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You searched for: Place: Southwest Harbor✖Subject: Businesses✖Type: Reference✖
Item Title Type Subject Creator Publisher Date Place Address Description
13916Carroll Drug Store
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Store Business
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 3 Village Green Way
Built on the site of the Carroll house on Main Street after the 1922 fire destroyed the house.
Carroll Drug Store
Item:
  • 13916   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Store Business
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 3 Village Green Way
Description:
Built on the site of the Carroll house on Main Street after the 1922 fire destroyed the house.
15863Augustus Clark’s Store, Barn & Bowling Alley
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Store Business
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 10 Town Wharf Way
Augustus Clark’s Store, Barn & Bowling Alley
Item:
  • 15863   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Store Business
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 10 Town Wharf Way
12984Andy's Little Store
Andy's Restaurant
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Store Business
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 432 Main Street
Andy's Little Store
Andy's Restaurant
Item:
  • 12984   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Store Business
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 432 Main Street
15866The Tweed Shop
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Business Shop
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 410 Main Street
The Tweed Shop
Item:
  • 15866   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Business Shop
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 410 Main Street
13100Young's Blacksmith Shop
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Blacksmith Business
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 397 Main Street
Young's Blacksmith Shop
Item:
  • 13100   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Blacksmith Business
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 397 Main Street
12953Freeman Store
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Store Business
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 370 Main Street
Freeman Store
Item:
  • 12953   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Store Business
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 370 Main Street
15530Elmwood Cafe
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Restaurant Business
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 366 Main Street
Elmwood Cafe
Item:
  • 15530   
Accession #:
  • 1175
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Restaurant Business
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 366 Main Street
13671Arthur L. Somes Store
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Store Business
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 357 Main Street
Arthur L. Somes Store
Item:
  • 13671   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Store Business
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 357 Main Street
12922Park Theater, Southwest Harbor
Mayo Picture Theater
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Theater Business
  • Structures, Civic, Performing Arts, Theater
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 345 Main Street
Park Theater, Southwest Harbor
Mayo Picture Theater
Item:
  • 12922   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Theater Business
  • Structures, Civic, Performing Arts, Theater
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 345 Main Street
Tags:
theater
12949Lawton Block
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Store Business
  • Structures, Other Structures
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 344 Main Street
Lawton Block
Item:
  • 12949   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Store Business
  • Structures, Other Structures
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 344 Main Street
12983Sawyer's Market
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Market Business
  • Businesses, Store Business
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 344 Main Street
Sawyer's Market
Item:
  • 12983   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Market Business
  • Businesses, Store Business
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 344 Main Street
12879Gordon & White Garage
Howard E. Robinson Garage
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Automotive Repair Business
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 322-326-330 Main Street
Howard Ernest Robinson (1896-1972) purchased site for the garage from Isaac F. Stanley in 1924. Howard built a garage there in 1928. He sold the garage and property to Earl Gordon (1893-1964) and Leslie Frank White (1891-1967) in 1929. They established the Gordon & White Garage. The Gordon & White garage, on Main Street in Southwest Harbor, was an Esso station and sold Fords, Mercurys and Kiekhaefer Mercury outboard motors. The gas pumps were removed in 1985 by the new owner, Tom Landers, who renamed the business Landers Ford.
Gordon & White Garage
Howard E. Robinson Garage
Item:
  • 12879   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Automotive Repair Business
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 322-326-330 Main Street
Description:
Howard Ernest Robinson (1896-1972) purchased site for the garage from Isaac F. Stanley in 1924. Howard built a garage there in 1928. He sold the garage and property to Earl Gordon (1893-1964) and Leslie Frank White (1891-1967) in 1929. They established the Gordon & White Garage. The Gordon & White garage, on Main Street in Southwest Harbor, was an Esso station and sold Fords, Mercurys and Kiekhaefer Mercury outboard motors. The gas pumps were removed in 1985 by the new owner, Tom Landers, who renamed the business Landers Ford. [show more]
14544Hannah Bunker Gilley’s Millinery and Fancy Goods
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Business Shop
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 306 Main Street
Hannah Bunker Gilley’s Millinery and Fancy Goods
Item:
  • 14544   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Business Shop
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 306 Main Street
14954Benson's Laundromat
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Laundromat Business
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 297 Main Street
The business was started in 1954. Known as "Benson's Laundromat" in 1960, the washing machines were Westinghouse Commercial machines.
Benson's Laundromat
Item:
  • 14954   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Laundromat Business
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 297 Main Street
Description:
The business was started in 1954. Known as "Benson's Laundromat" in 1960, the washing machines were Westinghouse Commercial machines.
14956Dave's Dairy Delight
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Restaurant Business
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 297 Main Street
Dave's Dairy Delight
Item:
  • 14956   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Restaurant Business
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 297 Main Street
14971Village Wash Tub
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Laundromat Business
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 297 Main Street
Village Wash Tub
Item:
  • 14971   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Laundromat Business
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 297 Main Street
15865Soly Caruso Gas Station and Take Out
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Restaurant Business
  • Businesses, Service Station Business
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 248 Main Street
Soly Caruso Gas Station and Take Out
Item:
  • 15865   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Restaurant Business
  • Businesses, Service Station Business
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 248 Main Street
3686J.C. Ralph Studio and Store
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Store Business
  • Southwest Harbor
  • Main Street
John C. Ralph’s Studio has a complicated history. The J.C. Ralph Studio and Store, on Main Street in Southwest Harbor, proclaimed itself, "Eyeglasses and Spectacles - Jeweler and Optician." "Jeweler John C. Ralph moved from Bar Harbor to Southwest Harbor in 1888 to open a jewelry window in J.T.R. Freeman's store. Over the course of his 22-year tenure in Southwest Harbor, this ambitious man established many businesses...As described in the newspaper, Ralph never walked when he could run." -“Mount Desert Island - Somesville, Southwest Harbor, and Northeast Harbor” by Earle G. Shettleworth Jr. and Lydia B. Vandenbergh - Images of America Series, p. 57 – 2001. “John D. Lurvey purchased the lot and built thereon a small building which he used as a storehouse for coffins which he made, as he was a skilled carpenter and cabinet maker. Later this building was used as a public library and was twice moved; once to the northern end of the lot and again to the place now occupied by the Lawton Variety store, where it was used as a drug store, a jeweler’s store, a barber shop and the post office. John C. Ralph kept the post office there and enlarged the building.” - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, p. 148 – 1938.
