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13162Musgrave 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]
12075The 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