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13017Building of Arts, Eden
  • Reference
  • Structures, Civic, Performing Arts, Theater
  • Harding, R. Brewster
  • Maine: Old Port Publishing Co., 1975
  • Bar Harbor, Eden
Building of Arts was built for the summer population of Bar Harbor. It was meant to be a place where music lovers and professional musicians from all over the country would come to entertain the summer colony. Members of the building committee included George Dorr, Mr. Vanderbilt and Mrs. Robert Abbe. Guy Lowell of Boston, Massachusetts, was chosen as architect for the building. It was finished in 1907 with a final cost of approximately $100,000. The opening concert was held on Saturday, July 13, 1907. Mme. Emma Eames and Mr. Emilio De Gogorza were soloists. Over the next 35 years the Building of Arts held concerts and shows by Ernest Schelling, Paderewski, Walter Damrosch, dancer Ted Shawn, Josef Hofmann, and many others, including celebrated stars from Hollywood and Broadway. By the end of this time period the building had fallen into disrepair and was sold in January 1943 to Earl D. and Charles A. Holt for $305.24. Just four years later in April 1947 the Holts sold the building to Consuello Sides of Boston and New York. The plan was to use it as a summer theater. In October 1947 the Building of Arts was destroyed by fire. See also: "Lost Bar Harbor," p. 110. "Bygone Bar Harbor - A Postcard Tour of Mount Desert Island and Acadia National Park," p. 16. "Maine Cottages: Fred L. Savage and the Architecture of Mount Desert," p. 232.
Building of Arts, Eden
Item:
  • 13017   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Performing Arts, Theater
Creator:
  • Harding, R. Brewster
Publisher:
  • Maine: Old Port Publishing Co., 1975
Place:
  • Bar Harbor, Eden
State:
  • ME
Tags:
tinted
Description:
Building of Arts was built for the summer population of Bar Harbor. It was meant to be a place where music lovers and professional musicians from all over the country would come to entertain the summer colony. Members of the building committee included George Dorr, Mr. Vanderbilt and Mrs. Robert Abbe. Guy Lowell of Boston, Massachusetts, was chosen as architect for the building. It was finished in 1907 with a final cost of approximately $100,000. The opening concert was held on Saturday, July 13, 1907. Mme. Emma Eames and Mr. Emilio De Gogorza were soloists. Over the next 35 years the Building of Arts held concerts and shows by Ernest Schelling, Paderewski, Walter Damrosch, dancer Ted Shawn, Josef Hofmann, and many others, including celebrated stars from Hollywood and Broadway. By the end of this time period the building had fallen into disrepair and was sold in January 1943 to Earl D. and Charles A. Holt for $305.24. Just four years later in April 1947 the Holts sold the building to Consuello Sides of Boston and New York. The plan was to use it as a summer theater. In October 1947 the Building of Arts was destroyed by fire. See also: "Lost Bar Harbor," p. 110. "Bygone Bar Harbor - A Postcard Tour of Mount Desert Island and Acadia National Park," p. 16. "Maine Cottages: Fred L. Savage and the Architecture of Mount Desert," p. 232. [show more]
13379Southwest Harbor, Maine, 1921 Sanborn Map
  • Reference
  • Places, Town
  • Sanborn Map Company
  • Southwest Harbor
This items ties together sheets 1, 2, and 3, a set of three maps depicting Southwest Harbor, Maine as of September 1921. The upper right corner of Sheet 1 shows the winter population as 206 and the summer population as 1500.
Southwest Harbor, Maine, 1921 Sanborn Map
Item:
  • 13379   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Places, Town
Publisher:
  • Sanborn Map Company
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Description:
This items ties together sheets 1, 2, and 3, a set of three maps depicting Southwest Harbor, Maine as of September 1921. The upper right corner of Sheet 1 shows the winter population as 206 and the summer population as 1500.
12705The Old Cambridge Photographic Club
  • Reference
  • Organizations
  • Wells - James A. Wells
  • Unpublished manuscript 2016
  • 1892 c.
