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Item Title Type Subject Creator Publisher Date Place Address Description
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
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]
12369The 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:
  • 12369   
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
13494Seawall Dining Room and Motel Flyer
  • Document, Advertising, Advertisement
  • Businesses, Restaurant Business
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Motel
  • 560 Seawall Road
Seawall Dining Room and Motel Flyer
Item:
  • 13494   
Type:
  • Document, Advertising, Advertisement
Subject:
  • Businesses, Restaurant Business
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Motel
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 560 Seawall Road
9326Harbor View Motel
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Motel
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 11 Ocean Way
Harbor View Motel
Item:
  • 9326   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Motel
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 11 Ocean Way
9403Harbor View Motel
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Motel
  • Luther S. Phillips, Bangor, Maine
  • 11 Ocean Way
Harbor View Motel
Item:
  • 9403   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Motel
Publisher:
  • Luther S. Phillips, Bangor, Maine
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 11 Ocean Way
13485Seawall Motel
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Lodging Business
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Motel
  • 560 Seawall Road
Annabelle owned and operated Seawall Dining Room, Manset, from 1959 to 2000. In 1982 she added the motel.
Seawall Motel
Item:
  • 13485   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Lodging Business
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Motel
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 560 Seawall Road
Description:
Annabelle owned and operated Seawall Dining Room, Manset, from 1959 to 2000. In 1982 she added the motel.
13187Harbor View Motel
  • Reference
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Motel
  • 11 Ocean Way
"Harbor View Motel, Southwest Harbor, Maine 04679, On ocean front - twelve modern, soundproof motel units - continental breakfasts in season - four housekeeping cottages - television - individual thermostatic control heat - five minutes walk to village and restaurants - adjacent to Acadia National Park, boating, lake swimming. Telephone 207-244-6631 - AAA - ALA - MOBIL" The telephone number for the hotel was once listed as Chestnut 43133. “Soon Announcing… The Opening of New Harbor View Motel, Southwest Harbor” - Advertisement, Bar Harbor Times, April 22, 1954
Harbor View Motel
Item:
  • 13187   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Motel
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 11 Ocean Way
Description:
"Harbor View Motel, Southwest Harbor, Maine 04679, On ocean front - twelve modern, soundproof motel units - continental breakfasts in season - four housekeeping cottages - television - individual thermostatic control heat - five minutes walk to village and restaurants - adjacent to Acadia National Park, boating, lake swimming. Telephone 207-244-6631 - AAA - ALA - MOBIL" The telephone number for the hotel was once listed as Chestnut 43133. “Soon Announcing… The Opening of New Harbor View Motel, Southwest Harbor” - Advertisement, Bar Harbor Times, April 22, 1954 [show more]
10104Lily Lake House at Seal Cove, Maine
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • Tremont, Seal Cove
The MDI Register shows Minnie A. (Young) Harper - Mrs. John William Harper as the proprietor of this hotel. She is listed as having a telephone.
Lily Lake House at Seal Cove, Maine
Item:
  • 10104   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
Place:
  • Tremont, Seal Cove
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of Leola Mae Pomroy Higgins
Description:
The MDI Register shows Minnie A. (Young) Harper - Mrs. John William Harper as the proprietor of this hotel. She is listed as having a telephone.
