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16625Newspaper Clippings featuring the Claremont Hotel
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • 1994
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 22 Claremont Road
"At inn overlooking the sea, tradition has a capital T" from The Globe and Mail - September 21, 1994 "Claremont spruces up for another century" from The Bar Harbor Times - August 18, 1994 "Visitor's guide to a lush Maine isle" from The New York Sunday Times -August 9, 1989 A write up by Charles C. Calhoun in MAINE - 1994 "An escape to Acadia Park when the crowds have gone" in The Inquirer "Edwardian Elegance, Regal Comfort" in The Times Record - August 30, 2002
Newspaper Clippings featuring the Claremont Hotel
Item:
  • 16625   
Accession #:
  • 2068
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
Date:
  • 1994
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 22 Claremont Road
Source:
  • The Claremont Hotel Collection courtesy of the McCue Family
Description:
"At inn overlooking the sea, tradition has a capital T" from The Globe and Mail - September 21, 1994 "Claremont spruces up for another century" from The Bar Harbor Times - August 18, 1994 "Visitor's guide to a lush Maine isle" from The New York Sunday Times -August 9, 1989 A write up by Charles C. Calhoun in MAINE - 1994 "An escape to Acadia Park when the crowds have gone" in The Inquirer "Edwardian Elegance, Regal Comfort" in The Times Record - August 30, 2002 [show more]
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]
13498Freeman Cottage
Freeman Annex
Ashmont Hotel
  • Reference
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Inn
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 371 Main Street
Freeman Cottage
Freeman Annex
Ashmont Hotel
Item:
  • 13498   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Inn
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 371 Main Street
13140A.I. Holmes Stores
The A&P - The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
  • Reference
  • Structures, Commercial, Store
  • Southwest Harbor
  • Main Street
A.I. Holmes Stores
The A&P - The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
Item:
  • 13140   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Store
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • Main Street
13296Island House Hotel
  • Reference
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 121-127 Clark Point Road
"The Island House, owned by Deacon Henry H. Clark, was the first summer hotel on Mount Desert Island. Deacon Clark began the hotel business by taking into his hospitable home the first occasional tourists who came to the island for a short stay. He gradually enlarged his house until in 1885 it was entirely remodeled and did a thriving business, employing many of the townspeople during the summer season." - Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, p. 174 - 1938.
Island House Hotel
Item:
  • 13296   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 121-127 Clark Point Road
Description:
"The Island House, owned by Deacon Henry H. Clark, was the first summer hotel on Mount Desert Island. Deacon Clark began the hotel business by taking into his hospitable home the first occasional tourists who came to the island for a short stay. He gradually enlarged his house until in 1885 it was entirely remodeled and did a thriving business, employing many of the townspeople during the summer season." - Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, p. 174 - 1938. [show more]
13195Farnsworth's Millinery Shop and Post Office
  • Reference
  • Structures, Commercial, Store
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 406 Main Street
Farnsworth's Millinery Shop and Post Office
Item:
  • 13195   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Store
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 406 Main Street
16271Claremont Hotel renovations 2020
  • Image, Photograph, Digital Photograph
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • Soules - George John Soules
  • 2020-09-30
  • Southwest Harbor
This picture was taken on a foggy morning from the entrance to the construction site during renovations to the hotel shortly after its purchase by Tim Harrington in September 2020. The photo shows the building in the process of being painted white. The top of the tower in the upper right is still painted yellow, the hotel's signature color for many years.
Claremont Hotel renovations 2020
Item:
  • 16271   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Digital Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
Creator:
  • Soules - George John Soules
Date:
  • 2020-09-30
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Description:
This picture was taken on a foggy morning from the entrance to the construction site during renovations to the hotel shortly after its purchase by Tim Harrington in September 2020. The photo shows the building in the process of being painted white. The top of the tower in the upper right is still painted yellow, the hotel's signature color for many years.
16270Kennebunkport hotelier buys the Claremont Hotel
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • Mount Desert Islander
  • 2020-09-24
  • Southwest Harbor
Kennebunkport hotelier buys the Claremont Hotel
Item:
  • 16270   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
Publisher:
  • Mount Desert Islander
Date:
  • 2020-09-24
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
5581The Freeman House with Buggy
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Stereograph
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • Allen - Edward Lowe Allen (c. 1830-1914)
  • 1865 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 9 Phillips Lane
The Freeman House with Buggy
Item:
  • 5581   
Accession #:
  • 1032
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Stereograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
Creator:
  • Allen - Edward Lowe Allen (c. 1830-1914)
Date:
  • 1865 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 9 Phillips Lane
Source:
  • Bryant Bradley Collection
12852Lawler Paint Co. Building
Sunrise Heating & Coastline Construction
  • Reference
  • Structures, Commercial, Store
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 40 Clark Point Road
Lawler Paint Co. Building
Sunrise Heating & Coastline Construction
Item:
  • 12852   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Store
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 40 Clark Point Road
5823Moore's Garage Co. and Bar Harbor Banking & Trust Co.
