Wednesday, June 10, 1925. “Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Harding and children of Gott's Island have taken housekeeping apartments in the garage building belonging to Mrs. James Scott of The Cedars.” – The Bar Harbor Times, Wednesday, June 17, 1925 “Mr. and Mrs. Walter M. Robinson have taken rooms at the Cedars for the remainder of the summer.” – The Bar Harbor Times, Wednesday, August 19, 1925 Lizzie Lord sold “The Cedars” to Richard G. and Barbara Wallace Robinson on July 10, 1956. Brendon Herbert Thurston was born on July 10, 1915 to Herbert W. and Gertrude E. (Kelley) Thurston in Tremont, Maine. Brendon married Effie Florence Murphy (1921-1988), daughter of Forest Emery and Lottie Frances (Conary) Murphy, on October 15, 1935 in Maine. Brendon Herbert Thurston died on October 31, 1980 in Seal Cove, Maine. “The Cedars” was sold to Juanita Dorr Wilson on August 8, 1967. Juanita Esther Dorr was born on July 19, 1929 to Sylvester Warren and Nellie Myra (Robinson) Dorr in Southwest Harbor, Maine. Juanita married Howard Edwin Wilson (1928-1966). “The Cedars” was devised to Juanita’s son, Michael E. Wilson on November 27, 1995. Juanita Esther (Dorr) Wilson died on December 18, 1997 in Southwest Harbor, Maine. [show more]
13290	Elisha Crane House Thomas Clark House	Reference	Structures, Dwellings, House	Southwest Harbor	345 Main Street	The house had been moved from a property just south of 21 Forest Avenue. Archivists are researching the original site.	Elisha Crane House Thomas Clark House Item: 13290 Type: Reference Subject: Structures, Dwellings, House Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Address: 345 Main Street Description: The house had been moved from a property just south of 21 Forest Avenue. Archivists are researching the original site.
3487	Southwest Harbor Public Library	Reference	Organizations, Civic, Public Library Structures, Civic, Library	Southwest Harbor	338 Main Street	Nell Thornton famously said, in her book, The Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor, “The Southwest Harbor Public Library had its beginning [as the Tremont Public Library] in 1884 when Mrs. Annie Sawyer Downs gathered a number of discarded books from the hotels, mostly paper covered volumes, and placed them on a shelf in one corner of Dr. R. J. Lemont's drug store…” The library was, as were many small libraries on the coast of Maine, started by “people from away,” in other words, summer people. This small library, however, was quickly adopted by native Southwest Harborians, and has grown, in the almost one and a half centuries since its founding, to be one of Maine’s very few five-star libraries, according to the Library Journal Index of Public Library Service. Thornton, Nellie C., Traditions and records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine (Merrill & Webber Company, 1938, The Southwest Harbor Public Library, 1988)	Southwest Harbor Public Library Item: 3487 Type: Reference Subject: Organizations, Civic, Public Library Structures, Civic, Library Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Address: 338 Main Street Description: Nell Thornton famously said, in her book, The Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor, “The Southwest Harbor Public Library had its beginning [as the Tremont Public Library] in 1884 when Mrs. Annie Sawyer Downs gathered a number of discarded books from the hotels, mostly paper covered volumes, and placed them on a shelf in one corner of Dr. R. J. Lemont's drug store…” The library was, as were many small libraries on the coast of Maine, started by “people from away,” in other words, summer people. This small library, however, was quickly adopted by native Southwest Harborians, and has grown, in the almost one and a half centuries since its founding, to be one of Maine’s very few five-star libraries, according to the Library Journal Index of Public Library Service. Thornton, Nellie C., Traditions and records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine (Merrill & Webber Company, 1938, The Southwest Harbor Public Library, 1988) [show more]
12857	Cove's End - The John C. Harmon House - The Grace M. Simmons House	Reference	Structures, Dwellings, House	Southwest Harbor	253 Main Street		Cove's End - The John C. Harmon House - The Grace M. Simmons House Item: 12857 Type: Reference Subject: Structures, Dwellings, House Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Address: 253 Main Street
13552	William Doane Stanley House Ralph Warren Stanley House	Reference	Structures, Dwellings, House	Southwest Harbor	102 Clark Point Road		William Doane Stanley House Ralph Warren Stanley House Item: 13552 Type: Reference Subject: Structures, Dwellings, House Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Address: 102 Clark Point Road
16282	The Benjamin Herrick Dodge House The Charlotte Rhoades House and Park	Reference	Places, Park Structures, Dwellings, House	Southwest Harbor	185 Main St.		The Benjamin Herrick Dodge House The Charlotte Rhoades House and Park Item: 16282 Type: Reference Subject: Places, Park Structures, Dwellings, House Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Address: 185 Main St.