8811A Claremont House Cottage
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • Buckman - Emma Johns Buckman (1881-1968)
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 20 Claremont Road
A Claremont House Cottage
Item:
  • 8811   
Accession #:
  • 1012
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
Creator:
  • Buckman - Emma Johns Buckman (1881-1968)
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 20 Claremont Road
Source:
  • Emma Johns Buckman Collection
Tags:
woman, hotel, building, people
8808A Claremont House Cottage
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • Buckman - Emma Johns Buckman (1881-1968)
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 20 Claremont Road
A Claremont House Cottage
Item:
  • 8808   
Accession #:
  • 1012
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
Creator:
  • Buckman - Emma Johns Buckman (1881-1968)
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 20 Claremont Road
Source:
  • Emma Johns Buckman Collection
Tags:
hotel, building
8807A Claremont House Cottage
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • Buckman - Emma Johns Buckman (1881-1968)
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 20 Claremont Road
A Claremont House Cottage
Item:
  • 8807   
Accession #:
  • 1012
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
Creator:
  • Buckman - Emma Johns Buckman (1881-1968)
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 20 Claremont Road
Source:
  • Emma Johns Buckman Collection
Tags:
woman, hotel, building, people
8806A Claremont House Cottage
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • Buckman - Emma Johns Buckman (1881-1968)
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 20 Claremont Road
A Claremont House Cottage
Item:
  • 8806   
Accession #:
  • 1012
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
Creator:
  • Buckman - Emma Johns Buckman (1881-1968)
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 20 Claremont Road
Source:
  • Emma Johns Buckman Collection
Tags:
woman, hotel, building, people
8805A Claremont House Cottage
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • Buckman - Emma Johns Buckman (1881-1968)
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 20 Claremont Road
A Claremont House Cottage
Item:
  • 8805   
Accession #:
  • 1012
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
Creator:
  • Buckman - Emma Johns Buckman (1881-1968)
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 20 Claremont Road
Source:
  • Emma Johns Buckman Collection
Tags:
hotel, building
8802A Claremont House Cottage
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • Buckman - Emma Johns Buckman (1881-1968)
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 20 Claremont Road
A Claremont House Cottage
Item:
  • 8802   
Accession #:
  • 1012
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
Creator:
  • Buckman - Emma Johns Buckman (1881-1968)
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 20 Claremont Road
Source:
  • Emma Johns Buckman Collection
Tags:
hotel, building
8801A Claremont House Cottage
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • Buckman - Emma Johns Buckman (1881-1968)
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 20 Claremont Road
A Claremont House Cottage
Item:
  • 8801   
Accession #:
  • 1012
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
Creator:
  • Buckman - Emma Johns Buckman (1881-1968)
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 20 Claremont Road
Source:
  • Emma Johns Buckman Collection
Tags:
hotel, building
8804A Claremont House Cottage
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • Buckman - Emma Johns Buckman (1881-1968)
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 20 Claremont Road
A Claremont House Cottage
Item:
  • 8804   
Accession #:
  • 1012
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
Creator:
  • Buckman - Emma Johns Buckman (1881-1968)
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 20 Claremont Road
Source:
  • Emma Johns Buckman Collection
15213The Saranac Inn
  • Reference
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Inn
  • Saranac Lake NY
The Saranac Inn
Item:
  • 15213   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Inn
Place:
  • Saranac Lake NY
State:
  • NY
15146W.H. Thurston Store
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Store Business
  • Structures, Commercial, Store
W.H. Thurston Store
Item:
  • 15146   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Store Business
  • Structures, Commercial, Store
15105The Live Yankee
  • Reference
  • Structures, Commercial, Store
“The Lurvey building [the Freeman J. Lurvey building on Main Street] was built as a general store and was conducted by Liston F. Smith for some years. Mr. Smith came to this vicinity some years previous and went over Mount Desert Island with a pedlar's [Sic] cart, calling himself "The Live Yankee." When he settled down to storekeeping- this was on his sign and by this cognomen he was known to most of the people. Later he moved his goods to one of the stores in the basement of the Masonic Hall where he was in business until failing health forced him to retire.” - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 148-149.
