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Item Title Type Subject Creator Publisher Date Place Address Description
16728View of the Stanley House hotel from the water
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • Eastern Ilustrating Co., Belfast, Me.
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
A rare view of the Stanley House from the water. The shoreline with water, rocks, and trees are in the foreground with the only the roof and upper stories of the hotel visible in the backbround.
View of the Stanley House hotel from the water
Item:
  • 16728   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
Publisher:
  • Eastern Ilustrating Co., Belfast, Me.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of George Soules
Description:
A rare view of the Stanley House from the water. The shoreline with water, rocks, and trees are in the foreground with the only the roof and upper stories of the hotel visible in the backbround.
13501Franklin Ward Machine Shop
Dockside Motel
XYZ Restaurant
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Restaurant Business
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Motel
  • Structures, Other Structures
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
  • 48 Shore Road
Franklin Ward Machine Shop
Dockside Motel
XYZ Restaurant
Item:
  • 13501   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Restaurant Business
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Motel
  • Structures, Other Structures
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 48 Shore Road
12958William Spurling Newman House
Sarah A. Brewer House
Mary A. Ramsdell House
Virginia Krebs House
  • Reference
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
  • 364 Seawall Road
William Spurling Newman House
Sarah A. Brewer House
Mary A. Ramsdell House
Virginia Krebs House
Item:
  • 12958   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 364 Seawall Road
12844Merrill Baxter King House
Eldora Flye Ward House
Bay View
  • Reference
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
  • 44 Shore Road
The land was purchased from Henry H. Ward, Sr. 3/16/1876 (152/399) by Arthur Newman. The house was built by Merrill B. King about 1878 [T-189]. It was then sold to William H. Ward, Jr. 10/17/1911 (484/111). A mortgage was foreclosed by Union Trust Co.12/11/1913 (503/35) and then it was sold to Eldora Dolliver Ward 11/30/1918 (543/290). It was devised to George A. and Thelma Dolliver Ward 7/2/1939 (670/109) and then sold to William Sklaroff (of Stanley Fisheries) et al. 5/7/1947 (714/90). The property went to Eugene and Kathleen Grant Watts 11/7/1953 (757/579) and then sold to John A. and Janice E. Knote 4/5/2001 (3054/127). In the spring of 2015 the town was considering the purchase of this property for use as a near-dock parking area. (map 1, lot 66) - Our Neighborhood – Manset and Seawall (Southwest Harbor Historical Society, Southwest Harbor, 2015) 136.
Merrill Baxter King House
Eldora Flye Ward House
Bay View
Item:
  • 12844   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 44 Shore Road
Description:
The land was purchased from Henry H. Ward, Sr. 3/16/1876 (152/399) by Arthur Newman. The house was built by Merrill B. King about 1878 [T-189]. It was then sold to William H. Ward, Jr. 10/17/1911 (484/111). A mortgage was foreclosed by Union Trust Co.12/11/1913 (503/35) and then it was sold to Eldora Dolliver Ward 11/30/1918 (543/290). It was devised to George A. and Thelma Dolliver Ward 7/2/1939 (670/109) and then sold to William Sklaroff (of Stanley Fisheries) et al. 5/7/1947 (714/90). The property went to Eugene and Kathleen Grant Watts 11/7/1953 (757/579) and then sold to John A. and Janice E. Knote 4/5/2001 (3054/127). In the spring of 2015 the town was considering the purchase of this property for use as a near-dock parking area. (map 1, lot 66) - Our Neighborhood – Manset and Seawall (Southwest Harbor Historical Society, Southwest Harbor, 2015) 136. [show more]
16260Two Unknown Men in front of J. L. Stanley Fishery Wharf
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Film Negative
  • People
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf
  • Vessels, Boat
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
  • 95 Shore Road
Two Unknown Men in front of J. L. Stanley Fishery Wharf
Item:
  • 16260   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Film Negative
Subject:
  • People
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf
  • Vessels, Boat
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 95 Shore Road
Source:
  • The Ward Family Collection
16259J. L. Stanley Fishery Wharf in Winter
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Film Negative
  • Places, Shore
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
  • 95 Shore Road
J. L. Stanley Fishery Wharf in Winter
Item:
  • 16259   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Film Negative
Subject:
  • Places, Shore
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 95 Shore Road
Source:
  • The Ward Family Collection
16258Boats at J. L. Stanley Fishery Wharf
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf
  • Vessels, Boat
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
  • 95 Shore Road
Boats at J. L. Stanley Fishery Wharf
Item:
  • 16258   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf
  • Vessels, Boat
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 95 Shore Road
Source:
  • The Ward Family Collection
16254Child Playing in front of Stanley Wharf Ruins after Fire
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Film Negative
  • People
  • Places, Harbor
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
  • Shore Road
Child Playing in front of Stanley Wharf Ruins after Fire
Item:
  • 16254   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Film Negative
Subject:
  • People
  • Places, Harbor
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • Shore Road
Source:
  • The Ward Family Collection
16251W. H. Ward Store Before 1884
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Cyanotype
  • Businesses, Store Business
  • Places, Harbor
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
  • 55 Shore Road
The original William Henry Ward Store on the Manset shore. This photograph was taken before the expansion of the wharf by William H. Ward.
W. H. Ward Store Before 1884
Item:
  • 16251   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Cyanotype
Subject:
  • Businesses, Store Business
  • Places, Harbor
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 55 Shore Road
Source:
  • The Ward Family Collection
Description:
The original William Henry Ward Store on the Manset shore. This photograph was taken before the expansion of the wharf by William H. Ward.