J.C. Ralph Studio and Store
Item:
  • 3686   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Store Business
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • Main Street
Description:
John C. Ralph’s Studio has a complicated history. The J.C. Ralph Studio and Store, on Main Street in Southwest Harbor, proclaimed itself, "Eyeglasses and Spectacles - Jeweler and Optician." "Jeweler John C. Ralph moved from Bar Harbor to Southwest Harbor in 1888 to open a jewelry window in J.T.R. Freeman's store. Over the course of his 22-year tenure in Southwest Harbor, this ambitious man established many businesses...As described in the newspaper, Ralph never walked when he could run." -“Mount Desert Island - Somesville, Southwest Harbor, and Northeast Harbor” by Earle G. Shettleworth Jr. and Lydia B. Vandenbergh - Images of America Series, p. 57 – 2001. “John D. Lurvey purchased the lot and built thereon a small building which he used as a storehouse for coffins which he made, as he was a skilled carpenter and cabinet maker. Later this building was used as a public library and was twice moved; once to the northern end of the lot and again to the place now occupied by the Lawton Variety store, where it was used as a drug store, a jeweler’s store, a barber shop and the post office. John C. Ralph kept the post office there and enlarged the building.” - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, p. 148 – 1938. [show more]
3662McEachern & Hutchins Hardware Store
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Store Business
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 345 Main St.
Started as a contracting business in 1949, Archie McEachern bought out his uncle Jasper Hutchins in 1957 and transitioned the business to a lumber and hardware supply. The store expanded to multiple locations and was taken over by Archie's son, Les.
McEachern & Hutchins Hardware Store
Item:
  • 3662   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Store Business
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 345 Main St.
Description:
Started as a contracting business in 1949, Archie McEachern bought out his uncle Jasper Hutchins in 1957 and transitioned the business to a lumber and hardware supply. The store expanded to multiple locations and was taken over by Archie's son, Les.
13359Benjamin M. Robinson Wharf
Allen J. Lawler Canning Factory
A.J. Lawler Canning Factory
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Cannery Business
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 15 - 17 Lawler Lane
Benjamin M. Robinson Wharf
Allen J. Lawler Canning Factory
A.J. Lawler Canning Factory
Item:
  • 13359   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Cannery Business
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 15 - 17 Lawler Lane
3637Ronald Rich Boat Shop
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Southwest Harbor
  • Herrick Road
Ronald Dean Rich's boat shop. Ronald was the son of Clifton Melbourne Rich and the brother of Robert "Bobby" Rich and Roger Clifton Rich, all other skilled boat builders.
Ronald Rich Boat Shop
Item:
  • 3637   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • Herrick Road
Description:
Ronald Dean Rich's boat shop. Ronald was the son of Clifton Melbourne Rich and the brother of Robert "Bobby" Rich and Roger Clifton Rich, all other skilled boat builders.
15941The Gangplank
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Store Business
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
  • 1910
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 180 Clark Point Road
The Gangplank
Item:
  • 15941   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Store Business
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
Date:
  • 1910
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 180 Clark Point Road
15864Jimmy’s Lunch Room, Lobster Pound and Gas Station
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Store Business
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 173 Clark Point Road
The business started when Jimmy moved an old building he had been using to house chickens from his property on Clark Point Road, to the end of Clark Point and began to sell lobsters from it. He then expanded it in to a lunch room and installed gas pumps out front.
Jimmy’s Lunch Room, Lobster Pound and Gas Station
Item:
  • 15864   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Store Business
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 173 Clark Point Road
Description:
The business started when Jimmy moved an old building he had been using to house chickens from his property on Clark Point Road, to the end of Clark Point and began to sell lobsters from it. He then expanded it in to a lunch room and installed gas pumps out front.
15959Deacon Henry Higgins Clark Shipyard
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 152 Clark Point Road
"A workshop stood for many years on the shore side of the road almost opposite the above-mentioned house. Many different families occupied the living apartment on the second floor. Work for the shipyard was done in the shop on the first floor. The shipyard was a busy place for many years and many small vessels and boats were constructed there." - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 167. The schooner “Kate Newman” was built at Clark’s Point, Southwest Harbor in 1874.
Deacon Henry Higgins Clark Shipyard
Item:
  • 15959   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 152 Clark Point Road
Description:
"A workshop stood for many years on the shore side of the road almost opposite the above-mentioned house. Many different families occupied the living apartment on the second floor. Work for the shipyard was done in the shop on the first floor. The shipyard was a busy place for many years and many small vessels and boats were constructed there." - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 167. The schooner “Kate Newman” was built at Clark’s Point, Southwest Harbor in 1874. [show more]
13407William Underwood Company Lobster Cannery at Steamboat Wharf on Clark Point
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Cannery Business
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 184 Clark Point Road
William Underwood Company Lobster Cannery at Steamboat Wharf on Clark Point
Item:
  • 13407   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Cannery Business
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 184 Clark Point Road