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13258Moore's Garage
Southwest Harbor Motor Company
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Automotive Repair Business
  • Structures, Commercial, Commercial Structures, Automotive Repair
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 19 Clark Point Road
In 1940 Southwest Harbor Motor Co. was the only AAA filling station in Southwest Harbor. Their phone number was 51-2. The brick building was converted to offices to rent in 1986-1987. The U.S. Post Office opened in the building on June 2, 1987. Ralph Warren Stanley (1929-2021) attended school in the elementary school on the present ellipse (behind the Gilley Plumbing building on the left of this photograph) before it was moved across the street to become a fire station and now [2011] the police station/town office. When the bank was housed at the Southwest Harbor Motor Co. Ralph would take his penny bank there to be unlocked and have the money deposited in his bank account. The lady in the bank would show him the big safe where is money would be kept. – Ralph Warren Stanley 01/17/11 Marion E. Newman (1890-1976), Mrs. Frederick Walter Wescott at the time, owned a yellow Stutz Bearcat that was destroyed in the fire. Marion was known for having invested in Coca Cola stock and holding on to it when others thought it worthless and sold their stock. – Ralph Warren Stanley, 03/31/14
Moore's Garage
Southwest Harbor Motor Company
Item:
  • 13258   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Automotive Repair Business
  • Structures, Commercial, Commercial Structures, Automotive Repair
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 19 Clark Point Road
Description:
In 1940 Southwest Harbor Motor Co. was the only AAA filling station in Southwest Harbor. Their phone number was 51-2. The brick building was converted to offices to rent in 1986-1987. The U.S. Post Office opened in the building on June 2, 1987. Ralph Warren Stanley (1929-2021) attended school in the elementary school on the present ellipse (behind the Gilley Plumbing building on the left of this photograph) before it was moved across the street to become a fire station and now [2011] the police station/town office. When the bank was housed at the Southwest Harbor Motor Co. Ralph would take his penny bank there to be unlocked and have the money deposited in his bank account. The lady in the bank would show him the big safe where is money would be kept. – Ralph Warren Stanley 01/17/11 Marion E. Newman (1890-1976), Mrs. Frederick Walter Wescott at the time, owned a yellow Stutz Bearcat that was destroyed in the fire. Marion was known for having invested in Coca Cola stock and holding on to it when others thought it worthless and sold their stock. – Ralph Warren Stanley, 03/31/14 [show more]
5553First Odd Fellows Building - Southwest Harbor
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Commercial, Commercial Structures
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 357 Main Street
Businesses in the building at the time of this picture were: A.L. Somes Dry & Fancy Goods - selling, among other things, boots, shoes and rubbers. E.A. Lawler - selling paints, oils, varnishes and groceries - flour and grain. George R. Fuller Law Office George H. Grant Insurance Dr. J.D. Phillips
First Odd Fellows Building - Southwest Harbor
Item:
  • 5553   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Commercial Structures
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 357 Main Street
Description:
Businesses in the building at the time of this picture were: A.L. Somes Dry & Fancy Goods - selling, among other things, boots, shoes and rubbers. E.A. Lawler - selling paints, oils, varnishes and groceries - flour and grain. George R. Fuller Law Office George H. Grant Insurance Dr. J.D. Phillips
12869Carroll Building
  • Reference
  • Structures, Commercial, Commercial Structures
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 360 Main Street
Carroll Building
Item:
  • 12869   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Commercial Structures
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 360 Main Street
12868John Lawler Commercial Building
  • Reference
  • Structures, Commercial, Commercial Structures
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 340 Main Street
John Lawler Commercial Building
Item:
  • 12868   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Commercial Structures
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 340 Main Street
14323Almon Frank Ramsdell’s 2nd Garage
  • Reference
  • Structures, Commercial, Commercial Structures, Automotive Repair
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
  • 119 Shore Road
Almon Frank Ramsdell’s 2nd Garage
Item:
  • 14323   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Commercial Structures, Automotive Repair
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 119 Shore Road
13190Central Filling Station - Tydol Service Station on Clark Point Road
  • Reference
  • Structures, Commercial, Commercial Structures, Automotive Repair
  • Southwest Harbor
Central Filling Station - Tydol Service Station on Clark Point Road
Item:
  • 13190   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Commercial Structures, Automotive Repair
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME