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13383Southwest Harbor Fire Department
  • Reference
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Structures, Civic, Fire House
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 250 Main Street
Southwest Harbor Fire Department
Item:
  • 13383   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Structures, Civic, Fire House
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 250 Main Street
13566Southwest Harbor Post Office at 30 Clark Point Road
  • Reference
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Structures, Civic, Public, Post Office
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 30 Clark Point Road
"At Southwest Harbor after J. T. R. Freeman, Mrs. Emily Robinson Farnsworth had the [post] office for some time; then J. A. Freeman and William J. Tower held it alternately according to change of political administration for several terms. Then E. S. Thurston was appointed and held office for twelve years until Earll W. Gott was appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt. The office has changed location with every new postmaster…" - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 105. "William J. Tower built the building east of the Jackson lot and he kept the post-office there for a number of years. He sold to E. S. Thurston when Mr. Thurston took over the duties of postmaster and after his services of twelve years were past, the property was sold in 1936 to Mrs. Fred A. Birlem whose son, Wallace Birlem, built the double garage behind it with living rooms above which he occupies [1938]." - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 157.
Southwest Harbor Post Office at 30 Clark Point Road
Item:
  • 13566   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Structures, Civic, Public, Post Office
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 30 Clark Point Road
Description:
"At Southwest Harbor after J. T. R. Freeman, Mrs. Emily Robinson Farnsworth had the [post] office for some time; then J. A. Freeman and William J. Tower held it alternately according to change of political administration for several terms. Then E. S. Thurston was appointed and held office for twelve years until Earll W. Gott was appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt. The office has changed location with every new postmaster…" - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 105. "William J. Tower built the building east of the Jackson lot and he kept the post-office there for a number of years. He sold to E. S. Thurston when Mr. Thurston took over the duties of postmaster and after his services of twelve years were past, the property was sold in 1936 to Mrs. Fred A. Birlem whose son, Wallace Birlem, built the double garage behind it with living rooms above which he occupies [1938]." - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 157. [show more]
3487Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Reference
  • Organizations, Civic, Public Library
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 338 Main Street
Nell Thornton famously said, in her book, The Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor, “The Southwest Harbor Public Library had its beginning [as the Tremont Public Library] in 1884 when Mrs. Annie Sawyer Downs gathered a number of discarded books from the hotels, mostly paper covered volumes, and placed them on a shelf in one corner of Dr. R. J. Lemont's drug store…” The library was, as were many small libraries on the coast of Maine, started by “people from away,” in other words, summer people. This small library, however, was quickly adopted by native Southwest Harborians, and has grown, in the almost one and a half centuries since its founding, to be one of Maine’s very few five-star libraries, according to the Library Journal Index of Public Library Service. Thornton, Nellie C., Traditions and records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine (Merrill & Webber Company, 1938, The Southwest Harbor Public Library, 1988)
Southwest Harbor Public Library
Item:
  • 3487   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic, Public Library
  • Structures, Civic, Library
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 338 Main Street
Description:
Nell Thornton famously said, in her book, The Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor, “The Southwest Harbor Public Library had its beginning [as the Tremont Public Library] in 1884 when Mrs. Annie Sawyer Downs gathered a number of discarded books from the hotels, mostly paper covered volumes, and placed them on a shelf in one corner of Dr. R. J. Lemont's drug store…” The library was, as were many small libraries on the coast of Maine, started by “people from away,” in other words, summer people. This small library, however, was quickly adopted by native Southwest Harborians, and has grown, in the almost one and a half centuries since its founding, to be one of Maine’s very few five-star libraries, according to the Library Journal Index of Public Library Service. Thornton, Nellie C., Traditions and records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine (Merrill & Webber Company, 1938, The Southwest Harbor Public Library, 1988) [show more]
14427Set of Floor Plans and Site Plans - December 14, 1998
  • Document, Projection, Plan
  • Structures, Civic, Library
Set of Floor Plans and Site Plans - December 14, 1998
Item:
  • 14427   
Accession #:
  • 1124
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Plan
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Library
13271Islesford Historial Museum
  • Reference
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Structures, Civic, Exhibition, Museum
  • Cranberry Isles, Little Cranberry Island, Islesford
William Otis Sawtelle (1874-1939), physicist, historian, genealogist, author founded the museum in 1919. Architect Edmund B. Gilchrist designed the Colonial Revival building, built in 1927. The building, Sawtelle’s Edwin Hadlock’s ship chandlery (The Blue Duck Ships’ Store) the Sawtelle gravesite, and 1.3 acres were acquired by the National Park Service in 1948. The Islesford Historical Museum built in 1927 contains deeds, maps, engravings, papers, and artifacts related to the early history of the Acadia region. The collection also includes artifacts of the region's cultural history including fur- nishings, tools, photographs and scrapbooks. The records of the active schooner which carried cargoes from the Cranberry Isles to ports all over the world cover about one hundred years beginning in 1796.
