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9395Clark Point Road - View to West to Main Street Bandstand
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo
  • Places, Town
  • Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company
  • 1925 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • Clark Point Road
A. L. [Arthur A.] Gilley's barber shop is on the left - a small building which forms but a fraction of the structure. It is possible that, at the time this photograph was taken, Maurice Marshall was renting the barber shop. The gasoline pumps shown on the right are in what is now the Post Office parking lot. The bandstand can just be seen across Main Street in the back of the photograph. The automobile is definitely c. 1925-1926 - very possibly a 1925 Maxwell 5 Passenger Sedan. To read about the Maxwell Motor Car Company - See “Maxwell Motor and the Making of the Chrysler Corporation” by Anthony J. Yanik, published by Wayne State University Press, 2009.
Clark Point Road - View to West to Main Street Bandstand
Item:
  • 9395   
Accession #:
  • 1034
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo
Subject:
  • Places, Town
Publisher:
  • Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company
Date:
  • 1925 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • Clark Point Road
Source:
  • Miles W. Weaver Postcard Collection
Description:
A. L. [Arthur A.] Gilley's barber shop is on the left - a small building which forms but a fraction of the structure. It is possible that, at the time this photograph was taken, Maurice Marshall was renting the barber shop. The gasoline pumps shown on the right are in what is now the Post Office parking lot. The bandstand can just be seen across Main Street in the back of the photograph. The automobile is definitely c. 1925-1926 - very possibly a 1925 Maxwell 5 Passenger Sedan. To read about the Maxwell Motor Car Company - See “Maxwell Motor and the Making of the Chrysler Corporation” by Anthony J. Yanik, published by Wayne State University Press, 2009. [show more]
12626The William Gilman Parker House Site
  • Image, Photograph, Digital Photograph
  • Places, Town
  • Soules - George John Soules
  • 2015-04-05
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 148 Clark Point Road
The large old tree behind the fence on the right is the same one that is visible in SWHPL 6361 which shows the tree in front of the house inside the corner of that fence.
The William Gilman Parker House Site
Item:
  • 12626   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Digital Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • Soules - George John Soules
Date:
  • 2015-04-05
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 148 Clark Point Road
Description:
The large old tree behind the fence on the right is the same one that is visible in SWHPL 6361 which shows the tree in front of the house inside the corner of that fence.
10945View South from the High Road
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Town
  • 1932
  • Southwest Harbor
  • High Road
View South from the High Road
Item:
  • 10945   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Town
Date:
  • 1932
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • High Road
Source:
  • Collection of Mrs. Donald Lunn Appleby Sawyer
16581Main Street, Southwest Harbor
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • Places, Town
  • 1973-08
  • Southwest Harbor
  • Main St.
View of stores Somes and Whitneys taken from the Post Office in August 1973.
Main Street, Southwest Harbor
Item:
  • 16581   
Accession #:
  • 1038
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
Subject:
  • Places, Town
Date:
  • 1973-08
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • Main St.
Source:
  • Collection of the Birlem Family
Description:
View of stores Somes and Whitneys taken from the Post Office in August 1973.
16582Main Street, Southwest Harbor
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • Places, Town
  • 1973-08
  • Southwest Harbor
  • Main St.
View of Sawyer's Market, Post Office, and Bar Harbor Bank taken from Whitneys in August 1973.
Main Street, Southwest Harbor
Item:
  • 16582   
Accession #:
  • 1038
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
Subject:
  • Places, Town
Date:
  • 1973-08
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • Main St.
Source:
  • Collection of the Birlem Family
Description:
View of Sawyer's Market, Post Office, and Bar Harbor Bank taken from Whitneys in August 1973.
