“The school house was built in 1901, replacing one built on the same site about 1860.” - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 183.
Description: “The school house was built in 1901, replacing one built on the same site about 1860.” - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 183.
Front Row - Left to Right: - Unknown girl - Unknown girl - Henry Thomas Conary (1903-1951) - Unknown boy - Howard M. Leonard (1905-1974) - Unknown girl - Marguerite Hopkins (1905-1965) - later Mrs. Harry G. Norwood Second Row - Left to Right: - Unknown boy - Carl Fulton Dolliver (1903-1979) - Stanwood Hart King (1905-1996) - Virginia J. Ramsdell (1905-1981) - later Mrs. Milton Edwin Krebs - Lawrence Newman (1906-2002) Third Row - Left to Right: - J. Sewell Hopkins Jr. (1903-1972) - Unknown boy - Unknown boy - Nettie L. Norwood (1903-1980) - later Mrs. James E. Smiley, then Mrs. Manuel Silva Back Row - Left to Right: - Unknown boy - Iva Adele Walls (1886-1964) - Teacher - later Mrs. Walter J. Clark Jr. - Unknown boy
Description: Front Row - Left to Right: - Unknown girl - Unknown girl - Henry Thomas Conary (1903-1951) - Unknown boy - Howard M. Leonard (1905-1974) - Unknown girl - Marguerite Hopkins (1905-1965) - later Mrs. Harry G. Norwood Second Row - Left to Right: - Unknown boy - Carl Fulton Dolliver (1903-1979) - Stanwood Hart King (1905-1996) - Virginia J. Ramsdell (1905-1981) - later Mrs. Milton Edwin Krebs - Lawrence Newman (1906-2002) Third Row - Left to Right: - J. Sewell Hopkins Jr. (1903-1972) - Unknown boy - Unknown boy - Nettie L. Norwood (1903-1980) - later Mrs. James E. Smiley, then Mrs. Manuel Silva Back Row - Left to Right: - Unknown boy - Iva Adele Walls (1886-1964) - Teacher - later Mrs. Walter J. Clark Jr. - Unknown boy [show more]
The original house was built in 1830 for Benjamin Ward and is one of the oldest still existing buildings in Southwest Harbor. The house once held the U.S. Customs House [T-184] and was sold by Eldora Dolliver Ward to sea captain William W. King in 1905 (426/105). It was sold by Lottie King Reed to Emery Norwood in 1946 (712/121). Emery died July 22, 1953, leaving as heir-at-law Edna G. Hurd Norwood, who lived in the house until she sold it to John Eugene Jacobson in 1975 (1209/647). The shed ell was reported to have belonged to Albert “Uncle Al” King, who used it as a boat shed on the shore of 373 Seawall Road. The small barn in the rear is Jake Jacobson’s shop. (map 1, lot 44) - Burnham, John, Rebecca. - Our Neighborhood – Manset and Seawall (Southwest Harbor Historical Society, Southwest Harbor, 2015) 78-79.
Description: The original house was built in 1830 for Benjamin Ward and is one of the oldest still existing buildings in Southwest Harbor. The house once held the U.S. Customs House [T-184] and was sold by Eldora Dolliver Ward to sea captain William W. King in 1905 (426/105). It was sold by Lottie King Reed to Emery Norwood in 1946 (712/121). Emery died July 22, 1953, leaving as heir-at-law Edna G. Hurd Norwood, who lived in the house until she sold it to John Eugene Jacobson in 1975 (1209/647). The shed ell was reported to have belonged to Albert “Uncle Al” King, who used it as a boat shed on the shore of 373 Seawall Road. The small barn in the rear is Jake Jacobson’s shop. (map 1, lot 44) - Burnham, John, Rebecca. - Our Neighborhood – Manset and Seawall (Southwest Harbor Historical Society, Southwest Harbor, 2015) 78-79. [show more]
"Next to the Ward house, now owned by William King, is one built in 1890 by Dr. George Anderson as a residence and dental office. It is now the property of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Reed." - "Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine" by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 185.
Description: "Next to the Ward house, now owned by William King, is one built in 1890 by Dr. George Anderson as a residence and dental office. It is now the property of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Reed." - "Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine" by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 185.