  • Boston MA area, Cambridge
The parts played in the formation and activities of the Old Cambridge Photography Club by those who summered or designed cottages in Southwest Harbor, Maine: Alice Carpenter Allyn, Henry Lathrop Rand, and other Southwest Harborians
The Old Cambridge Photographic Club
Item:
  • 12705   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Organizations
Creator:
  • Wells - James A. Wells
Publisher:
  • Unpublished manuscript 2016
Date:
  • 1892 c.
Place:
  • Boston MA area, Cambridge
State:
  • MA
Description:
The parts played in the formation and activities of the Old Cambridge Photography Club by those who summered or designed cottages in Southwest Harbor, Maine: Alice Carpenter Allyn, Henry Lathrop Rand, and other Southwest Harborians
10898Lobster Yacht
  • Reference
  • Vessels, Boat, Lobster Boat
  • Southwest Harbor
The term "Lobster Yacht" denotes a pleasure boat built on the lines of a working lobster boat. The term is more commonly used "away" than on Mount Desert Island. This name describes the look of these boats in a world where so many working and pleasure boats resemble each other. Boat builders on MDI would probably not use this term so this database generally uses the term "pleasure boat" and leaves the viewer to make his or her own distinction. The following publications and many others use the term Lobster Yacht: - National Fisherman, Volume 70, 1989 - Understanding Boat Design by Edward S. Brewer and Ted Brewer, published by McGraw-Hill Professional, 1993 - The Illustrated Dictionary of Boating Terms: 2,000 Essential Terms for Sailors & Powerboaters by John Rousmaniere, W. W. Norton & Company, 1998 - Wooden Boat, Wooden Boat Publications, 2005 - Sorensen's Guide to Powerboats, 2 by Eric Sorensen, published by McGraw-Hill Professional, 2007
Lobster Yacht
Item:
  • 10898   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Vessels, Boat, Lobster Boat
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Description:
The term "Lobster Yacht" denotes a pleasure boat built on the lines of a working lobster boat. The term is more commonly used "away" than on Mount Desert Island. This name describes the look of these boats in a world where so many working and pleasure boats resemble each other. Boat builders on MDI would probably not use this term so this database generally uses the term "pleasure boat" and leaves the viewer to make his or her own distinction. The following publications and many others use the term Lobster Yacht: - National Fisherman, Volume 70, 1989 - Understanding Boat Design by Edward S. Brewer and Ted Brewer, published by McGraw-Hill Professional, 1993 - The Illustrated Dictionary of Boating Terms: 2,000 Essential Terms for Sailors & Powerboaters by John Rousmaniere, W. W. Norton & Company, 1998 - Wooden Boat, Wooden Boat Publications, 2005 - Sorensen's Guide to Powerboats, 2 by Eric Sorensen, published by McGraw-Hill Professional, 2007 [show more]
12222Town of Tremont - 1854 Tax Collector Sureties
  • Reference
  • Places, Town
  • 1854-05-10
  • Tremont
Andrew H. Haynes (1812-1896) - 133 Shore Road, Manset Ebenezer Fernald (1810-1884) - 110 Fernald Point Road Henry Higgins Clark (1811-1897) - Deacon Clark John D. Rich (1800-1875) Reuben D. Rich (1827-1863) - son of John D. Rich Samuel G. Rich (1808-1871)
Town of Tremont - 1854 Tax Collector Sureties
Item:
  • 12222   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Places, Town
Date:
  • 1854-05-10
Place:
  • Tremont
State:
  • ME
Description:
Andrew H. Haynes (1812-1896) - 133 Shore Road, Manset Ebenezer Fernald (1810-1884) - 110 Fernald Point Road Henry Higgins Clark (1811-1897) - Deacon Clark John D. Rich (1800-1875) Reuben D. Rich (1827-1863) - son of John D. Rich Samuel G. Rich (1808-1871)
3042J.L. Stanley Fishery
J.L. Stanley & Sons
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
  • 95 Shore Road
J.L. Stanley started the fishery in 1874. He expanded it and made his sons partners as they came of age. “J.L. Stanley has commenced to cut ice on his Lily pond and has put in one day’s hauling, in his ice house, of very superior quality and about ten inches thick.” – Bar Harbor Record, Thursday, January 19, 1888. "The ice dealers have nearly finished filling their ice houses. The weather of the last week was exceptionally good for their work, and the opportunity was improved. Three houses are filled by sluicing direct from the pond. John L. Stanley & Sons put up about 1,300 tons. They have about twenty five men employed cutting and sluicing. W.H. Ward put up about 1,000 tons, and has twenty men employed." - The Ellsworth American, Wednesday, February 12, 1902 - Manset news. Stanley had his own ice pond for the Fishery. There are several photographs of the ice harvesting operation at the pond. Part of the fishery was destroyed by fire in 1918, shortly before J.L. Stanley was prepared to retire. He continued the business to recoup the loss. The business was sold in 1928 after his death to C.W. Marion. The business was sold again in 1944 to William Sklaroff and again around 1955 to four brothers. J.L. Stanley Fisheries was completely destroyed by fire on April 12, 1967.
