Item	Title	Type	Subject	Creator	Publisher	Date	Place	Address	Description
3594	Somes House Hotel	Reference	Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel Structures, Dwellings, House				Mount Desert, Somesville	1102 Main Street	"Later [Abraham Somes] built a substantial frame house on the site of the Somes House and a part of that house is embodied in the present hotel. Some of the rooms at the back remain almost as they were at first. The house was built as a one-story building and later the walls were raised. Since then there have been many alterations and additions. George A. Somes finally inherited the property, developed the hotel business and built the two cottages toward the shore. His widow now owns it and conducts the hotel." - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 270-271. “When George A. Somes inherited the [Somes House], he expanded the family inn by constructing two large additions, one attached at the left and the other freestanding to the right, giving the hotel a capacity of 150 guests. Noted visitors included Louis Comfort Tiffany, Alfred Vanderbilt, Joseph Pulitzer, J.P. Morgan, Pres. William Howard Taft, and Mary Cassatt. Known for its chicken and lobster dinners, the Somes House operated into the 1950s with rates of $5 to $10 a day." - “Mount Desert Island - Somesville, Southwest Harbor, and Northeast Harbor” by Earle G. Shettleworth Jr. and Lydia B. Vandenbergh - Images of America Series, 2001, p. 27.	Somes House Hotel Item: 3594    Type: Reference Subject: Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel Structures, Dwellings, House Place: Mount Desert, Somesville State: ME Address: 1102 Main Street Description: "Later [Abraham Somes] built a substantial frame house on the site of the Somes House and a part of that house is embodied in the present hotel. Some of the rooms at the back remain almost as they were at first. The house was built as a one-story building and later the walls were raised. Since then there have been many alterations and additions. George A. Somes finally inherited the property, developed the hotel business and built the two cottages toward the shore. His widow now owns it and conducts the hotel." - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 270-271. “When George A. Somes inherited the [Somes House], he expanded the family inn by constructing two large additions, one attached at the left and the other freestanding to the right, giving the hotel a capacity of 150 guests. Noted visitors included Louis Comfort Tiffany, Alfred Vanderbilt, Joseph Pulitzer, J.P. Morgan, Pres. William Howard Taft, and Mary Cassatt. Known for its chicken and lobster dinners, the Somes House operated into the 1950s with rates of $5 to $10 a day." - “Mount Desert Island - Somesville, Southwest Harbor, and Northeast Harbor” by Earle G. Shettleworth Jr. and Lydia B. Vandenbergh - Images of America Series, 2001, p. 27. [show more]
12138	The Somes House Hotel	Image, Photograph, Negative	Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel Structures, Dwellings, House	Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)		1961-07-01	Mount Desert, Somesville	1102 Main Street		The Somes House Hotel Item: 12138    Type: Image, Photograph, Negative Subject: Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel Structures, Dwellings, House Creator: Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980) Date: 1961-07-01 Place: Mount Desert, Somesville State: ME Address: 1102 Main Street Source: W.H. Ballard Collection Tags: hotel, building, zoomable

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