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6144Schooner Kate L. Pray at the Fernald Brothers Store Wharf in Somesville
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
  • Mount Desert, Somesville
5531Somes Cove
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Harbor
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
  • Mount Desert, Somesville
13056Somes Harbor
  • Reference
  • Places, Harbor
  • Mount Desert, Somesville
3594Somes House Hotel
  • Reference
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • Mount Desert, Somesville
  • 1102 Main Street
"Later [Abraham Somes] built a substantial frame house on the site of the Somes House and a part of that house is embodied in the present hotel. Some of the rooms at the back remain almost as they were at first. The house was built as a one-story building and later the walls were raised. Since then there have been many alterations and additions. George A. Somes finally inherited the property, developed the hotel business and built the two cottages toward the shore. His widow now owns it and conducts the hotel." - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 270-271. “When George A. Somes inherited the [Somes House], he expanded the family inn by constructing two large additions, one attached at the left and the other freestanding to the right, giving the hotel a capacity of 150 guests. Noted visitors included Louis Comfort Tiffany, Alfred Vanderbilt, Joseph Pulitzer, J.P. Morgan, Pres. William Howard Taft, and Mary Cassatt. Known for its chicken and lobster dinners, the Somes House operated into the 1950s with rates of $5 to $10 a day." - “Mount Desert Island - Somesville, Southwest Harbor, and Northeast Harbor” by Earle G. Shettleworth Jr. and Lydia B. Vandenbergh - Images of America Series, 2001, p. 27.
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"Later [Abraham Somes] built a substantial frame house on the site of the Somes House and a part of that house is embodied in the present hotel. Some of the rooms at the back remain almost as they were at first. The house was built as a one-story building and later the walls were raised. Since then there have been many alterations and additions. George A. Somes finally inherited the property, developed the hotel business and built the two cottages toward the shore. His widow now owns it and conducts the hotel." - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 270-271. “When George A. Somes inherited the [Somes House], he expanded the family inn by constructing two large additions, one attached at the left and the other freestanding to the right, giving the hotel a capacity of 150 guests. Noted visitors included Louis Comfort Tiffany, Alfred Vanderbilt, Joseph Pulitzer, J.P. Morgan, Pres. William Howard Taft, and Mary Cassatt. Known for its chicken and lobster dinners, the Somes House operated into the 1950s with rates of $5 to $10 a day." - “Mount Desert Island - Somesville, Southwest Harbor, and Northeast Harbor” by Earle G. Shettleworth Jr. and Lydia B. Vandenbergh - Images of America Series, 2001, p. 27. [show more]
5519Somes Sawmill on the Mill Pond - Somesville
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Factory, Sawmill Building
  • Mount Desert, Somesville
8702Somes Sound - View from Somes House
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Places, Sound
  • Buckman - Emma Johns Buckman (1881-1968)
  • 1921
  • Mount Desert, Somesville
8701Somesville
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Places, Shore
  • Buckman - Emma Johns Buckman (1881-1968)
  • 1921
  • Mount Desert, Somesville
7613Somesville Elementary School
  • Image, Photograph
  • Organizations, School Institution
  • Structures, Institutional, School
  • Mount Desert, Somesville
14630Somesville Library
  • Reference
  • Organizations, Civic, Public Library
  • Mount Desert, Somesville
"The public library stands on the site where a building owned by A. C Fernald and used as an undertaker's shop and for the post-office was burned by lightning in 1891 with considerable loss in money as well as property. The land is owned by Mrs. George A. Somes and is leased to the library association, who built the present library in 1895-6." - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 265.
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"The public library stands on the site where a building owned by A. C Fernald and used as an undertaker's shop and for the post-office was burned by lightning in 1891 with considerable loss in money as well as property. The land is owned by Mrs. George A. Somes and is leased to the library association, who built the present library in 1895-6." - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 265. [show more]
14628Somesville School
  • Reference
  • Organizations, School Institution
  • Mount Desert, Somesville
In 2017, the school building was occupied by condos.
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In 2017, the school building was occupied by condos.
5842Somesville School
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Institutional, School
  • Mount Desert, Somesville
5853Sound Brook in Somesville
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Stream
  • Mount Desert, Somesville
10076The Abraham Somes III House, Residence of Dr. Virginia Somes Sanderson
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1965-01-01
  • Mount Desert, Somesville
  • 1 Oak Hill Road
10077The Abraham Somes III House, Residence of Dr. Virginia Somes Sanderson
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1965-01-01
  • Mount Desert, Somesville
  • 1 Oak Hill Road
12047The John Allen Somes House / The Otto Clyde Nutting Cottage
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1941-08
  • Mount Desert, Somesville
12048The John Allen Somes House / The Otto Clyde Nutting Cottage on the Mill Dam at Somesville
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1935-07
  • Mount Desert, Somesville
13055The Mount Desert House
  • Reference
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • Mount Desert, Somesville
5848The Mount Desert House
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • Mount Desert, Somesville
5850The Somes House Hotel
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • Mount Desert, Somesville
7080The Somes House Hotel
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • Mount Desert, Somesville
12138The Somes House Hotel
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1961-07-01
  • Mount Desert, Somesville
  • 1102 Main Street
5856The Somesville Library with Tent
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • Mount Desert, Somesville
9506View Down Somes Sound from the Somes House Hotel
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Sound
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • Mount Desert, Somesville
5847View of Somesville from the Cove
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Shore
  • Places, Town
  • Mount Desert, Somesville
14271Village of Somesville
  • Reference
  • Places, Town
  • Mount Desert, Somesville
The Village of Somesville i on the Registry of Historic Places as the Somesville Historic District #75000092.
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The Village of Somesville i on the Registry of Historic Places as the Somesville Historic District #75000092.