11498Main Street, Southwest Harbor, Maine - Looking North
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo
  • Places, Town
  • Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company
  • 1924 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • Main Street
Main Street, Southwest Harbor, Maine - Looking North
Item:
  • 11498   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo
Subject:
  • Places, Town
Publisher:
  • Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company
Date:
  • 1924 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • Main Street
Source:
  • Collection of the Penobscot Marine Museum
Tags:
building, street, automobile
5680Main Street Looking North - Southwest Harbor
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo
  • Places, Town
  • 1908 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • Main Street
Buildings on the Left: The J.C. Ralph Building is the first structure. One of the old street lights and the Southwest Harbor Public Library wall are visible beyond the Ralph building. The building after the library property is the Freeman J. Lurvey building - now 334 Main Street. Buildings on the Right: The rustic porch of the later demolished Elisha Crane House is visible on corner of Clark Point Road. The sign for what is now Clark Point Road refers to Steamboat Wharf, which is now part of the US Coast Guard property at the end of Clark Point Road. The horse drinking fountain is in the street in front of it. The Southwest Harbor School House as Harmon Block is the large white block-like building. The bell tower on the old Freeman Grammar School, now Harbor House, can be seen behind the Harmon Block. The small building at the far right was the George Gilley plumbing shop (later The Gilley Plumbing Company) at what is now 315 Main Street.
Main Street Looking North - Southwest Harbor
Item:
  • 5680   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo
Subject:
  • Places, Town
Date:
  • 1908 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • Main Street
Description:
Buildings on the Left: The J.C. Ralph Building is the first structure. One of the old street lights and the Southwest Harbor Public Library wall are visible beyond the Ralph building. The building after the library property is the Freeman J. Lurvey building - now 334 Main Street. Buildings on the Right: The rustic porch of the later demolished Elisha Crane House is visible on corner of Clark Point Road. The sign for what is now Clark Point Road refers to Steamboat Wharf, which is now part of the US Coast Guard property at the end of Clark Point Road. The horse drinking fountain is in the street in front of it. The Southwest Harbor School House as Harmon Block is the large white block-like building. The bell tower on the old Freeman Grammar School, now Harbor House, can be seen behind the Harmon Block. The small building at the far right was the George Gilley plumbing shop (later The Gilley Plumbing Company) at what is now 315 Main Street. [show more]
15391Photos from the making of Stephen King's Storm of the Century
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Filmmaking
  • Places, Town
  • Grady - Ann Magdalene (Grady) Seavey
  • 1998
  • Southwest Harbor
  • Main Street
Anny Seavey who took these photographs said “The film crew was here in Jan of ’98. It was a lot of fun for all of us.” In the main image above, notice the 55 lb bags of Canadian instant mashed potato flakes used to make snow. This item contains 44 of the 55 snapshots Anny took. Images that were nearly identical to others have been omitted.
Photos from the making of Stephen King's Storm of the Century
Item:
  • 15391   
Accession #:
  • 1093
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
Subject:
  • Other, Filmmaking
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • Grady - Ann Magdalene (Grady) Seavey
Date:
  • 1998
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • Main Street
Source:
  • Anny Seavey
Description:
Anny Seavey who took these photographs said “The film crew was here in Jan of ’98. It was a lot of fun for all of us.” In the main image above, notice the 55 lb bags of Canadian instant mashed potato flakes used to make snow. This item contains 44 of the 55 snapshots Anny took. Images that were nearly identical to others have been omitted.
5953Main Street Looking Toward Dog (Saint Sauveur) Mountain
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Town
  • 1895 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 225 Main Street
Notice the man leading a cow on Main Street. The largest house, in the center of the picture to the right of the trees, is the Fred M. Robbins house, The photograph was taken from the John Cummins Harmon House at 246 Main Street, Southwest Harbor, Maine.
Main Street Looking Toward Dog (Saint Sauveur) Mountain
Item:
  • 5953   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Town
Date:
  • 1895 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 225 Main Street
Description:
Notice the man leading a cow on Main Street. The largest house, in the center of the picture to the right of the trees, is the Fred M. Robbins house, The photograph was taken from the John Cummins Harmon House at 246 Main Street, Southwest Harbor, Maine.
9954View of Main Street, Southwest Harbor Looking South from Dr. George Neal's Garden
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Town
  • Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939)
  • 1935 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 314 Main Street
The back of the photograph says "Grades 1 - 2 - 3 and High School"
View of Main Street, Southwest Harbor Looking South from Dr. George Neal's Garden
Item:
  • 9954   
Accession #:
  • 1010
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939)
Date:
  • 1935 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 314 Main Street
Source:
  • George A. Neal Collection
Description:
The back of the photograph says "Grades 1 - 2 - 3 and High School"
6837The First Masonic Hall and the First Odd Fellows Building
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Other Structures
  • 1909 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 353 Main Street
The far building at photo right, behind the bare trees, is Mayo's Ice Cream Parlor.