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Automotive Repair Business
  • Structures, Commercial, Commercial Structures, Automotive Repair
  • 1919 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 19 Clark Point Road
The photograph shows Gilley Plumbing Co. to the left of Moore's Garage, and an early location of the Bar Harbor Banking & Trust Company in the right portion of the building.
Moore's Garage Co. and Bar Harbor Banking & Trust Co.
Item:
  • 5823   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Automotive Repair Business
  • Structures, Commercial, Commercial Structures, Automotive Repair
Date:
  • 1919 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 19 Clark Point Road
Description:
The photograph shows Gilley Plumbing Co. to the left of Moore's Garage, and an early location of the Bar Harbor Banking & Trust Company in the right portion of the building.
5556J.C. Ralph Studio on Main Street Looking South, Southwest Harbor
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Commercial, Store
  • 1898 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
The First Masonic Hall, now 353 Main Street, Southwest Harbor - at the corner of Clark Point Road, - The Hall, built c. 1877 as Tremont Hall, was sold to the Masonic lodge around 1902. The lodge members renamed the building, raised it, and rebuilt the first and second floors to achieve the building shown in all the pictures as the First Masonic Hall – See the Bar Harbor Times, April 20, 1927, p. 7. The building shown here is the Tremont Hall as it originally looked. One of the old street lights is visible on the right. - “In 1897, the different societies in the village combined to raise funds for street lights. The lamps were bought and placed near those houses whose owners were willing to furnish the kerosene and keep the lamps trimmed and lighted. These lamps did duty until the installation of electricity in the summer of 1917.” - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 124. The building on the right is John C. Ralph's Studio - Optician and Jewelry. John C. Ralph was Postmaster at Southwest Harbor from July 19, 1897 to November 1, 1905 and the Post Office is in the same building at far right. - Note wooden sidewalks.
J.C. Ralph Studio on Main Street Looking South, Southwest Harbor
Item:
  • 5556   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Commercial, Store
Date:
  • 1898 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Copies Collection
Description:
The First Masonic Hall, now 353 Main Street, Southwest Harbor - at the corner of Clark Point Road, - The Hall, built c. 1877 as Tremont Hall, was sold to the Masonic lodge around 1902. The lodge members renamed the building, raised it, and rebuilt the first and second floors to achieve the building shown in all the pictures as the First Masonic Hall – See the Bar Harbor Times, April 20, 1927, p. 7. The building shown here is the Tremont Hall as it originally looked. One of the old street lights is visible on the right. - “In 1897, the different societies in the village combined to raise funds for street lights. The lamps were bought and placed near those houses whose owners were willing to furnish the kerosene and keep the lamps trimmed and lighted. These lamps did duty until the installation of electricity in the summer of 1917.” - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 124. The building on the right is John C. Ralph's Studio - Optician and Jewelry. John C. Ralph was Postmaster at Southwest Harbor from July 19, 1897 to November 1, 1905 and the Post Office is in the same building at far right. - Note wooden sidewalks. [show more]
5579The Freeman House with People on Porch and Balcony
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • 1886
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 9 Phillips Lane
The Freeman House with People on Porch and Balcony
Item:
  • 5579   
Accession #:
  • 2004
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
Date:
  • 1886
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 9 Phillips Lane
Source:
  • Gift of Charles Carroll
5184William E. Murphy and His Livery Stable
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • Structures, Commercial, Livery Stable
  • Southwest Harbor
The white house on the right at 29 Clark Point Road is the Edwin Albert Lawler House The men listed on the back of one copy of this photograph as being in the picture are: Warren Norwood, probably Warren M. Norwood (1889-1927) Harlan Harper, probably Harlan Page Harper (1884-1951) Everett Carson Murphy (1879-1958) - William E. Murphy's brother William E. Murphy (1877-?)
William E. Murphy and His Livery Stable
Item:
  • 5184   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • People
  • Structures, Commercial, Livery Stable
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Description:
The white house on the right at 29 Clark Point Road is the Edwin Albert Lawler House The men listed on the back of one copy of this photograph as being in the picture are: Warren Norwood, probably Warren M. Norwood (1889-1927) Harlan Harper, probably Harlan Page Harper (1884-1951) Everett Carson Murphy (1879-1958) - William E. Murphy's brother William E. Murphy (1877-?)
