The Rowse family bought the land for their cottage in Southwest Harbor in 1944 and built their cottage on the Back Shore near the Claremont Hotel. The cottage rented for the season in 1960 for $1600. The Claremont Hotel acquired the property c. 1998. In 1973 the cottage was called "Seawood" and in 1977 it was known as "Shore Cottage."
Description: The Rowse family bought the land for their cottage in Southwest Harbor in 1944 and built their cottage on the Back Shore near the Claremont Hotel. The cottage rented for the season in 1960 for $1600. The Claremont Hotel acquired the property c. 1998. In 1973 the cottage was called "Seawood" and in 1977 it was known as "Shore Cottage."
"The Island House, owned by Deacon Henry H. Clark, was the first summer hotel on Mount Desert Island. Deacon Clark began the hotel business by taking into his hospitable home the first occasional tourists who came to the island for a short stay. He gradually enlarged his house until in 1885 it was entirely remodeled and did a thriving business, employing many of the townspeople during the summer season." - Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, p. 174 - 1938.
Description: "The Island House, owned by Deacon Henry H. Clark, was the first summer hotel on Mount Desert Island. Deacon Clark began the hotel business by taking into his hospitable home the first occasional tourists who came to the island for a short stay. He gradually enlarged his house until in 1885 it was entirely remodeled and did a thriving business, employing many of the townspeople during the summer season." - Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, p. 174 - 1938. [show more]
Description: Maine Historic Preservation Commission, Historic Building/Structure Survey #405-0794 Rhoads named it after the Penobscot camp site across the road.