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3614Jordan Pond Gate Lodge
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  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Lodge
  • Bar Harbor
One of two gate lodges (the other being the Brown Mountain Gate Lodge) built for John D. Rockefeller Jr. to serve as entry points to his system of carriage roads and to guard against the entry of automobiles. They were built in 1931-1932. The Jordan Pond Gate Lodge is located just south of Jordan Pond on the Loop Road. It is the smaller of the two lodges. The two lodges were designed by Grosvenor Atterbury, a New York architect who had previously designed the Congregational Church in Seal Harbor. Atterbury shared Rockefeller's dedication to philanthropy and was one of the few architects to study and use light and ventilation in tenement buildings. These lodges allowed Atterbury to design for the aesthetics of a grand estate and the purpose of housing the working class families that cared for the carriage roads. While the exteriors appear castle-like, the interiors are modest and were clearly designed with the needs of the residents in mind. The gate lodges were subsequently given to Acadia National Park along with the system of carriage roads. In the years since, they have served as housing for park employees. While they are no longer necessary to guard against the entry of automobiles, they serve as a reminder of this long tradition and as architectural gems within the Park.
Jordan Pond Gate Lodge
Item:
  • 3614   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Lodge
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
State:
  • ME
Description:
One of two gate lodges (the other being the Brown Mountain Gate Lodge) built for John D. Rockefeller Jr. to serve as entry points to his system of carriage roads and to guard against the entry of automobiles. They were built in 1931-1932. The Jordan Pond Gate Lodge is located just south of Jordan Pond on the Loop Road. It is the smaller of the two lodges. The two lodges were designed by Grosvenor Atterbury, a New York architect who had previously designed the Congregational Church in Seal Harbor. Atterbury shared Rockefeller's dedication to philanthropy and was one of the few architects to study and use light and ventilation in tenement buildings. These lodges allowed Atterbury to design for the aesthetics of a grand estate and the purpose of housing the working class families that cared for the carriage roads. While the exteriors appear castle-like, the interiors are modest and were clearly designed with the needs of the residents in mind. The gate lodges were subsequently given to Acadia National Park along with the system of carriage roads. In the years since, they have served as housing for park employees. While they are no longer necessary to guard against the entry of automobiles, they serve as a reminder of this long tradition and as architectural gems within the Park. [show more]
13463Newport House
  • Reference
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • Bar Harbor
Newport House
Item:
  • 13463   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
State:
  • ME
13427Rodick House Hotel
  • Reference
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • Bar Harbor
Rodick House Hotel
Item:
  • 13427   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
State:
  • ME
13285West End Hotel
  • Reference
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • Bar Harbor
West End Hotel
Item:
  • 13285   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
State:
  • ME
13256Malvern Hotel
  • Reference
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • Bar Harbor
  • 80 Mt. Desert Street
Malvern Hotel
Item:
  • 13256   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 80 Mt. Desert Street
13027Porcupine Hotel
Hotel Florence
  • Reference
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • Bar Harbor
“…the…Hotel Porcupine, later the Florence (1887; burned, 1918), a Main Street, five-story rectangular block with Shingle-style features and a strong sense of verticality represented by its stacked window bays, bay roof caps, steep-pitched roof planes, and tall, corbelled brick chimneys…represented [with the larger Malvern Hotel] an impressive conclusion to Bar Harbor’s opulent Victorian hotel era.” - “Summer By The Seaside: The Architecture of New England Coastal Resort Hotels, 1820-1950” by Bryant F. Tolles, Jr., p. 165, 170, University Press of New England – 2008 - An excellent study including information about The Island House in Southwest Harbor and its place in the range of hotels on the island during this period along with a very complete history of many of the Bar Harbor hotels.
Porcupine Hotel
Hotel Florence
Item:
  • 13027   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
State:
  • ME
Description:
“…the…Hotel Porcupine, later the Florence (1887; burned, 1918), a Main Street, five-story rectangular block with Shingle-style features and a strong sense of verticality represented by its stacked window bays, bay roof caps, steep-pitched roof planes, and tall, corbelled brick chimneys…represented [with the larger Malvern Hotel] an impressive conclusion to Bar Harbor’s opulent Victorian hotel era.” - “Summer By The Seaside: The Architecture of New England Coastal Resort Hotels, 1820-1950” by Bryant F. Tolles, Jr., p. 165, 170, University Press of New England – 2008 - An excellent study including information about The Island House in Southwest Harbor and its place in the range of hotels on the island during this period along with a very complete history of many of the Bar Harbor hotels. [show more]