16249W. H. Ward Store & Wharf
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Store Business
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
  • 55 Shore Road
W. H. Ward Store & Wharf
Item:
  • 16249   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Store Business
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 55 Shore Road
16158William W. King House
Tremont Baptist Parsonage
  • Reference
  • Structures, Ceremonial, Church
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
  • 126 Seawall Road
William W. King House
Tremont Baptist Parsonage
Item:
  • 16158   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Ceremonial, Church
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 126 Seawall Road
16095Unknown House
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Nature, Animals
  • People
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
Unknown man with horse in front of unknown house.
Unknown House
Item:
  • 16095   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Nature, Animals
  • People
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • The Ward Family Collection
Description:
Unknown man with horse in front of unknown house.
14437George W. Anderson House and Dental Office
  • Reference
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • Structures, Office Building
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
  • 140 Seawall Road
"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.
George W. Anderson House and Dental Office
Item:
  • 14437   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • Structures, Office Building
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 140 Seawall Road
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.
16097Baptist Church, Manset, Me.
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Structures, Ceremonial, Church
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
Baptist Church, Manset, Me.
Item:
  • 16097   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Structures, Ceremonial, Church
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • The Ward Family Collection
14341Benjamin Ward House
John and Esther Ward Nichols House
David King House
Post Office
  • Reference
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
  • 186 Shore Road
The ell on the house was built by Benjamin Ward [T-193] and given with a life estate proviso to John and Esther Ward Nichols, who built the main part of the house and then moved to Boston. It was purchased by David King, who established the first post office therein before 1836 [T-193]. Inherited by Joseph King, whose widow Adelaide Gilley King, sold to Raynor and Margaret Coggin Wellington and John Coggin Wellington 12/16/1918 (543/369). Land was added 8/29/1925 (595/575), excepting the parcel earlier sold to Rachel Evans; also 8/23/1940 (674/248), 6/11/1941 (682/116), and 10/26/1956 (810/25). It was conveyed to the John C. Wellington Family Limited Liability Company 9/12/1997 (2677/366). (map 17, lot 77) - Burnham, John, Rebecca. Our Neighborhood – Manset and Seawall (Southwest Harbor Historical Society, Southwest Harbor, 2015) 26-27.
Benjamin Ward House
John and Esther Ward Nichols House
David King House
Post Office
Item:
  • 14341   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 186 Shore Road
Description:
The ell on the house was built by Benjamin Ward [T-193] and given with a life estate proviso to John and Esther Ward Nichols, who built the main part of the house and then moved to Boston. It was purchased by David King, who established the first post office therein before 1836 [T-193]. Inherited by Joseph King, whose widow Adelaide Gilley King, sold to Raynor and Margaret Coggin Wellington and John Coggin Wellington 12/16/1918 (543/369). Land was added 8/29/1925 (595/575), excepting the parcel earlier sold to Rachel Evans; also 8/23/1940 (674/248), 6/11/1941 (682/116), and 10/26/1956 (810/25). It was conveyed to the John C. Wellington Family Limited Liability Company 9/12/1997 (2677/366). (map 17, lot 77) - Burnham, John, Rebecca. Our Neighborhood – Manset and Seawall (Southwest Harbor Historical Society, Southwest Harbor, 2015) 26-27. [show more]
14338Old Ward House
Benjamin Ward House
Customs House
  • Reference
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • Structures, Other Structures
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
  • 136 Seawall Road
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.
Old Ward House
Benjamin Ward House
Customs House
Item:
  • 14338   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • Structures, Other Structures
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 136 Seawall Road
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]
11043W.H. Ward Jr. Store - Newly Built
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Commercial, Store
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
W.H. Ward Jr. Store - Newly Built
Item:
  • 11043   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Store
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • The Ward Family Collection
11057The William Spurling Newman House As Manset House
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
  • 102 Shore Road
The William Spurling Newman House As Manset House
Item:
  • 11057   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo
Subject:
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Publisher:
  • Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 102 Shore Road
Source:
  • The Ward Family Collection
11109The Original Manset Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
The Original Manset Library
Item:
  • 11109   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Library
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • The Ward Family Collection
11118Centennial Hall - As W.H. Ward Jr. Store
  • Image, Photograph
  • Nature, Animals
  • Structures, Commercial, Store
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
Centennial Hall - As W.H. Ward Jr. Store
Item:
  • 11118   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Nature, Animals
  • Structures, Commercial, Store
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • The Ward Family Collection
11135James Parker's Wharf
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
James Parker's Wharf
Item:
  • 11135   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • The Ward Family Collection
11267Stanley Fisheries Ice House
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Other Structures
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
Stanley Fisheries Ice House
Item:
  • 11267   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Other Structures
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • The Ward Family Collection
16035Kenneth E. Billings House
  • Reference
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
  • 6 Seawall Road
Kenneth E. Billings House
Item:
  • 16035   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 6 Seawall Road
15964Frank Louis Black House
Sarah Edith (Robinson) Black House
  • Reference
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
  • 6 Seawall Road
Frank Louis Black House
Sarah Edith (Robinson) Black House
Item:
  • 15964   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 6 Seawall Road
14292Henry Edwin Newman House
Raymond D. & Frances M. Billings House
  • Reference
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
  • 400 Seawall Road
Henry Edwin Newman House
Raymond D. & Frances M. Billings House
Item:
  • 14292   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 400 Seawall Road