Probably looking from the top of one of the hotels to the water. Stereograph Date - c. 1876 Size - 7” x 3.5” Media - sepia photograph Title - Southwest Harbor, Mt. Desert, Me. Photographer - Benjamin West Kilburn (1827-1909) Publisher - B.W. Kilburn, Littleton, N.H. Number - 20400
Description: Probably looking from the top of one of the hotels to the water. Stereograph Date - c. 1876 Size - 7” x 3.5” Media - sepia photograph Title - Southwest Harbor, Mt. Desert, Me. Photographer - Benjamin West Kilburn (1827-1909) Publisher - B.W. Kilburn, Littleton, N.H. Number - 20400
"Mrs. Derby Stanley opened The Hearthstone tea room at Seawall on July first." – Bar Harbor Times, July 3, 1952. The Hearthstone was open as early as 1950. Stanley - John Stanley (1735-1783) - family - Sans Stanley (1766-1834)
Description: "Mrs. Derby Stanley opened The Hearthstone tea room at Seawall on July first." – Bar Harbor Times, July 3, 1952. The Hearthstone was open as early as 1950. Stanley - John Stanley (1735-1783) - family - Sans Stanley (1766-1834)
The building fronted on Main Street and would probably have had a Main Street address at the time. The property is now [2017] the Western Way Condominium complex.
Description: The building fronted on Main Street and would probably have had a Main Street address at the time. The property is now [2017] the Western Way Condominium complex.
Description: This was originally the site of the James Lawton house built by Danforth Marcyes. In 2017 this was the site of the Bar Harbor Bank and Trust Building.
"In 1888 Capt. Robie M. Norwood of Seal Cove built a house south of where the electric power construction is now. This house was destroyed by fire in 1921.” - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 140.
Description: "In 1888 Capt. Robie M. Norwood of Seal Cove built a house south of where the electric power construction is now. This house was destroyed by fire in 1921.” - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 140.