7213Letter from Lawrence Phillips to William E. Rhoads
  • Document, Correspondence
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • 1942-05-21
  • Southwest Harbor
This letter and its envelope are on stationary from the Claremont Hotel in Southwest Harbor.
Letter from Lawrence Phillips to William E. Rhoads
Item:
  • 7213   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
Date:
  • 1942-05-21
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of the Obbard Family
Description:
This letter and its envelope are on stationary from the Claremont Hotel in Southwest Harbor.
11446Southwest Motor Inn
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo
  • Businesses, Lodging Business
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Inn
  • Sommerfeld Photo Film, Auburn, Mass.
  • 1971
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 214 Main Street
Southwest Motor Inn
Item:
  • 11446   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo
Subject:
  • Businesses, Lodging Business
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Inn
Creator:
  • Sommerfeld Photo Film, Auburn, Mass.
Date:
  • 1971
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 214 Main Street
Source:
  • Collection of the David B. Benson Family
5221The First Masonic Hall - The Clark Point Road from Main Street
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Commercial, Commercial Structures
  • 1909 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 353 Main Street
From the right to left: Hattie B. Savage's Millinery & Dry Goods Store Liston Smith's "Live Yankee" general store A.L. Gilley's Barber Shop Dr. R. J. Lemont's residence and drug store Stephen Harmon's general store William Tower's residence The small building on the left may be Seth W. Norwood's law office - later P.L. Sargent's house The livery stable shown in SWHPL 5184 is just visible on the left.
The First Masonic Hall - The Clark Point Road from Main Street
Item:
  • 5221   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Commercial Structures
Date:
  • 1909 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 353 Main Street
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Copies Collection
Description:
From the right to left: Hattie B. Savage's Millinery & Dry Goods Store Liston Smith's "Live Yankee" general store A.L. Gilley's Barber Shop Dr. R. J. Lemont's residence and drug store Stephen Harmon's general store William Tower's residence The small building on the left may be Seth W. Norwood's law office - later P.L. Sargent's house The livery stable shown in SWHPL 5184 is just visible on the left. [show more]
5559Main Street - The Carroll Building - Southwest Harbor
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Commercial, Commercial Structures
  • Transportation, Automobile
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1938-06
  • Southwest Harbor
The cars are probably a 1936 Ford and a 1936 Oldsmobile. The building on the left is the Dudley Luther Mayo house. The white building, then the Carroll Building on Main Street in Southwest Harbor, housed Carroll Drug Store and the A&P. The village green is just visible to the right of the building.
Main Street - The Carroll Building - Southwest Harbor
Item:
  • 5559   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Commercial Structures
  • Transportation, Automobile
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1938-06
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
Description:
The cars are probably a 1936 Ford and a 1936 Oldsmobile. The building on the left is the Dudley Luther Mayo house. The white building, then the Carroll Building on Main Street in Southwest Harbor, housed Carroll Drug Store and the A&P. The village green is just visible to the right of the building.
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
16132The Dirigo, Southwest Harbor, Me.
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • Southwest Harbor
The Dirigo, Southwest Harbor, Me.
Item:
  • 16132   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • The Ward Family Collection
16133Claremont Hotel, Southwest Harbor, Me.
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • H.A. Foss, Southwest Harbor, Me. - Printed in Germany
  • Southwest Harbor
Claremont Hotel, Southwest Harbor, Me.
Item:
  • 16133   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
Publisher:
  • H.A. Foss, Southwest Harbor, Me. - Printed in Germany
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • The Ward Family Collection
6715The Claremont House
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • H.A. Foss, Southwest Harbor, Me. - Printed in Germany
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 20 Claremont Road
The Claremont House
Item:
  • 6715   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
Publisher:
  • H.A. Foss, Southwest Harbor, Me. - Printed in Germany
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 20 Claremont Road
Source:
  • Collection of the Clark Family
16091Ocean House, Southwest Harbor, Maine.
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • 1905-08-25
  • Southwest Harbor
Mailed to: Mr. William H. Rea Pembroke, Me. From: Lottie R. King
Ocean House, Southwest Harbor, Maine.
Item:
  • 16091   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
Date:
  • 1905-08-25
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • The Ward Family Collection
Description:
Mailed to: Mr. William H. Rea Pembroke, Me. From: Lottie R. King