Islesford Historial Museum
Item:
  • 13271   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Structures, Civic, Exhibition, Museum
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles, Little Cranberry Island, Islesford
State:
  • ME
Description:
William Otis Sawtelle (1874-1939), physicist, historian, genealogist, author founded the museum in 1919. Architect Edmund B. Gilchrist designed the Colonial Revival building, built in 1927. The building, Sawtelle’s Edwin Hadlock’s ship chandlery (The Blue Duck Ships’ Store) the Sawtelle gravesite, and 1.3 acres were acquired by the National Park Service in 1948. The Islesford Historical Museum built in 1927 contains deeds, maps, engravings, papers, and artifacts related to the early history of the Acadia region. The collection also includes artifacts of the region's cultural history including fur- nishings, tools, photographs and scrapbooks. The records of the active schooner which carried cargoes from the Cranberry Isles to ports all over the world cover about one hundred years beginning in 1796. [show more]
14669Southwest Harbor Post Office
  • Reference
  • Organizations, Civic, Municipal
  • Structures, Civic, Public, Post Office
Southwest Harbor Post Office
Item:
  • 14669   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic, Municipal
  • Structures, Civic, Public, Post Office
14670Southwest Harbor Post Office at 340 Main Street
  • Reference
  • Organizations, Civic, Municipal
  • Structures, Civic, Public, Post Office
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 340 Main Street
Southwest Harbor Post Office at 340 Main Street
Item:
  • 14670   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic, Municipal
  • Structures, Civic, Public, Post Office
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 340 Main Street
15936James Albert Freeman Post Office
  • Reference
  • Organizations, Civic, Municipal
  • Structures, Civic, Public, Post Office
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 8 Brook Passage
This building was used by James Albert Freeman as a Post Office from 1905 to 1914.
James Albert Freeman Post Office
Item:
  • 15936   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic, Municipal
  • Structures, Civic, Public, Post Office
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 8 Brook Passage
Description:
This building was used by James Albert Freeman as a Post Office from 1905 to 1914.
13893The Lyceum, Cambridge
  • Reference
  • Structures, Civic, Public, Post Office
  • Structures, Other Structures, Civic Structures
  • Boston MA area, Cambridge
  • Massachusetts Avenue at Harvard Square
The Lyceum, Cambridge
Item:
  • 13893   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Public, Post Office
  • Structures, Other Structures, Civic Structures
Place:
  • Boston MA area, Cambridge
State:
  • MA
Address:
  • Massachusetts Avenue at Harvard Square
14385Knights of Pythias Hall
  • Reference
  • Structures, Civic, Assembly Hall
  • Tremont, West Tremont
The building burned in 1948.
Knights of Pythias Hall
Item:
  • 14385   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Assembly Hall
Place:
  • Tremont, West Tremont
State:
  • ME
Description:
The building burned in 1948.
12894Bass Harbor Post Office
McKinley Post Office
  • Reference
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Structures, Civic, Public, Post Office
  • Tremont, Bass Harbor
  • 45 Shore Road
Bass Harbor Post Office
McKinley Post Office
Item:
  • 12894   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Structures, Civic, Public, Post Office
Place:
  • Tremont, Bass Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 45 Shore Road
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
13420Vesta E. (Spear) McRae House and Original Bass Harbor Library
  • Reference
  • Organizations, Civic, Public Library
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • Tremont, Bernard
  • 90 Bernard Road
Vesta E. (Spear) McRae House and Original Bass Harbor Library
Item:
  • 13420   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic, Public Library
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Place:
  • Tremont, Bernard
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 90 Bernard Road
15873Jesup Memorial Library
  • Reference
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • Bar Harbor
  • 34 Mt. Desert St.
