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3715Great Pond Camp, Company 158 - Civilian Conservation Corp
  • Reference
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Places, Camp
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 67 Long Pond Road
One of the thousands of camps set up by President Roosevelt's Civilian Conservation Corp program during the great depression. The Great Pond Camp in Southwest Harbor operated from 1933-1941. The men who worked at the camp were integral to the early development of the trail system in Acadia National Park. “The Southwest Harbor camp was opened about May, 1933 with enrollees erecting and living in tents while construction of the roll roofing covered barracks continued. An aerial photo dated September 5, 1933 shows four barracks buildings and four service buildings in place. Officers quarters, dispensary and living quarters for the commanding officer were added later. The last two were of log construction. The camp was located at the height of ground on the west side of the road leading from Southwest Harbor village to the south end of Great Pond [Long Pond]. This was near Acadia National Park lands where most of the work-projects took place. This park being one of the National Park System came under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Department of the Interior. Consequently the Department of the Interior controlled the employees and type of work projects carried out on the ground. This was a typical 200 man camp. All enrollees were Maine residents. Familial relationships were scarce but for most living conditions were a great improvement over depression years living conditions at home. Living conditions, discipline and in-camp activities were the concern of the U.S. Army…” – Fred E. Holt, former forest commissioner - “In the Public Interest: The Civilian Conservation Corps in Maine (1933-1942) - A Pictorial History” by Jon A. Schlenker, Norman A. Wetherington and Austin H. Wilkins, published by the University of Maine at Augusta Press, 1988, p. 67-70
Great Pond Camp, Company 158 - Civilian Conservation Corp
Item:
  • 3715   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Places, Camp
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 67 Long Pond Road
Tags:
ccc
Description:
One of the thousands of camps set up by President Roosevelt's Civilian Conservation Corp program during the great depression. The Great Pond Camp in Southwest Harbor operated from 1933-1941. The men who worked at the camp were integral to the early development of the trail system in Acadia National Park. “The Southwest Harbor camp was opened about May, 1933 with enrollees erecting and living in tents while construction of the roll roofing covered barracks continued. An aerial photo dated September 5, 1933 shows four barracks buildings and four service buildings in place. Officers quarters, dispensary and living quarters for the commanding officer were added later. The last two were of log construction. The camp was located at the height of ground on the west side of the road leading from Southwest Harbor village to the south end of Great Pond [Long Pond]. This was near Acadia National Park lands where most of the work-projects took place. This park being one of the National Park System came under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Department of the Interior. Consequently the Department of the Interior controlled the employees and type of work projects carried out on the ground. This was a typical 200 man camp. All enrollees were Maine residents. Familial relationships were scarce but for most living conditions were a great improvement over depression years living conditions at home. Living conditions, discipline and in-camp activities were the concern of the U.S. Army…” – Fred E. Holt, former forest commissioner - “In the Public Interest: The Civilian Conservation Corps in Maine (1933-1942) - A Pictorial History” by Jon A. Schlenker, Norman A. Wetherington and Austin H. Wilkins, published by the University of Maine at Augusta Press, 1988, p. 67-70 [show more]
12894Bass Harbor Post Office
McKinley Post Office
  • Reference
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Structures, Civic, Public, Post Office
  • Tremont, Bass Harbor
  • 45 Shore Road
Bass Harbor Post Office
McKinley Post Office
Item:
  • 12894   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Structures, Civic, Public, Post Office
Place:
  • Tremont, Bass Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 45 Shore Road
13197American Legion and Auxiliary, Eugene M. Norwood Post 69
  • Reference
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Structures, Other Structures, Civic Structures
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 22 Village Greenway
The Naval Radio Station was established at Seawall in September, 1942. It was disestablished in 1951. Between 1951 and 1953 the government transferred the building to the American Legion and Auxiliary, Eugene M. Norwood Post 69, Southwest Harbor. The building was then moved to 22 Village Green Way, Map 6 – Lot 40, Southwest Harbor. The building has been enlarge twice since it was moved to its present location.
American Legion and Auxiliary, Eugene M. Norwood Post 69
Item:
  • 13197   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Structures, Other Structures, Civic Structures
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 22 Village Greenway
Description:
The Naval Radio Station was established at Seawall in September, 1942. It was disestablished in 1951. Between 1951 and 1953 the government transferred the building to the American Legion and Auxiliary, Eugene M. Norwood Post 69, Southwest Harbor. The building was then moved to 22 Village Green Way, Map 6 – Lot 40, Southwest Harbor. The building has been enlarge twice since it was moved to its present location.
13271Islesford Historial Museum
  • Reference
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Structures, Civic, Exhibition, Museum
  • Cranberry Isles, Little Cranberry Island, Islesford
William Otis Sawtelle (1874-1939), physicist, historian, genealogist, author founded the museum in 1919. Architect Edmund B. Gilchrist designed the Colonial Revival building, built in 1927. The building, Sawtelle’s Edwin Hadlock’s ship chandlery (The Blue Duck Ships’ Store) the Sawtelle gravesite, and 1.3 acres were acquired by the National Park Service in 1948. The Islesford Historical Museum built in 1927 contains deeds, maps, engravings, papers, and artifacts related to the early history of the Acadia region. The collection also includes artifacts of the region's cultural history including fur- nishings, tools, photographs and scrapbooks. The records of the active schooner which carried cargoes from the Cranberry Isles to ports all over the world cover about one hundred years beginning in 1796.
Islesford Historial Museum
Item:
  • 13271   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Structures, Civic, Exhibition, Museum
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles, Little Cranberry Island, Islesford
State:
  • ME
Description:
William Otis Sawtelle (1874-1939), physicist, historian, genealogist, author founded the museum in 1919. Architect Edmund B. Gilchrist designed the Colonial Revival building, built in 1927. The building, Sawtelle’s Edwin Hadlock’s ship chandlery (The Blue Duck Ships’ Store) the Sawtelle gravesite, and 1.3 acres were acquired by the National Park Service in 1948. The Islesford Historical Museum built in 1927 contains deeds, maps, engravings, papers, and artifacts related to the early history of the Acadia region. The collection also includes artifacts of the region's cultural history including fur- nishings, tools, photographs and scrapbooks. The records of the active schooner which carried cargoes from the Cranberry Isles to ports all over the world cover about one hundred years beginning in 1796. [show more]
13383Southwest Harbor Fire Department
  • Reference
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Structures, Civic, Fire House
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 250 Main Street
Southwest Harbor Fire Department
Item:
  • 13383   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Structures, Civic, Fire House
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 250 Main Street
13420Vesta E. (Spear) McRae House and Original Bass Harbor Library
  • Reference
  • Organizations, Civic, Public Library
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • Tremont, Bernard
  • 90 Bernard Road
Vesta E. (Spear) McRae House and Original Bass Harbor Library
Item:
  • 13420   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic, Public Library
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Place:
  • Tremont, Bernard
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 90 Bernard Road
13566Southwest Harbor Post Office at 30 Clark Point Road
  • Reference
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Structures, Civic, Public, Post Office
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 30 Clark Point Road
"At Southwest Harbor after J. T. R. Freeman, Mrs. Emily Robinson Farnsworth had the [post] office for some time; then J. A. Freeman and William J. Tower held it alternately according to change of political administration for several terms. Then E. S. Thurston was appointed and held office for twelve years until Earll W. Gott was appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt. The office has changed location with every new postmaster…" - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 105. "William J. Tower built the building east of the Jackson lot and he kept the post-office there for a number of years. He sold to E. S. Thurston when Mr. Thurston took over the duties of postmaster and after his services of twelve years were past, the property was sold in 1936 to Mrs. Fred A. Birlem whose son, Wallace Birlem, built the double garage behind it with living rooms above which he occupies [1938]." - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 157.