J.L. Stanley Fishery
J.L. Stanley & Sons
Item:
  • 3042   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 95 Shore Road
Description:
J.L. Stanley started the fishery in 1874. He expanded it and made his sons partners as they came of age. “J.L. Stanley has commenced to cut ice on his Lily pond and has put in one day’s hauling, in his ice house, of very superior quality and about ten inches thick.” – Bar Harbor Record, Thursday, January 19, 1888. "The ice dealers have nearly finished filling their ice houses. The weather of the last week was exceptionally good for their work, and the opportunity was improved. Three houses are filled by sluicing direct from the pond. John L. Stanley & Sons put up about 1,300 tons. They have about twenty five men employed cutting and sluicing. W.H. Ward put up about 1,000 tons, and has twenty men employed." - The Ellsworth American, Wednesday, February 12, 1902 - Manset news. Stanley had his own ice pond for the Fishery. There are several photographs of the ice harvesting operation at the pond. Part of the fishery was destroyed by fire in 1918, shortly before J.L. Stanley was prepared to retire. He continued the business to recoup the loss. The business was sold in 1928 after his death to C.W. Marion. The business was sold again in 1944 to William Sklaroff and again around 1955 to four brothers. J.L. Stanley Fisheries was completely destroyed by fire on April 12, 1967. [show more]
15608Allen - Arthur Allen
  • Reference
  • People
  • 1925 c.
Son of James and Octavia. Married Edith Marie Rumill. Live in Southwest Harbor, Maine in the 1930s and 1940s. Electrical engineer and building contractor.
Allen - Arthur Allen
Item:
  • 15608   
Accession #:
  • 1018
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • People
Date:
  • 1925 c.
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Mary Elizabeth Robinson Rosene Collection
Description:
Son of James and Octavia. Married Edith Marie Rumill. Live in Southwest Harbor, Maine in the 1930s and 1940s. Electrical engineer and building contractor.
15612Lighthouses and Life Saving Stations of Mount Desert Island
  • Reference
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
Lighthouses and Life Saving Stations of Mount Desert Island
Item:
  • 15612   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
15627Chance - Friendship Sloop-Maine Sloop Boat
  • Reference
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat, Friendship Sloop
Guy Frederick Closson (1903-1962) owned her in the 1950s.
Chance - Friendship Sloop-Maine Sloop Boat
Item:
  • 15627   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat, Friendship Sloop
State:
  • ME
Description:
Guy Frederick Closson (1903-1962) owned her in the 1950s.
15628Murphy - John Tyler Murphy (1870-1957)
  • Reference
  • People
Murphy - John Tyler Murphy (1870-1957)
Item:
  • 15628   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • People
State:
  • ME
15629Murphy - Viola A. (Marshall) Murphy (1877-1965)
  • Reference
  • People
Murphy - Viola A. (Marshall) Murphy (1877-1965)
Item:
  • 15629   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • People
15630Brown - William Sheldon Brown (1883-1930)
  • Reference
  • People
Brown - William Sheldon Brown (1883-1930)
Item:
  • 15630   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • People
15631198 Aspinwall Ave. House
  • Reference
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • Boston MA area, Brookline
  • 198 Aspinwall Avenue
198 Aspinwall Ave. House
Item:
  • 15631   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Place:
  • Boston MA area, Brookline
State:
  • MA
Address:
  • 198 Aspinwall Avenue
15632Mayo - Edward Dolliver Mayo
  • Reference
  • People
Mayo - Edward Dolliver Mayo
Item:
  • 15632   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • People
State:
  • ME
15633Mandy Turner House
  • Reference
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Kathlyn L. Murphy Reed was born in this house.