The Live Yankee
Item:
  • 15105   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Store
Description:
“The Lurvey building [the Freeman J. Lurvey building on Main Street] was built as a general store and was conducted by Liston F. Smith for some years. Mr. Smith came to this vicinity some years previous and went over Mount Desert Island with a pedlar's [Sic] cart, calling himself "The Live Yankee." When he settled down to storekeeping- this was on his sign and by this cognomen he was known to most of the people. Later he moved his goods to one of the stores in the basement of the Masonic Hall where he was in business until failing health forced him to retire.” - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 148-149. [show more]
15106The Captain's Walk
  • Reference
  • Structures, Commercial, Store
The Captain's Walk
Item:
  • 15106   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Store
15036Lyle Arlington Reed Store
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Store Business
  • Structures, Commercial, Store
  • Tremont, Bass Harbor
  • 35 Shore Road
Lyle Arlington Reed's store was opened in about 1945 in Bass Harbor. It was a general grocery and meat store and, later, a small lunch area for the nearby factory workers was added. Lyle sold the building to Dr. Channing H. Washburn of Bass Harbor who turned the building into a residence. - Information from Elsie V. (Reed) Lunt, Mrs. Clarence L. Lunt - Interview 09/22/10. "McKinley – The building on the Shore Road owned by Lyle Reed has been completed and the store will be opened in connection with his taxi business." The Ellsworth American, Wednesday, May 28, 1947.
Lyle Arlington Reed Store
Item:
  • 15036   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Store Business
  • Structures, Commercial, Store
Place:
  • Tremont, Bass Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 35 Shore Road
Description:
Lyle Arlington Reed's store was opened in about 1945 in Bass Harbor. It was a general grocery and meat store and, later, a small lunch area for the nearby factory workers was added. Lyle sold the building to Dr. Channing H. Washburn of Bass Harbor who turned the building into a residence. - Information from Elsie V. (Reed) Lunt, Mrs. Clarence L. Lunt - Interview 09/22/10. "McKinley – The building on the Shore Road owned by Lyle Reed has been completed and the store will be opened in connection with his taxi business." The Ellsworth American, Wednesday, May 28, 1947. [show more]
15014Bernard Post Office
Hinton's Antique Shop
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Business Shop
  • Structures, Civic, Public, Post Office
  • Structures, Commercial, Store
  • Tremont, Bernard
  • 129 Bernard Road
Postmasters at Bernard were: George W. Billings (1859-?): Postmaster - 11/26/1906 Hiram H. Condon (1871-1957): Postmaster - 10/17/1914 Mrs. Harriet C. Hinton (1904-1984): Acting Postmaster - 10/31/1941 Mrs. Harriet C. Hinton (1904-1984): Postmaster - 03/25/1942 Mrs. Hilda Erclin Sylvia (1912-2006): Officer-In-Charge - 06/20/1974 Mrs. Hilda Erclin Sylvia (1912-2006): Postmaster - 10/26/1974 Alice Ann Tracy - Officer-In-Charge: 05/01/1987 Linda (Sawyer) Musson (1949-): Postmaster -10/10/1987 Harriet Hinton was the postmaster - then her son Paul Hinton, had the antique store in this building.
Bernard Post Office
Hinton's Antique Shop
Item:
  • 15014   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Business Shop
  • Structures, Civic, Public, Post Office
  • Structures, Commercial, Store
Place:
  • Tremont, Bernard
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 129 Bernard Road
Description:
Postmasters at Bernard were: George W. Billings (1859-?): Postmaster - 11/26/1906 Hiram H. Condon (1871-1957): Postmaster - 10/17/1914 Mrs. Harriet C. Hinton (1904-1984): Acting Postmaster - 10/31/1941 Mrs. Harriet C. Hinton (1904-1984): Postmaster - 03/25/1942 Mrs. Hilda Erclin Sylvia (1912-2006): Officer-In-Charge - 06/20/1974 Mrs. Hilda Erclin Sylvia (1912-2006): Postmaster - 10/26/1974 Alice Ann Tracy - Officer-In-Charge: 05/01/1987 Linda (Sawyer) Musson (1949-): Postmaster -10/10/1987 Harriet Hinton was the postmaster - then her son Paul Hinton, had the antique store in this building. [show more]