Description: The Tremont Masonic Lodge #77 at the corner of Main Street and Clark Point Road in Southwest Harbor and the Odd Fellows building on the right.
The Tremont Masonic Lodge #77, after it was raised and enlarged, at the corner of Main Street and Clark Point Road in Southwest Harbor. The building to the right of it was the Odd Fellows Hall, destroyed by fire on March 27, 1922. The front entrance (as shown) was on Main Street. A lobby and auditorium with stage were on that floor. Town meetings and other gatherings were held in the auditorium for many years. The top floor held the lodge hall. At the far left is A. Gilley's Barber Shop, and, to the right of it is R.J. Lemont's Drug Store. The shield sign to the right of that marks the store of the "Live Yankee." The business on the bottom floor (access from Clark Point Road) of the Old Masonic Hall is the J.T. Crippen Co. - musical instruments and supplies.
Description: The Tremont Masonic Lodge #77, after it was raised and enlarged, at the corner of Main Street and Clark Point Road in Southwest Harbor. The building to the right of it was the Odd Fellows Hall, destroyed by fire on March 27, 1922. The front entrance (as shown) was on Main Street. A lobby and auditorium with stage were on that floor. Town meetings and other gatherings were held in the auditorium for many years. The top floor held the lodge hall. At the far left is A. Gilley's Barber Shop, and, to the right of it is R.J. Lemont's Drug Store. The shield sign to the right of that marks the store of the "Live Yankee." The business on the bottom floor (access from Clark Point Road) of the Old Masonic Hall is the J.T. Crippen Co. - musical instruments and supplies. [show more]
The Dr. Abigail Mary Redman Fulton Cottage, built in Southwest Harbor, Maine, in 1888, was one of several houses that were built between 1885 and 2002 inspired by the plans of a house designed by James W. Bryan shown in Scientific American – Architects and Builders Edition (1887). The plans shown in the 1887 magazine depicted a house built in Kansas City, Missouri in 1885.
Description: The Dr. Abigail Mary Redman Fulton Cottage, built in Southwest Harbor, Maine, in 1888, was one of several houses that were built between 1885 and 2002 inspired by the plans of a house designed by James W. Bryan shown in Scientific American – Architects and Builders Edition (1887). The plans shown in the 1887 magazine depicted a house built in Kansas City, Missouri in 1885.
The plans of a house designed by James W. Bryan shown in Scientific American – Architects and Builders Edition (1887). The plans shown here are from the 1887 magazine. They depicted a house built in Kansas City, Missouri in 1885.
Cirker, Blanche, ed. Victorian House Designs in Authentic Full Color: 75 Plates from the ‘Scientific American – Architects and Builders Edition,’ 1885-1894 (Dover Publications, 1996).
Description: The plans of a house designed by James W. Bryan shown in Scientific American – Architects and Builders Edition (1887). The plans shown here are from the 1887 magazine. They depicted a house built in Kansas City, Missouri in 1885.
The plans of a house designed by James W. Bryan were shown in Scientific American – Architects and Builders Edition (1887). Item 6990 shows the plans as being for "A Residence in Kansas City, MO"
Description: The plans of a house designed by James W. Bryan were shown in Scientific American – Architects and Builders Edition (1887). Item 6990 shows the plans as being for "A Residence in Kansas City, MO"
The sign beside the front door says, "Elias C. Neal, M.D." Two men and four horses are shown grading the dirt road in front of the house. The end of a board sidewalk is just visible on the right.
Description: The sign beside the front door says, "Elias C. Neal, M.D." Two men and four horses are shown grading the dirt road in front of the house. The end of a board sidewalk is just visible on the right.
Earl Gott's house has had a varied history. It was begun on the Fernald Point Road, west of the Country Club house by Benjamin Gilley. His wife died before it was completed and he sold the house to Frank Higgins. Mr. Higgins never finished it and in 1883 he sold it to S. W. Herrick, who moved it to the junction of the Clark Point and High Roads and used it as a store for thirty-five years or more. After Mr. Herrick's death, his daughter sold the building to Earll Gott who moved it to his lot on the High Road where he occupies it as a home, having entirely remodeled and improved it.
Description: Earl Gott's house has had a varied history. It was begun on the Fernald Point Road, west of the Country Club house by Benjamin Gilley. His wife died before it was completed and he sold the house to Frank Higgins. Mr. Higgins never finished it and in 1883 he sold it to S. W. Herrick, who moved it to the junction of the Clark Point and High Roads and used it as a store for thirty-five years or more. After Mr. Herrick's death, his daughter sold the building to Earll Gott who moved it to his lot on the High Road where he occupies it as a home, having entirely remodeled and improved it. [show more]
John Melbourne Rich took the design for his new house in Tremont from Design 24 in the 1888 version of Palliser's "New Cottage Homes and Details." The Pallisers showed two versions of Design 24. One, a modest house without a tower, and one, a showpiece with tower that could be built for a "cost of $1,700." For this amount one received, "plans, elevations, details and perspective view of a comfortable, convenient cottage home of six rooms, with tower which is designed to command a view of the surrounding country where erected." John Melbourne Rich chose the showy tower version with which to command a view of Tremont. He probably did not pay $1,700 for the plans, being an experienced builder, perfectly capable of building what he wanted by looking at the plans in the prospectus. John Melbourne Rich built his house in 1896. "John Rich [1853-1919] whose house was burnt a short time ago near Duck Cove, has bought a house-lot near the bridge on the west side [of Bass Harbor] and will build this fall. He is digging the cellar now." - The Ellsworth American, September 10, 1896.
Reiff, Daniel D, Houses From Books – Treatises, Pattern Books, and Catalogs in American Architecture, 1738-1950: A History and Guide
Description: John Melbourne Rich took the design for his new house in Tremont from Design 24 in the 1888 version of Palliser's "New Cottage Homes and Details." The Pallisers showed two versions of Design 24. One, a modest house without a tower, and one, a showpiece with tower that could be built for a "cost of $1,700." For this amount one received, "plans, elevations, details and perspective view of a comfortable, convenient cottage home of six rooms, with tower which is designed to command a view of the surrounding country where erected." John Melbourne Rich chose the showy tower version with which to command a view of Tremont. He probably did not pay $1,700 for the plans, being an experienced builder, perfectly capable of building what he wanted by looking at the plans in the prospectus. John Melbourne Rich built his house in 1896. "John Rich [1853-1919] whose house was burnt a short time ago near Duck Cove, has bought a house-lot near the bridge on the west side [of Bass Harbor] and will build this fall. He is digging the cellar now." - The Ellsworth American, September 10, 1896. [show more]