Item	Title	Type	Subject	Creator	Publisher	Date	Place	Address	Description
13162	Musgrave Tea Tower	Reference	Structures, Tower				Bar Harbor	30 Atlantic Ave	A landmark along the Shore Path was the Musgrave Tea Tower. In 1881, New York banker Thomas Musgrave built Edgemere, a Shingle-style cottage designed by William R. Emerson. Five years later he added a second cottage, Mare Vista, to his property. Musgrave's tower contained a second-floor tearoom and an attached bowling alley and dance hall." - "Bar Harbor" by Earle G. Shettleworth Jr., Postcard Series, Arcadia Publishing, Charleston, South Carolina, 2011, p. 50. The Musgrave Tea Tower was built by Thomas Bateson Musgrave (1831-1903) and his wife, Frances 'Fannie' Eleanor (Jones) Musgrave. Archivists researching the life of the Musgraves embark upon a sea of stories combining opulence, litigation and controversy.	Musgrave Tea Tower Item: 13162    Type: Reference Subject: Structures, Tower Place: Bar Harbor State: ME Address: 30 Atlantic Ave Description: A landmark along the Shore Path was the Musgrave Tea Tower. In 1881, New York banker Thomas Musgrave built Edgemere, a Shingle-style cottage designed by William R. Emerson. Five years later he added a second cottage, Mare Vista, to his property. Musgrave's tower contained a second-floor tearoom and an attached bowling alley and dance hall." - "Bar Harbor" by Earle G. Shettleworth Jr., Postcard Series, Arcadia Publishing, Charleston, South Carolina, 2011, p. 50. The Musgrave Tea Tower was built by Thomas Bateson Musgrave (1831-1903) and his wife, Frances 'Fannie' Eleanor (Jones) Musgrave. Archivists researching the life of the Musgraves embark upon a sea of stories combining opulence, litigation and controversy. [show more]
12075	The Musgrave Tea Tower on the Bar Harbor Shore Path	Image, Photograph	Structures, Tower				Bar Harbor			The Musgrave Tea Tower on the Bar Harbor Shore Path Item: 12075    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Structures, Tower Place: Bar Harbor State: ME Source: Collection of Lida Mason Edwards
12097	The Musgrave Tea Tower on the Bar Harbor Shore Path	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Places, Shore Structures, Tower		A.H. Bee, Bar Harbor	1912 PM	Bar Harbor		Postcard published by A.H. Bee, Bar Harbor	The Musgrave Tea Tower on the Bar Harbor Shore Path Item: 12097    Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Places, Shore Structures, Tower Publisher: A.H. Bee, Bar Harbor Date: 1912 PM Place: Bar Harbor State: ME Tags: shore Description: Postcard published by A.H. Bee, Bar Harbor

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