The First Masonic Hall and the First Odd Fellows Building
Item:
  • 6837   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Other Structures
Date:
  • 1909 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 353 Main Street
Description:
The far building at photo right, behind the bare trees, is Mayo's Ice Cream Parlor.
6839Main Street. Southwest Harbor - Looking South to the Post Office, Ashmont Hotel and Holmes House
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo
  • Places, Town
  • Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company
  • 1905 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 363 Main Street
The first building at left (363 Main Street) also housed Mayo's Ice Cream Parlor. There is a surveyor working at the edge of the road. The second building on the left, “The Ashmont” hotel at 371 Main Street was built in 1884.
Main Street. Southwest Harbor - Looking South to the Post Office, Ashmont Hotel and Holmes House
Item:
  • 6839   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo
Subject:
  • Places, Town
Publisher:
  • Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company
Date:
  • 1905 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 363 Main Street
Source:
  • Collection of Meredith Rich Hutchins
Description:
The first building at left (363 Main Street) also housed Mayo's Ice Cream Parlor. There is a surveyor working at the edge of the road. The second building on the left, “The Ashmont” hotel at 371 Main Street was built in 1884.
10615CCC Members Constructing Southwest Harbor Village Green
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • Places, Town
  • 1934
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 26 Villiage Green Way
The automobile on the left is a Model A. The one on the right is a 1933 Ford. The sign on the corner of the old first Masonic Hall building across Main Street says, “Pine Tree Shoe Repair.” Left to Right: Harold Cass Bill (unknown) H. Greenleaf
CCC Members Constructing Southwest Harbor Village Green
Item:
  • 10615   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • People
  • Places, Town
Date:
  • 1934
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 26 Villiage Green Way
Source:
  • Civilian Conservation Corps Collection
Tags:
ccc
Description:
The automobile on the left is a Model A. The one on the right is a 1933 Ford. The sign on the corner of the old first Masonic Hall building across Main Street says, “Pine Tree Shoe Repair.” Left to Right: Harold Cass Bill (unknown) H. Greenleaf
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.
13432Town of Southwest Harbor
  • Reference
  • Places, Town
  • Southwest Harbor
Town of Southwest Harbor
Item:
  • 13432   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Places, Town
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
14689Main Street, Southwest Harbor
  • Reference
  • Places, Town
  • Southwest Harbor
“In 1897, the different societies in the village combined to raise funds for street lights. The lamps were bought and placed near those houses whose owners were willing to furnish the kerosene and keep the lamps trimmed and lighted. These lamps did duty until the installation of electricity in the summer of 1917.” - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 124.
Main Street, Southwest Harbor
Item:
  • 14689   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Places, Town
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Description:
“In 1897, the different societies in the village combined to raise funds for street lights. The lamps were bought and placed near those houses whose owners were willing to furnish the kerosene and keep the lamps trimmed and lighted. These lamps did duty until the installation of electricity in the summer of 1917.” - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 124. [show more]
5126Two Men at J.C. Ralph's Studio & Post Office
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Commercial, Store
  • 1898 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
There are several street lamps visible in the photograph - the one on the right is different from the others. The lamp post on the left is at the corner of Clark Point Road. The building with the overhang beyond it is the Odd Fellows building. The building on the right is J.C. Ralph's Studio - Optician and Jeweler - and the Post Office. A man is standing in the door of the Post Office and a man standing in front of Ralph's Studio. The photograph was taken soon after John Ralph moved his store and expanded it. “In 1897, the different societies in the village combined to raise funds for street lights. The lamps were bought and placed near those houses whose owners were willing to furnish the kerosene and keep the lamps trimmed and lighted. These lamps did duty until the installation of electricity in the summer of 1917.” - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 124.
Two Men at J.C. Ralph's Studio & Post Office
Item:
  • 5126   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Commercial, Store
Date:
  • 1898 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Tags:
zoomable
Description:
There are several street lamps visible in the photograph - the one on the right is different from the others. The lamp post on the left is at the corner of Clark Point Road. The building with the overhang beyond it is the Odd Fellows building. The building on the right is J.C. Ralph's Studio - Optician and Jeweler - and the Post Office. A man is standing in the door of the Post Office and a man standing in front of Ralph's Studio. The photograph was taken soon after John Ralph moved his store and expanded it. “In 1897, the different societies in the village combined to raise funds for street lights. The lamps were bought and placed near those houses whose owners were willing to furnish the kerosene and keep the lamps trimmed and lighted. These lamps did duty until the installation of electricity in the summer of 1917.” - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 124. [show more]
10430View of Clark Point in Southwest Harbor from Manset
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Places, Harbor
  • Places, Town
  • The Albertype Company, Brooklyn, NY
  • 1935 PM
  • Southwest Harbor
Postcard written to Miss Ruth Nibblelink 178 W. 12th St. Holland, Michigan "July 3, '35 Sunny Meadow Cottage Sea Wall, Me. Thank you for your card received some months ago. Papa, Aunt E. Abie Gifford & I drove down here the 17th. We are getting on nicely - I hope you are well and your mother. Do write me when you feel like it. Lovingly, Edith Grandgent" Printed for Carroll's Drug Store, Southwest Harbor, Maine
View of Clark Point in Southwest Harbor from Manset
Item:
  • 10430   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Places, Harbor
  • Places, Town
Publisher:
  • The Albertype Company, Brooklyn, NY
Date:
  • 1935 PM
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of Mr. and Mrs. J.M. Pilz
Description:
Postcard written to Miss Ruth Nibblelink 178 W. 12th St. Holland, Michigan "July 3, '35 Sunny Meadow Cottage Sea Wall, Me. Thank you for your card received some months ago. Papa, Aunt E. Abie Gifford & I drove down here the 17th. We are getting on nicely - I hope you are well and your mother. Do write me when you feel like it. Lovingly, Edith Grandgent" Printed for Carroll's Drug Store, Southwest Harbor, Maine [show more]
6785View of the Head of Southwest Harbor from Manset
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo
  • Places, Harbor
  • Places, Shore
  • Places, Town
  • Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company
  • 1904 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
"Dick: that is my house with the arrow over it. the place has changed some since that was taken. on that wharf there is a large factory now and eleven houses down there in the field. [on face of postcard] [on reverse of postcard] To Mr. Dexter Fowler, 56 Pine Street, Bath, Maine. Dear Friend Dick – I guess you thought I had forgotten you. But I should say not. I am a great fellow to put off writing. Have they had any fights at the shop since I left: I arrived home Sat. and went to work Wed. Raymond Whitmore, Southwest Harbor"
View of the Head of Southwest Harbor from Manset
Item:
  • 6785   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo
Subject:
  • Places, Harbor
  • Places, Shore
  • Places, Town
Publisher:
  • Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company
Date:
  • 1904 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Description:
"Dick: that is my house with the arrow over it. the place has changed some since that was taken. on that wharf there is a large factory now and eleven houses down there in the field. [on face of postcard] [on reverse of postcard] To Mr. Dexter Fowler, 56 Pine Street, Bath, Maine. Dear Friend Dick – I guess you thought I had forgotten you. But I should say not. I am a great fellow to put off writing. Have they had any fights at the shop since I left: I arrived home Sat. and went to work Wed. Raymond Whitmore, Southwest Harbor" [show more]
5127View to the South, Main Street, Southwest Harbor
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Town
  • 1898 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
The building on the right is J.C. Ralph's Studio - Optician and Jeweler - and the Post Office. The photograph shows a woman standing in the door of the Post Office. Note the street lamp in front of Ralph's Studio. Clark Point Road goes off to the left. The building with the overhang beyond it is the Odd Fellows building.
View to the South, Main Street, Southwest Harbor
Item:
  • 5127   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Town
Date:
  • 1898 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Description:
The building on the right is J.C. Ralph's Studio - Optician and Jeweler - and the Post Office. The photograph shows a woman standing in the door of the Post Office. Note the street lamp in front of Ralph's Studio. Clark Point Road goes off to the left. The building with the overhang beyond it is the Odd Fellows building.
5220The Clark Point Area and Greening Island from Freeman Ridge
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Harbor
  • Places, Town
  • 1888 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
"From high on Freeman's Hill, one can view the development on Clark Point, an area once owned by the island's first minister, Ebinazer Eaton. Deacon Clark's hostelry and the William Underwood & Company spurred development on this point. Many of the residences belong to Clark family members. Storekeepers and tradesmen drawn to the area for work were settling here as well. Far off in the distance, the towers of Robert Kaighn's elaborate 1892 summer cottage signal the beginnings of the summer colony." - Mount Desert Island - Somesville, Southwest Harbor, and Northeast Harbor by Earle G. Shettleworth Jr. and Lydia B. Vandenbergh - Images of America Series, p. 52 - 2001 Compare this image to item 12583 for a contemporary view of the same scene.
The Clark Point Area and Greening Island from Freeman Ridge
Item:
  • 5220   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Harbor
  • Places, Town
Date:
  • 1888 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Tags:
zoomable
Description:
"From high on Freeman's Hill, one can view the development on Clark Point, an area once owned by the island's first minister, Ebinazer Eaton. Deacon Clark's hostelry and the William Underwood & Company spurred development on this point. Many of the residences belong to Clark family members. Storekeepers and tradesmen drawn to the area for work were settling here as well. Far off in the distance, the towers of Robert Kaighn's elaborate 1892 summer cottage signal the beginnings of the summer colony." - Mount Desert Island - Somesville, Southwest Harbor, and Northeast Harbor by Earle G. Shettleworth Jr. and Lydia B. Vandenbergh - Images of America Series, p. 52 - 2001 Compare this image to item 12583 for a contemporary view of the same scene. [show more]
5521Clark Point Road - Laying Telephone Wire
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Town
  • 1913
  • Southwest Harbor
The wagon crew is unreeling wire for the first telephone. Houses left to right: John C. Ralph house - 53 Clark Point Road. The dark house is the William Irving Mayo House - 51 Clark Point Road, built in 1894. The next house up the hill was used by S.H. Mayo as a residence with and attached blacksmith and bicycle shop - later a tea room, dry goods shop and office - 47 Clark Point Road. The next building, at the junction of Clark Point Road and the High Road, is the Watson Herrick store - 14 High Road. At the top of the hill, across the street, is the barn on the Mayo Holmes property. The house at the right foreground was built by Edward Reid McLean in 1885. Later it was the B.C. Worcester home and still later the Roger Rich home - 50 Clark Point Road, Map 3, built in 1885. The children and dog in foreground are, from left to right: Lawrence Dana Phillips John Dix Lawler (1906-1997) The dog is "Dot" Man in right foreground is "Jim Turner" – James A. Turner (1835-)
Clark Point Road - Laying Telephone Wire
Item:
  • 5521   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Town
Date:
  • 1913
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Description:
The wagon crew is unreeling wire for the first telephone. Houses left to right: John C. Ralph house - 53 Clark Point Road. The dark house is the William Irving Mayo House - 51 Clark Point Road, built in 1894. The next house up the hill was used by S.H. Mayo as a residence with and attached blacksmith and bicycle shop - later a tea room, dry goods shop and office - 47 Clark Point Road. The next building, at the junction of Clark Point Road and the High Road, is the Watson Herrick store - 14 High Road. At the top of the hill, across the street, is the barn on the Mayo Holmes property. The house at the right foreground was built by Edward Reid McLean in 1885. Later it was the B.C. Worcester home and still later the Roger Rich home - 50 Clark Point Road, Map 3, built in 1885. The children and dog in foreground are, from left to right: Lawrence Dana Phillips John Dix Lawler (1906-1997) The dog is "Dot" Man in right foreground is "Jim Turner" – James A. Turner (1835-) [show more]
5528Clark Point Road and Main Street, Southwest Harbor
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Town
  • 1903 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
The sign probably says Tremont or Bass Harbor - 3 miles. The corner of the Elisha B. Crane house is visible on the left. The horses are standing in front of P.L. Sargent's Livery Stable on Clark Point Road. The first house beyond the livery stable was built about 1902 by William Wallace and sold to E.A. Lawler. Next beyond that, with dark shutters, is the house built by E.L. Higgins, on Maple Lane, in 1884. On the right, part of the Old Masonic Hall may be seen, followed by A.L. Gilley's Barber Shop, Dr. R.J. Lemont's Drug Store and residence, Stephen Harmon's General Store, and William J. Tower's residence.
Clark Point Road and Main Street, Southwest Harbor
Item:
  • 5528   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Town
Date:
  • 1903 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Copies Collection
Description:
The sign probably says Tremont or Bass Harbor - 3 miles. The corner of the Elisha B. Crane house is visible on the left. The horses are standing in front of P.L. Sargent's Livery Stable on Clark Point Road. The first house beyond the livery stable was built about 1902 by William Wallace and sold to E.A. Lawler. Next beyond that, with dark shutters, is the house built by E.L. Higgins, on Maple Lane, in 1884. On the right, part of the Old Masonic Hall may be seen, followed by A.L. Gilley's Barber Shop, Dr. R.J. Lemont's Drug Store and residence, Stephen Harmon's General Store, and William J. Tower's residence. [show more]
5533Main Street Looking North
Southwest Harbor School House with Bell tower on the left.
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Store Business
  • Places, Town
  • 1896 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
Clark Point Road goes off to the right in the foreground. The Left side of Main Street: J.C. Ralph's Studio is the first whole building visible on the left. One of the old street lights and the wall of the Southwest Harbor Public Library are visible on the far side of the Ralph building. The Right Side of Main Street: The "fountain" sitting in the road in just about at the corner of Clark Point Road, is a horse watering fountain. The white two-story building with the belfry was Southwest Harbor’s first high school before the building was turned ninety degrees and moved to become the Harmon Block at 337 Main Street. Gilley Plumbing, later the Gilley Plumbing Company, is visible beyond the school building.
Main Street Looking North
Southwest Harbor School House with Bell tower on the left.
Item:
  • 5533   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Store Business
  • Places, Town
Date:
  • 1896 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Description:
Clark Point Road goes off to the right in the foreground. The Left side of Main Street: J.C. Ralph's Studio is the first whole building visible on the left. One of the old street lights and the wall of the Southwest Harbor Public Library are visible on the far side of the Ralph building. The Right Side of Main Street: The "fountain" sitting in the road in just about at the corner of Clark Point Road, is a horse watering fountain. The white two-story building with the belfry was Southwest Harbor’s first high school before the building was turned ninety degrees and moved to become the Harmon Block at 337 Main Street. Gilley Plumbing, later the Gilley Plumbing Company, is visible beyond the school building. [show more]
5556J.C. Ralph Studio on Main Street Looking South, Southwest Harbor
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Commercial, Store
  • 1898 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
The First Masonic Hall, now 353 Main Street, Southwest Harbor - at the corner of Clark Point Road, - The Hall, built c. 1877 as Tremont Hall, was sold to the Masonic lodge around 1902. The lodge members renamed the building, raised it, and rebuilt the first and second floors to achieve the building shown in all the pictures as the First Masonic Hall – See the Bar Harbor Times, April 20, 1927, p. 7. The building shown here is the Tremont Hall as it originally looked. One of the old street lights is visible on the right. - “In 1897, the different societies in the village combined to raise funds for street lights. The lamps were bought and placed near those houses whose owners were willing to furnish the kerosene and keep the lamps trimmed and lighted. These lamps did duty until the installation of electricity in the summer of 1917.” - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 124. The building on the right is John C. Ralph's Studio - Optician and Jewelry. John C. Ralph was Postmaster at Southwest Harbor from July 19, 1897 to November 1, 1905 and the Post Office is in the same building at far right. - Note wooden sidewalks.
J.C. Ralph Studio on Main Street Looking South, Southwest Harbor
Item:
  • 5556   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Commercial, Store
Date:
  • 1898 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Copies Collection
Description:
The First Masonic Hall, now 353 Main Street, Southwest Harbor - at the corner of Clark Point Road, - The Hall, built c. 1877 as Tremont Hall, was sold to the Masonic lodge around 1902. The lodge members renamed the building, raised it, and rebuilt the first and second floors to achieve the building shown in all the pictures as the First Masonic Hall – See the Bar Harbor Times, April 20, 1927, p. 7. The building shown here is the Tremont Hall as it originally looked. One of the old street lights is visible on the right. - “In 1897, the different societies in the village combined to raise funds for street lights. The lamps were bought and placed near those houses whose owners were willing to furnish the kerosene and keep the lamps trimmed and lighted. These lamps did duty until the installation of electricity in the summer of 1917.” - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 124. The building on the right is John C. Ralph's Studio - Optician and Jewelry. John C. Ralph was Postmaster at Southwest Harbor from July 19, 1897 to November 1, 1905 and the Post Office is in the same building at far right. - Note wooden sidewalks. [show more]