"The Jesup Library was founded in 1875 by summer visitors who left their books for winter use, and clubbed together to get the services of a part-time librarian." - “The Story of Bar Harbor – An Informal History Recording One Hundred and Fifty Years In the Life of a Community,” by Richard Walden Hale, Jr., Ives Washburn, Inc., 1949, p. 209.
Jesup Memorial Library
Item:
  • 15873   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Library
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 34 Mt. Desert St.
Description:
"The Jesup Library was founded in 1875 by summer visitors who left their books for winter use, and clubbed together to get the services of a part-time librarian." - “The Story of Bar Harbor – An Informal History Recording One Hundred and Fifty Years In the Life of a Community,” by Richard Walden Hale, Jr., Ives Washburn, Inc., 1949, p. 209.
13211Bass Harbor Memorial Library
  • Reference
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • Tremont, Bernard
  • 89 Bernard Road
Bass Harbor Memorial Library
Item:
  • 13211   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Library
Place:
  • Tremont, Bernard
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 89 Bernard Road
13413Margaret Kranking Painting of Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Art, Painting, Watercolor Painting
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • Graham - Margaret Dawes (Graham) Kranking (1930-2013)
Margaret Kranking Painting of Southwest Harbor Public Library
Item:
  • 13413   
Type:
  • Image, Art, Painting, Watercolor Painting
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Library
Creator:
  • Graham - Margaret Dawes (Graham) Kranking (1930-2013)
15014Bernard Post Office
Hinton's Antique Shop
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Business Shop
  • Structures, Civic, Public, Post Office
  • Structures, Commercial, Store
  • Tremont, Bernard
  • 129 Bernard Road
Postmasters at Bernard were: George W. Billings (1859-?): Postmaster - 11/26/1906 Hiram H. Condon (1871-1957): Postmaster - 10/17/1914 Mrs. Harriet C. Hinton (1904-1984): Acting Postmaster - 10/31/1941 Mrs. Harriet C. Hinton (1904-1984): Postmaster - 03/25/1942 Mrs. Hilda Erclin Sylvia (1912-2006): Officer-In-Charge - 06/20/1974 Mrs. Hilda Erclin Sylvia (1912-2006): Postmaster - 10/26/1974 Alice Ann Tracy - Officer-In-Charge: 05/01/1987 Linda (Sawyer) Musson (1949-): Postmaster -10/10/1987 Harriet Hinton was the postmaster - then her son Paul Hinton, had the antique store in this building.
Bernard Post Office
Hinton's Antique Shop
Item:
  • 15014   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Business Shop
  • Structures, Civic, Public, Post Office
  • Structures, Commercial, Store
Place:
  • Tremont, Bernard
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 129 Bernard Road
Description:
Postmasters at Bernard were: George W. Billings (1859-?): Postmaster - 11/26/1906 Hiram H. Condon (1871-1957): Postmaster - 10/17/1914 Mrs. Harriet C. Hinton (1904-1984): Acting Postmaster - 10/31/1941 Mrs. Harriet C. Hinton (1904-1984): Postmaster - 03/25/1942 Mrs. Hilda Erclin Sylvia (1912-2006): Officer-In-Charge - 06/20/1974 Mrs. Hilda Erclin Sylvia (1912-2006): Postmaster - 10/26/1974 Alice Ann Tracy - Officer-In-Charge: 05/01/1987 Linda (Sawyer) Musson (1949-): Postmaster -10/10/1987 Harriet Hinton was the postmaster - then her son Paul Hinton, had the antique store in this building. [show more]
14679Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Reference
  • Structures, Civic, Exhibition, Museum
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 4 Herrick Road
The Wendell Gilley Museum is a community center that celebrates the life and work of Wendell Gilley, a pioneer in the field of decorative bird carving. It teaches the art of bird carving and presents art exhibitions and educational programs with a special focus on people, nature and art. The Museum endeavors to inspire appreciation of the visual arts, engagement in artistic creativity, and respect and care for the natural world.
Wendell Gilley Museum
Item:
  • 14679   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Exhibition, Museum
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 4 Herrick Road
Description:
The Wendell Gilley Museum is a community center that celebrates the life and work of Wendell Gilley, a pioneer in the field of decorative bird carving. It teaches the art of bird carving and presents art exhibitions and educational programs with a special focus on people, nature and art. The Museum endeavors to inspire appreciation of the visual arts, engagement in artistic creativity, and respect and care for the natural world.