Southwest Harbor Post Office at 30 Clark Point Road
Item:
  • 13566   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Structures, Civic, Public, Post Office
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 30 Clark Point Road
Description:
"At Southwest Harbor after J. T. R. Freeman, Mrs. Emily Robinson Farnsworth had the [post] office for some time; then J. A. Freeman and William J. Tower held it alternately according to change of political administration for several terms. Then E. S. Thurston was appointed and held office for twelve years until Earll W. Gott was appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt. The office has changed location with every new postmaster…" - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 105. "William J. Tower built the building east of the Jackson lot and he kept the post-office there for a number of years. He sold to E. S. Thurston when Mr. Thurston took over the duties of postmaster and after his services of twelve years were past, the property was sold in 1936 to Mrs. Fred A. Birlem whose son, Wallace Birlem, built the double garage behind it with living rooms above which he occupies [1938]." - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 157. [show more]
13610Southwest Harbor Water Company
  • Reference
  • Organizations, Civic, Municipal
  • Southwest Harbor
The Southwest Harbor Water Company was founded by Dr. Joseph Dana Phillips, Anson I. Holmes, Jesse H. Pease, Alton E. Farnsworth, summer resident, Robert Kaighn, and lawyer, George R. Fuller. - "Acts and Resolves of the Sixty-sixth Legislature of the State of Maine, 1893, p. 621-623.
Southwest Harbor Water Company
Item:
  • 13610   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic, Municipal
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Description:
The Southwest Harbor Water Company was founded by Dr. Joseph Dana Phillips, Anson I. Holmes, Jesse H. Pease, Alton E. Farnsworth, summer resident, Robert Kaighn, and lawyer, George R. Fuller. - "Acts and Resolves of the Sixty-sixth Legislature of the State of Maine, 1893, p. 621-623.
14624Order of the Eastern Star
  • Reference
  • Organizations, Civic
A fraternal order open to both men and women related to Freemasonry. There appear to have been chapter in Tremont and Portland
Order of the Eastern Star
Item:
  • 14624   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic
Description:
A fraternal order open to both men and women related to Freemasonry. There appear to have been chapter in Tremont and Portland
14630Somesville Library
  • Reference
  • Organizations, Civic, Public Library
  • Mount Desert, Somesville
"The public library stands on the site where a building owned by A. C Fernald and used as an undertaker's shop and for the post-office was burned by lightning in 1891 with considerable loss in money as well as property. The land is owned by Mrs. George A. Somes and is leased to the library association, who built the present library in 1895-6." - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 265.
Somesville Library
Item:
  • 14630   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic, Public Library
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Somesville
State:
  • ME
Description:
"The public library stands on the site where a building owned by A. C Fernald and used as an undertaker's shop and for the post-office was burned by lightning in 1891 with considerable loss in money as well as property. The land is owned by Mrs. George A. Somes and is leased to the library association, who built the present library in 1895-6." - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 265. [show more]
14669Southwest Harbor Post Office
  • Reference
  • Organizations, Civic, Municipal
  • Structures, Civic, Public, Post Office
Southwest Harbor Post Office
Item:
  • 14669   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic, Municipal
  • Structures, Civic, Public, Post Office
14670Southwest Harbor Post Office at 340 Main Street
  • Reference
  • Organizations, Civic, Municipal
  • Structures, Civic, Public, Post Office
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 340 Main Street
Southwest Harbor Post Office at 340 Main Street
Item:
  • 14670   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic, Municipal
  • Structures, Civic, Public, Post Office
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 340 Main Street
14687Southwest Harbor Police Department
  • Reference
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 26 Village Green Way
Southwest Harbor Police Department
Item:
  • 14687   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 26 Village Green Way
14852The Works Progress Administration (WPA)
  • Reference
  • Organizations, Civic
The Works Progress Administration (renamed in 1939 as the Work Projects Administration; WPA was the largest and most ambitious New Deal agency, employing millions of unemployed people (mostly unskilled men) to carry out public works projects, including the construction of public buildings and roads. In much smaller but more famous projects the WPA employed musicians, artists, writers, actors and directors in large arts, drama, media, and literacy projects.
The Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Item:
  • 14852   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic
Description:
The Works Progress Administration (renamed in 1939 as the Work Projects Administration; WPA was the largest and most ambitious New Deal agency, employing millions of unemployed people (mostly unskilled men) to carry out public works projects, including the construction of public buildings and roads. In much smaller but more famous projects the WPA employed musicians, artists, writers, actors and directors in large arts, drama, media, and literacy projects. [show more]
15918Civilian Conservation Corps - Company 154
Eagle Lake Camp
  • Reference
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Places, Camp
  • Bar Harbor
  • 22 MacFarland Hill Drive
The Eagle Lake CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) camp (NP-1), Company 154, at Bar Harbor was operated under the supervision of the National Park Service from May 1934 to June 1942. Its primary function was forest culture (roads, trails, recreation).
