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You searched for: Place: Southwest HarborSubject: BusinessesType: Reference
Item Title Type Subject Creator Publisher Date Place Address Description
16033The Oceanarium
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Other Business
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 172 Clark Point Road
15977J.T.R. Freeman Coal Company
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Service Business
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 12 Apple Lane
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.
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"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]
15941The Gangplank
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Store Business
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
  • 1910
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 180 Clark Point Road
15888Deacon Henry Higgins Clark Brickyard
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Building Business
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 89-93 Clark Point Rd.
"There were several brickyards on the island. Deacon Clark made bricks from clay on his land and between the houses of Richard Carroll and F. A. Birlem on the Clark Point Road the depression from which the clay was taken may yet be seen." - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 89. According to Ralph Stanley the clay was dug from the stream coming down the hill between what are now two properties and the bricks were made across the road on the shore. – Ralph Stanley 2015.
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"There were several brickyards on the island. Deacon Clark made bricks from clay on his land and between the houses of Richard Carroll and F. A. Birlem on the Clark Point Road the depression from which the clay was taken may yet be seen." - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 89. According to Ralph Stanley the clay was dug from the stream coming down the hill between what are now two properties and the bricks were made across the road on the shore. – Ralph Stanley 2015. [show more]
15866The Tweed Shop
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Business Shop
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 410 Main Street
15865Soly Caruso Gas Station and Take Out
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Restaurant Business
  • Businesses, Service Station Business
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 248 Main Street
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.
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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.
15863Augustus Clark’s Store, Barn & Bowling Alley
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Store Business
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 10 Town Wharf Way
15530Elmwood Cafe
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Restaurant Business
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 366 Main Street
15001Harborside Industries
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Other Business
  • Southwest Harbor
Howe D. Higgins turned a hobby into a profitable business making plaster figurines and souvenirs of the state of Maine.
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Howe D. Higgins turned a hobby into a profitable business making plaster figurines and souvenirs of the state of Maine.
14971Village Wash Tub
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Laundromat Business
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 297 Main Street
14956Dave's Dairy Delight
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Restaurant Business
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 297 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.
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The business was started in 1954. Known as "Benson's Laundromat" in 1960, the washing machines were Westinghouse Commercial machines.
14715A.L. Gilley Barber Shop
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Service Business
  • Southwest Harbor
“Returning now to the village comer and going toward the wharf at Clark Point—the building owned and occupied by the Jackson Market was originally A. L. [Arthur A.] Gilley's barber shop ; a small building which forms but a fraction of the present structure. It has been owned by several who have made changes and additions and greatly increased its size.” - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, p. 156 - 1938 Arthur Alonzo Gilley inherited this barber shop property in 1922 from his mother, Julia I. (Moore) Gilley Marson. Arthur was practicing as a barber in Bath, Maine in 1920 and in 1930.
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“Returning now to the village comer and going toward the wharf at Clark Point—the building owned and occupied by the Jackson Market was originally A. L. [Arthur A.] Gilley's barber shop ; a small building which forms but a fraction of the present structure. It has been owned by several who have made changes and additions and greatly increased its size.” - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, p. 156 - 1938 Arthur Alonzo Gilley inherited this barber shop property in 1922 from his mother, Julia I. (Moore) Gilley Marson. Arthur was practicing as a barber in Bath, Maine in 1920 and in 1930. [show more]
14544Hannah Bunker Gilley’s Millinery and Fancy Goods
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Business Shop
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 306 Main Street
14397D. L. Mayo's Cash Store
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Store Business
  • Southwest Harbor
14371Bryant Bradley Studio, Southwest Harbor
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Photography Business
  • Southwest Harbor
14140Hot Flash Anny
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Business Shop
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 4 Clark Point Road
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.
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Built on the site of the Carroll house on Main Street after the 1922 fire destroyed the house.
13798Simeon Holden Mayo's Boatshop and Wharf
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 168 Clark Point Road
13672Seth W. Norwood Law Office
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Service Business
  • Southwest Harbor
“Seth W. Norwood opened a law office in Southwest Harbor in 1906 where he practiced for a few years and then moved to Portland.” - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, p. 107 - 1938. He was still practicing in Southwest Harbor in 1912.
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“Seth W. Norwood opened a law office in Southwest Harbor in 1906 where he practiced for a few years and then moved to Portland.” - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, p. 107 - 1938. He was still practicing in Southwest Harbor in 1912.
13671Arthur L. Somes Store
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Store Business
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 357 Main Street
13653A.E. Parker Wharf and Boat Shop
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 168 Clark Point Road
13623William E. Murphy's Livery Stable
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Transportation Business
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 7-19 Clark Point Road