Mandy Turner House
Item:
  • 15633   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
State:
  • ME
Description:
Kathlyn L. Murphy Reed was born in this house.
15634Beal - Elmer Lawrence Beal (1920-2010)
  • Reference
  • People
Beal - Elmer Lawrence Beal (1920-2010)
Item:
  • 15634   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • People
15635Beal - Harold R. Beal (1925-2020)
  • Reference
  • People
Beal - Harold R. Beal (1925-2020)
Item:
  • 15635   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • People
15636Beal - Maurice Roosevelt Beal (1894-1965)
  • Reference
  • People
Father – Vinal Osmond Beal (1867-1944) Mother – Nettie Etta Alley (1874-1967) Birth Date – May 3, 1894 Born at – Jonesport, Maine Significant Siblings - Beal - Harvard Riley Beal (1897-1967) Spouse Name – Velora Mamie (Torrey) Reade (1885-1965) Spouse Parents – Fred Milton Torrey (1858-1932) and Jessie Benson Kelley (1861-1941) Wedding Date – August 22, 1912 Wedding Place – Southwest Harbor, Maine Death Date – December 7, 1965 Death Place – Ellsworth, Maine
Beal - Maurice Roosevelt Beal (1894-1965)
Item:
  • 15636   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • People
Description:
Father – Vinal Osmond Beal (1867-1944) Mother – Nettie Etta Alley (1874-1967) Birth Date – May 3, 1894 Born at – Jonesport, Maine Significant Siblings - Beal - Harvard Riley Beal (1897-1967) Spouse Name – Velora Mamie (Torrey) Reade (1885-1965) Spouse Parents – Fred Milton Torrey (1858-1932) and Jessie Benson Kelley (1861-1941) Wedding Date – August 22, 1912 Wedding Place – Southwest Harbor, Maine Death Date – December 7, 1965 Death Place – Ellsworth, Maine [show more]
15637Beal - Vinal Osmond Beal (1867-1944)
  • Reference
  • People
Occupation: Lighthouse Keeper Mount Desert Rock Lighthouse 1909-1910 – Second Assistant Keeper 1910-1911 – First Assistant Keeper 1911-c. 1919 – Princiapal Keeper 1924-1931 – Princiapal Keeper Home: Charles E. Stanley House Captain Vinal Beal House ME – SWH – Seawall Road - 112
Beal - Vinal Osmond Beal (1867-1944)
Item:
  • 15637   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • People
Description:
Occupation: Lighthouse Keeper Mount Desert Rock Lighthouse 1909-1910 – Second Assistant Keeper 1910-1911 – First Assistant Keeper 1911-c. 1919 – Princiapal Keeper 1924-1931 – Princiapal Keeper Home: Charles E. Stanley House Captain Vinal Beal House ME – SWH – Seawall Road - 112
15638Bennett - Charles H. Bennett (1922-1984)
  • Reference
  • People
Bennett - Charles H. Bennett (1922-1984)
Item:
  • 15638   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • People
15639Benson - Benjamin Benson (1772-1859)
  • Reference
  • People
Benson - Benjamin Benson (1772-1859)
Item:
  • 15639   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • People
15640Benson - Prudence M. (Benson) Beal (1920-2012)
  • Reference
  • People
Benson - Prudence M. (Benson) Beal (1920-2012)
Item:
  • 15640   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • People
15641Black - Frederick M. Black (1926-1999)
  • Reference
  • People
Black - Frederick M. Black (1926-1999)
Item:
  • 15641   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • People
15642Bristol - Eugene Stuart Bristol (1843-1910)
  • Reference
  • People
Bristol - Eugene Stuart Bristol (1843-1910)
Item:
  • 15642   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • People
15643Brooks - Betty Lou (Brooks) Sprague (1931-2009)
  • Reference
  • People
Brooks - Betty Lou (Brooks) Sprague (1931-2009)
Item:
  • 15643   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • People