Advertisement for Samuel Morse Downs' Cottage - The Edgecliff For Sale or Rent Advertisement appeared in "The Outlook" - A Weekly Newspaper and an Illustrated Monthly Magazine, Volume 83, May 5 - August 25, 1906. Advertisement reads: "Edgecliff A Charming Estate on Somes Sound Opposite North East Harbor, Mount Desert Five acres heavily wooded with spruce and fir. Most comfortable house of eight rooms with hardwood floors and large open fireplaces. Piazza twelve feet wide. Best water privlege [Sic] on the Sound. Best of plumbing and lake water. Stable for two horses. The combination of mountains, sea, and islands presents a view of surpassing beauty. For sale or to rent for the season. Price for the season very reasonable. Address S.M. Downs, Bellevue Hotel, Boston, Mass."
The Outlook - A Weekly Newspaper and an Illustrated Monthly Magazine
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Description: Advertisement for Samuel Morse Downs' Cottage - The Edgecliff For Sale or Rent Advertisement appeared in "The Outlook" - A Weekly Newspaper and an Illustrated Monthly Magazine, Volume 83, May 5 - August 25, 1906. Advertisement reads: "Edgecliff A Charming Estate on Somes Sound Opposite North East Harbor, Mount Desert Five acres heavily wooded with spruce and fir. Most comfortable house of eight rooms with hardwood floors and large open fireplaces. Piazza twelve feet wide. Best water privlege [Sic] on the Sound. Best of plumbing and lake water. Stable for two horses. The combination of mountains, sea, and islands presents a view of surpassing beauty. For sale or to rent for the season. Price for the season very reasonable. Address S.M. Downs, Bellevue Hotel, Boston, Mass." [show more]
The cottages, Left to Right: Henry Arthur Inman Cottage – “Sutherland”, later “Heeltap”, built 1901 Robert KaighnCottage – “Pine Lodge”, later “Balla Cragga”, built 1892 (in back) Frank Judson GoodwinCottage – “Spruce Bough” (in front of Balla Cragga), built 1901 Albert Wilson Bee Cottage – “Sleepy Hollow By-the-Sound”, later “Journey’s End”, built 1888, and windmill Samuel Champion Cooper – “The Larches”, built 1895
Description: The cottages, Left to Right: Henry Arthur Inman Cottage – “Sutherland”, later “Heeltap”, built 1901 Robert KaighnCottage – “Pine Lodge”, later “Balla Cragga”, built 1892 (in back) Frank Judson GoodwinCottage – “Spruce Bough” (in front of Balla Cragga), built 1901 Albert Wilson Bee Cottage – “Sleepy Hollow By-the-Sound”, later “Journey’s End”, built 1888, and windmill Samuel Champion Cooper – “The Larches”, built 1895 [show more]