14425Floor Plans and Site Plans of the Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Set
  • Structures, Civic, Library
Floor Plans and Site Plans of the Southwest Harbor Public Library
Item:
  • 14425   
Type:
  • Set
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Library
13862A Southwest Harbor Post Office as a Maud E. (Gooch) Phillips House on Phillips Lane
  • Reference
  • Structures, Civic, Public, Post Office
A Southwest Harbor Post Office as a Maud E. (Gooch) Phillips House on Phillips Lane
Item:
  • 13862   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Public, Post Office
13547Exterior Views of the Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Set
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 338 Main Street
Exterior Views of the Southwest Harbor Public Library
Item:
  • 13547   
Type:
  • Set
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Library
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 338 Main Street
13548Interior Views of the Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Set
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 338 Main Street
Interior Views of the Southwest Harbor Public Library
Item:
  • 13548   
Type:
  • Set
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Library
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 338 Main Street
13281Ellsworth Public Library
Meltiah Jordan House
  • Reference
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • Ellsworth ME
  • State Street
Ellsworth Public Library
Meltiah Jordan House
Item:
  • 13281   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Library
Place:
  • Ellsworth ME
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • State Street
13270Manset Library
  • Reference
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
Manset Library
Item:
  • 13270   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Library
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
State:
  • ME
13017Building of Arts, Eden
  • Reference
  • Structures, Civic, Performing Arts, Theater
  • Harding, R. Brewster
  • Maine: Old Port Publishing Co., 1975
  • Bar Harbor, Eden
Building of Arts was built for the summer population of Bar Harbor. It was meant to be a place where music lovers and professional musicians from all over the country would come to entertain the summer colony. Members of the building committee included George Dorr, Mr. Vanderbilt and Mrs. Robert Abbe. Guy Lowell of Boston, Massachusetts, was chosen as architect for the building. It was finished in 1907 with a final cost of approximately $100,000. The opening concert was held on Saturday, July 13, 1907. Mme. Emma Eames and Mr. Emilio De Gogorza were soloists. Over the next 35 years the Building of Arts held concerts and shows by Ernest Schelling, Paderewski, Walter Damrosch, dancer Ted Shawn, Josef Hofmann, and many others, including celebrated stars from Hollywood and Broadway. By the end of this time period the building had fallen into disrepair and was sold in January 1943 to Earl D. and Charles A. Holt for $305.24. Just four years later in April 1947 the Holts sold the building to Consuello Sides of Boston and New York. The plan was to use it as a summer theater. In October 1947 the Building of Arts was destroyed by fire. See also: "Lost Bar Harbor," p. 110. "Bygone Bar Harbor - A Postcard Tour of Mount Desert Island and Acadia National Park," p. 16. "Maine Cottages: Fred L. Savage and the Architecture of Mount Desert," p. 232.
Building of Arts, Eden
Item:
  • 13017   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Performing Arts, Theater
Creator:
  • Harding, R. Brewster
Publisher:
  • Maine: Old Port Publishing Co., 1975
Place:
  • Bar Harbor, Eden
State:
  • ME
Tags:
tinted
Description:
Building of Arts was built for the summer population of Bar Harbor. It was meant to be a place where music lovers and professional musicians from all over the country would come to entertain the summer colony. Members of the building committee included George Dorr, Mr. Vanderbilt and Mrs. Robert Abbe. Guy Lowell of Boston, Massachusetts, was chosen as architect for the building. It was finished in 1907 with a final cost of approximately $100,000. The opening concert was held on Saturday, July 13, 1907. Mme. Emma Eames and Mr. Emilio De Gogorza were soloists. Over the next 35 years the Building of Arts held concerts and shows by Ernest Schelling, Paderewski, Walter Damrosch, dancer Ted Shawn, Josef Hofmann, and many others, including celebrated stars from Hollywood and Broadway. By the end of this time period the building had fallen into disrepair and was sold in January 1943 to Earl D. and Charles A. Holt for $305.24. Just four years later in April 1947 the Holts sold the building to Consuello Sides of Boston and New York. The plan was to use it as a summer theater. In October 1947 the Building of Arts was destroyed by fire. See also: "Lost Bar Harbor," p. 110. "Bygone Bar Harbor - A Postcard Tour of Mount Desert Island and Acadia National Park," p. 16. "Maine Cottages: Fred L. Savage and the Architecture of Mount Desert," p. 232. [show more]