16249	W. 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
12852	Lawler Paint Co. Building Sunrise Heating & Coastline Construction	Reference	Structures, Commercial, Store	Southwest Harbor	40 Clark Point Road		Lawler Paint Co. Building Sunrise Heating & Coastline Construction Item: 12852 Type: Reference Subject: Structures, Commercial, Store Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Address: 40 Clark Point Road
14952	William Wallace House Edwin Albert and Vienna Dix Lawler House	Reference	Structures, Dwellings, House	Southwest Harbor	29 Clark Point Road		William Wallace House Edwin Albert and Vienna Dix Lawler House Item: 14952 Type: Reference Subject: Structures, Dwellings, House Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Address: 29 Clark Point Road
16158	William W. King House Tremont Baptist Parsonage	Reference	Structures, Ceremonial, Church Structures, Dwellings, House	Southwest Harbor, Manset	126 Seawall Road		William W. King House Tremont Baptist Parsonage Item: 16158 Type: Reference Subject: Structures, Ceremonial, Church Structures, Dwellings, House Place: Southwest Harbor, Manset State: ME Address: 126 Seawall Road
13482	Seawall Hotel	Reference	Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel	Southwest Harbor, Seawall			Seawall Hotel Item: 13482 Type: Reference Subject: Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel Place: Southwest Harbor, Seawall State: ME
14670	Southwest Harbor Post Office at 340 Main Street	Reference	Organizations, Civic, Municipal Structures, Civic, Public, Post Office	Southwest Harbor	340 Main Street		Southwest Harbor Post Office at 340 Main Street Item: 14670 Type: Reference Subject: Organizations, Civic, Municipal Structures, Civic, Public, Post Office Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Address: 340 Main Street
15936	James Albert Freeman Post Office	Reference	Organizations, Civic, Municipal Structures, Civic, Public, Post Office Structures, Dwellings, House	Southwest Harbor	8 Brook Passage	This building was used by James Albert Freeman as a Post Office from 1905 to 1914.	James Albert Freeman Post Office Item: 15936 Type: Reference Subject: Organizations, Civic, Municipal Structures, Civic, Public, Post Office Structures, Dwellings, House Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Address: 8 Brook Passage Description: This building was used by James Albert Freeman as a Post Office from 1905 to 1914.
12869	Carroll Building	Reference	Structures, Commercial, Commercial Structures	Southwest Harbor	360 Main Street		Carroll Building Item: 12869 Type: Reference Subject: Structures, Commercial, Commercial Structures Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Address: 360 Main Street
12868	John Lawler Commercial Building	Reference	Structures, Commercial, Commercial Structures	Southwest Harbor	340 Main Street		John Lawler Commercial Building Item: 12868 Type: Reference Subject: Structures, Commercial, Commercial Structures Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Address: 340 Main Street
13298	Island House Tennis Court	Reference	Structures, Other Structures, Tennis Court	Southwest Harbor		The red dots on map 2254 show the buildings related to the Island House. The arrow points to the tennis lawn.	Island House Tennis Court Item: 13298 Type: Reference Subject: Structures, Other Structures, Tennis Court Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Description: The red dots on map 2254 show the buildings related to the Island House. The arrow points to the tennis lawn.
14437	George W. Anderson House and Dental Office	Reference	Structures, Dwellings, House Structures, Office Building	Southwest Harbor, Manset	140 Seawall Road	"Next to the Ward house, now owned by William King, is one built in 1890 by Dr. George Anderson as a residence and dental office. It is now the property of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Reed." - "Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine" by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 185.	George W. Anderson House and Dental Office Item: 14437 Type: Reference Subject: Structures, Dwellings, House Structures, Office Building Place: Southwest Harbor, Manset State: ME Address: 140 Seawall Road Description: "Next to the Ward house, now owned by William King, is one built in 1890 by Dr. George Anderson as a residence and dental office. It is now the property of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Reed." - "Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine" by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 185.
