Item	Title	Type	Subject	Creator	Publisher	Date	Place	Address	Description
15936	James 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.
13566	Southwest 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]
14670	Southwest 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
11758	United States Post Office, Clark Point Road, Southwest Harbor, Maine	Image, Photograph	Structures, Civic, Public, Post Office			1921	Southwest Harbor	30 Clark Point Road		United States Post Office, Clark Point Road, Southwest Harbor, Maine Item: 11758    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Structures, Civic, Public, Post Office Date: 1921 Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Address: 30 Clark Point Road Source: Collection of Eugene S. Thurston Family
12615	Southwest Harbor Motor Co. as the United States Post Office and Office Building 2015	Image, Photograph, Digital Photograph	Structures, Civic, Public, Post Office	Soules - George John Soules		2015-05-23	Southwest Harbor			Southwest Harbor Motor Co. as the United States Post Office and Office Building 2015 Item: 12615    Type: Image, Photograph, Digital Photograph Subject: Structures, Civic, Public, Post Office Creator: Soules - George John Soules Date: 2015-05-23 Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME
11902	Postmaster Eugene Shubal Thurston at the United States Post Office, Clark Point Road, Southwest Harbor, Maine	Image, Photograph	People Structures, Civic, Public, Post Office			1921	Southwest Harbor	30 Clark Point Road	This photograph was taken during the time that Eugene Subal Thurston Sr. was Postmaster. Note the VIA (Village Improvement Association) waste bin next to the step. Part of William J. Tower's house is visible to the left of the post office in the picture.	Postmaster Eugene Shubal Thurston at the United States Post Office, Clark Point Road, Southwest Harbor, Maine Item: 11902    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: People Structures, Civic, Public, Post Office Date: 1921 Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Address: 30 Clark Point Road Source: Collection of Eugene S. Thurston Family Description: This photograph was taken during the time that Eugene Subal Thurston Sr. was Postmaster. Note the VIA (Village Improvement Association) waste bin next to the step. Part of William J. Tower's house is visible to the left of the post office in the picture.

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