The Tremont Masonic Lodge #77, after it was raised and enlarged, at the corner of Main Street and Clark Point Road in Southwest Harbor. The building to the right of it was the Odd Fellows Hall, destroyed by fire on March 27, 1922. The front entrance (as shown) was on Main Street. A lobby and auditorium with stage were on that floor. Town meetings and other gatherings were held in the auditorium for many years. The top floor held the lodge hall. At the far left is A. Gilley's Barber Shop, and, to the right of it is R.J. Lemont's Drug Store. The shield sign to the right of that marks the store of the "Live Yankee." The business on the bottom floor (access from Clark Point Road) of the Old Masonic Hall is the J.T. Crippen Co. - musical instruments and supplies.
Description: The Tremont Masonic Lodge #77, after it was raised and enlarged, at the corner of Main Street and Clark Point Road in Southwest Harbor. The building to the right of it was the Odd Fellows Hall, destroyed by fire on March 27, 1922. The front entrance (as shown) was on Main Street. A lobby and auditorium with stage were on that floor. Town meetings and other gatherings were held in the auditorium for many years. The top floor held the lodge hall. At the far left is A. Gilley's Barber Shop, and, to the right of it is R.J. Lemont's Drug Store. The shield sign to the right of that marks the store of the "Live Yankee." The business on the bottom floor (access from Clark Point Road) of the Old Masonic Hall is the J.T. Crippen Co. - musical instruments and supplies. [show more]
This photo was probably taken soon after the store was built about 1887. The back part had not been added at this time. At the far left of the photograph one of the twin rusticator cottages, either the A. B. Farnham Cottage or the W. P. Dickey Cottage, is visible.
Description: This photo was probably taken soon after the store was built about 1887. The back part had not been added at this time. At the far left of the photograph one of the twin rusticator cottages, either the A. B. Farnham Cottage or the W. P. Dickey Cottage, is visible.
This photograph shows the original hotel decorated with flags and bunting, probably for the Fourth of July. One of the turrets from the Durgain house is visible.
Description: This photograph shows the original hotel decorated with flags and bunting, probably for the Fourth of July. One of the turrets from the Durgain house is visible.
From July 12 to July 24, 1888 a party of twenty young people who attended Westtown [Quaker] School vacationed on Mount Desert Island. The young people stayed at The Roberts House hotel in Northeast Harbor from July 14, 1888 to July 23, 1888. They wrote and privately published a journal of their adventures, with one person writing each chapter. The journal was illustrated with photographs hand tipped in to the pages. Judy and Peter Obbard, longtime summer residents of Southwest Harbor, have kindly loaned their copy of “Mount Desert Memories” to the Southwest Harbor Public Library to study. Here in the Tenth Day Chapter, written by Anna Helena Goodwin, the young people, aboard a buckboard, passed Sand Beach on July 21, 1888 Goodwin – Anna Helena Goodwin (1862-1958)
Description: From July 12 to July 24, 1888 a party of twenty young people who attended Westtown [Quaker] School vacationed on Mount Desert Island. The young people stayed at The Roberts House hotel in Northeast Harbor from July 14, 1888 to July 23, 1888. They wrote and privately published a journal of their adventures, with one person writing each chapter. The journal was illustrated with photographs hand tipped in to the pages. Judy and Peter Obbard, longtime summer residents of Southwest Harbor, have kindly loaned their copy of “Mount Desert Memories” to the Southwest Harbor Public Library to study. Here in the Tenth Day Chapter, written by Anna Helena Goodwin, the young people, aboard a buckboard, passed Sand Beach on July 21, 1888 Goodwin – Anna Helena Goodwin (1862-1958) [show more]
Plate 13 from: Allen, Warren P. Mount Desert Souvenir : Fifteenth annual excursion of the Massachusetts Press Association, July 5-9, 1884 (Charles W. Eddy, Ware, Massachusetts, 1884).
Description: Plate 13 from: Allen, Warren P. Mount Desert Souvenir : Fifteenth annual excursion of the Massachusetts Press Association, July 5-9, 1884 (Charles W. Eddy, Ware, Massachusetts, 1884).
The Dr. Abigail Mary Redman Fulton Cottage, built in Southwest Harbor, Maine, in 1888, was one of several houses that were built between 1885 and 2002 inspired by the plans of a house designed by James W. Bryan shown in Scientific American – Architects and Builders Edition (1887). The plans shown in the 1887 magazine depicted a house built in Kansas City, Missouri in 1885.
Description: The Dr. Abigail Mary Redman Fulton Cottage, built in Southwest Harbor, Maine, in 1888, was one of several houses that were built between 1885 and 2002 inspired by the plans of a house designed by James W. Bryan shown in Scientific American – Architects and Builders Edition (1887). The plans shown in the 1887 magazine depicted a house built in Kansas City, Missouri in 1885.
The plans of a house designed by James W. Bryan were shown in Scientific American – Architects and Builders Edition (1887). Item 6990 shows the plans as being for "A Residence in Kansas City, MO"
Description: The plans of a house designed by James W. Bryan were shown in Scientific American – Architects and Builders Edition (1887). Item 6990 shows the plans as being for "A Residence in Kansas City, MO"
Description: “Bar Harbor Days” by Mrs. Burton Harrison with illustrations by Fenn and Hyde was published by Harper & Brothers, Franklin Square, New York, 1887.
Back Row – Left to Right: Harriet Gilley (1838-1930) – daughter of Joseph Warren Gilley (1813-1894) Alice E. Gilley (1856-1938) – daughter of Joseph Warren Gilley (1813-1894) William Frederick Stanley (1866-) – grandson of Joseph Warren Gilley (1813-1894) Carrie B. (Ober) Stanley (1862-1932) – Mrs. William Frederick Stanley Charles Adelbert Gilley (1847-1914) – son of Joseph Warren Gilley (1813-1894) Front Row – Left to Right: Joseph Warren Gilley Jr. (1859-1918) – son of Joseph Warren Gilley (1813-1894) Two sisters - archivists unsure which girl is which: Annie S. Allen (1879-1949) Eunice M. Allen (1886-) The girls, visiting the family on the island, were granddaughters of Oliver L. Allen and Matilda (Gilley) Allen. Matilda (Gilley) Allen (1817-1909) was the sister of Joseph Warren Gilley (1813-1894)
Description: Back Row – Left to Right: Harriet Gilley (1838-1930) – daughter of Joseph Warren Gilley (1813-1894) Alice E. Gilley (1856-1938) – daughter of Joseph Warren Gilley (1813-1894) William Frederick Stanley (1866-) – grandson of Joseph Warren Gilley (1813-1894) Carrie B. (Ober) Stanley (1862-1932) – Mrs. William Frederick Stanley Charles Adelbert Gilley (1847-1914) – son of Joseph Warren Gilley (1813-1894) Front Row – Left to Right: Joseph Warren Gilley Jr. (1859-1918) – son of Joseph Warren Gilley (1813-1894) Two sisters - archivists unsure which girl is which: Annie S. Allen (1879-1949) Eunice M. Allen (1886-) The girls, visiting the family on the island, were granddaughters of Oliver L. Allen and Matilda (Gilley) Allen. Matilda (Gilley) Allen (1817-1909) was the sister of Joseph Warren Gilley (1813-1894) [show more]
Insets at left and right show Hotel Des Iles, Bradley Block, Grand Central Hotel, Rodick House, Episcopal Church and West End Hotel. References at bottom add: Green Mountain, Eagle Lake, Ogden's Point, Bar Island, Abby's Retreat, Indian Camp, Steamboat Wharf, Mt. Kebo, Union Church, Rockaway House, School Houses, Newport House, Atlantic House, Lookout House, Belmont Hotel, St. Sauveur House, Agamont House, Wayside Inn, Rodick Cottages, Ash Cottage, Deering House, Exchange, Boat Wharf, and Steamer Lewiston. Artist's name A. F. Poole appears at lower left of main image.
Description: Insets at left and right show Hotel Des Iles, Bradley Block, Grand Central Hotel, Rodick House, Episcopal Church and West End Hotel. References at bottom add: Green Mountain, Eagle Lake, Ogden's Point, Bar Island, Abby's Retreat, Indian Camp, Steamboat Wharf, Mt. Kebo, Union Church, Rockaway House, School Houses, Newport House, Atlantic House, Lookout House, Belmont Hotel, St. Sauveur House, Agamont House, Wayside Inn, Rodick Cottages, Ash Cottage, Deering House, Exchange, Boat Wharf, and Steamer Lewiston. Artist's name A. F. Poole appears at lower left of main image. [show more]