14341	Benjamin Ward House John and Esther Ward Nichols House David King House Post Office	Reference	Structures, Dwellings, House	Southwest Harbor, Manset	186 Shore Road	The ell on the house was built by Benjamin Ward [T-193] and given with a life estate proviso to John and Esther Ward Nichols, who built the main part of the house and then moved to Boston. It was purchased by David King, who established the first post office therein before 1836 [T-193]. Inherited by Joseph King, whose widow Adelaide Gilley King, sold to Raynor and Margaret Coggin Wellington and John Coggin Wellington 12/16/1918 (543/369). Land was added 8/29/1925 (595/575), excepting the parcel earlier sold to Rachel Evans; also 8/23/1940 (674/248), 6/11/1941 (682/116), and 10/26/1956 (810/25). It was conveyed to the John C. Wellington Family Limited Liability Company 9/12/1997 (2677/366). (map 17, lot 77) - Burnham, John, Rebecca. Our Neighborhood – Manset and Seawall (Southwest Harbor Historical Society, Southwest Harbor, 2015) 26-27.	Benjamin Ward House John and Esther Ward Nichols House David King House Post Office Item: 14341 Type: Reference Subject: Structures, Dwellings, House Place: Southwest Harbor, Manset State: ME Address: 186 Shore Road Description: The ell on the house was built by Benjamin Ward [T-193] and given with a life estate proviso to John and Esther Ward Nichols, who built the main part of the house and then moved to Boston. It was purchased by David King, who established the first post office therein before 1836 [T-193]. Inherited by Joseph King, whose widow Adelaide Gilley King, sold to Raynor and Margaret Coggin Wellington and John Coggin Wellington 12/16/1918 (543/369). Land was added 8/29/1925 (595/575), excepting the parcel earlier sold to Rachel Evans; also 8/23/1940 (674/248), 6/11/1941 (682/116), and 10/26/1956 (810/25). It was conveyed to the John C. Wellington Family Limited Liability Company 9/12/1997 (2677/366). (map 17, lot 77) - Burnham, John, Rebecca. Our Neighborhood – Manset and Seawall (Southwest Harbor Historical Society, Southwest Harbor, 2015) 26-27. [show more]
14338	Old Ward House Benjamin Ward House Customs House	Reference	Structures, Dwellings, House Structures, Other Structures	Southwest Harbor, Manset	136 Seawall Road	The original house was built in 1830 for Benjamin Ward and is one of the oldest still existing buildings in Southwest Harbor. The house once held the U.S. Customs House [T-184] and was sold by Eldora Dolliver Ward to sea captain William W. King in 1905 (426/105). It was sold by Lottie King Reed to Emery Norwood in 1946 (712/121). Emery died July 22, 1953, leaving as heir-at-law Edna G. Hurd Norwood, who lived in the house until she sold it to John Eugene Jacobson in 1975 (1209/647). The shed ell was reported to have belonged to Albert “Uncle Al” King, who used it as a boat shed on the shore of 373 Seawall Road. The small barn in the rear is Jake Jacobson’s shop. (map 1, lot 44) - Burnham, John, Rebecca. - Our Neighborhood – Manset and Seawall (Southwest Harbor Historical Society, Southwest Harbor, 2015) 78-79.	Old Ward House Benjamin Ward House Customs House Item: 14338 Type: Reference Subject: Structures, Dwellings, House Structures, Other Structures Place: Southwest Harbor, Manset State: ME Address: 136 Seawall Road Description: The original house was built in 1830 for Benjamin Ward and is one of the oldest still existing buildings in Southwest Harbor. The house once held the U.S. Customs House [T-184] and was sold by Eldora Dolliver Ward to sea captain William W. King in 1905 (426/105). It was sold by Lottie King Reed to Emery Norwood in 1946 (712/121). Emery died July 22, 1953, leaving as heir-at-law Edna G. Hurd Norwood, who lived in the house until she sold it to John Eugene Jacobson in 1975 (1209/647). The shed ell was reported to have belonged to Albert “Uncle Al” King, who used it as a boat shed on the shore of 373 Seawall Road. The small barn in the rear is Jake Jacobson’s shop. (map 1, lot 44) - Burnham, John, Rebecca. - Our Neighborhood – Manset and Seawall (Southwest Harbor Historical Society, Southwest Harbor, 2015) 78-79. [show more]
16035	Kenneth E. Billings House	Reference	Structures, Dwellings, House	Southwest Harbor, Manset	6 Seawall Road		Kenneth E. Billings House Item: 16035 Type: Reference Subject: Structures, Dwellings, House Place: Southwest Harbor, Manset State: ME Address: 6 Seawall Road
16031	William Lawton Jr. House - 3rd House Mrs. Lawton’s Tea Room and Candy Shop	Reference	Structures, Dwellings, House	Southwest Harbor	130 Clark Point Road		William Lawton Jr. House - 3rd House Mrs. Lawton’s Tea Room and Candy Shop Item: 16031 Type: Reference Subject: Structures, Dwellings, House Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Address: 130 Clark Point Road
16030	William Lawton Jr. House - 2nd House James North Stanley - 1st Cottage	Reference	Structures, Dwellings, House	Southwest Harbor	25 Dirigo Road		William Lawton Jr. House - 2nd House James North Stanley - 1st Cottage Item: 16030 Type: Reference Subject: Structures, Dwellings, House Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Address: 25 Dirigo Road
16024	Wilbur C. Wallace House	Reference	Structures, Dwellings, House	Southwest Harbor	29 Clark Point Road	The Wilbur C. Wallace House was built about 1902 by William Wallace. He sold it to Edwin Albert Lawler and his wife, Vienna Sophia (Dix) Lawler.	Wilbur C. Wallace House Item: 16024 Type: Reference Subject: Structures, Dwellings, House Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Address: 29 Clark Point Road Description: The Wilbur C. Wallace House was built about 1902 by William Wallace. He sold it to Edwin Albert Lawler and his wife, Vienna Sophia (Dix) Lawler.
16029	Wendell Holmes Gilley House	Reference	Structures, Dwellings, House	Southwest Harbor	5 Phillips Lane		Wendell Holmes Gilley House Item: 16029 Type: Reference Subject: Structures, Dwellings, House Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Address: 5 Phillips Lane
16020	The Shore Cottage Loren Bascom Taber Johnson Rental	Reference	Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage	Southwest Harbor	19 Winding Lane		The Shore Cottage Loren Bascom Taber Johnson Rental Item: 16020 Type: Reference Subject: Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Address: 19 Winding Lane

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