Civilian Conservation Corps - Company 154
Eagle Lake Camp
Item:
  • 15918   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Places, Camp
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 22 MacFarland Hill Drive
Description:
The Eagle Lake CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) camp (NP-1), Company 154, at Bar Harbor was operated under the supervision of the National Park Service from May 1934 to June 1942. Its primary function was forest culture (roads, trails, recreation).
15936James Albert Freeman Post Office
  • Reference
  • Organizations, Civic, Municipal
  • Structures, Civic, Public, Post Office
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 8 Brook Passage
This building was used by James Albert Freeman as a Post Office from 1905 to 1914.
James Albert Freeman Post Office
Item:
  • 15936   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic, Municipal
  • Structures, Civic, Public, Post Office
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 8 Brook Passage
Description:
This building was used by James Albert Freeman as a Post Office from 1905 to 1914.
9440Officer's Recreation Hall at Great Pond CCC Camp
  • Image, Photograph
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Probably Spencer & Wyckoff, Detroit
  • 1936 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
Officer's Recreation Hall at Great Pond CCC Camp
Item:
  • 9440   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic
Publisher:
  • Probably Spencer & Wyckoff, Detroit
Date:
  • 1936 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Civilian Conservation Corps Collection
9441Officers and Men at Great Pond CCC Camp
  • Image, Photograph
  • Organizations, Civic
  • People
  • Probably Spencer & Wyckoff, Detroit
  • 1936 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 67 Long Pond Road
Front row - 6th from left - Joseph Calvin Trafton (1913-2006) Front row - 8th from right - Ralph Merrill Grindle (1915-2005)
Officers and Men at Great Pond CCC Camp
Item:
  • 9441   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic
  • People
Publisher:
  • Probably Spencer & Wyckoff, Detroit
Date:
  • 1936 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 67 Long Pond Road
Source:
  • Civilian Conservation Corps Collection
Description:
Front row - 6th from left - Joseph Calvin Trafton (1913-2006) Front row - 8th from right - Ralph Merrill Grindle (1915-2005)
9442Barracks
  • Image, Photograph
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Probably Spencer & Wyckoff, Detroit
  • 1936 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 67 Long Pond Road
Barracks
Item:
  • 9442   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic
Publisher:
  • Probably Spencer & Wyckoff, Detroit
Date:
  • 1936 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 67 Long Pond Road
Source:
  • Civilian Conservation Corps Collection
9443School House at Great Pond CCC Camp
  • Image, Photograph
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Probably Spencer & Wyckoff, Detroit
  • 1936 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
School House at Great Pond CCC Camp
Item:
  • 9443   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic
Publisher:
  • Probably Spencer & Wyckoff, Detroit
Date:
  • 1936 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Civilian Conservation Corps Collection
9446Aerial View of Great Pond Camp in Winter
  • Image, Photograph
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Probably Spencer & Wyckoff, Detroit
  • 1936 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 67 Long Pond Road
Benjamin Conley Worcester's blueberry barren on the other side of Long Pond Road, is visible at the upper left of the photograph.
Aerial View of Great Pond Camp in Winter
Item:
  • 9446   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic
Publisher:
  • Probably Spencer & Wyckoff, Detroit
Date:
  • 1936 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 67 Long Pond Road
Source:
  • Civilian Conservation Corps Collection
Tags:
camp, aerial view
Description:
Benjamin Conley Worcester's blueberry barren on the other side of Long Pond Road, is visible at the upper left of the photograph.
9447Aerial View of Great Pond Camp
  • Image, Photograph
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Probably Spencer & Wyckoff, Detroit
  • 1936 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 67 Long Pond Road
Benjamin Conley Worcester's blueberry barren on the other side of Long Pond Road, is visible at the upper left of the photograph.
Aerial View of Great Pond Camp
Item:
  • 9447   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic
Publisher:
  • Probably Spencer & Wyckoff, Detroit
Date:
  • 1936 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 67 Long Pond Road
Source:
  • Civilian Conservation Corps Collection
Tags:
camp, aerial view
Description:
Benjamin Conley Worcester's blueberry barren on the other side of Long Pond Road, is visible at the upper left of the photograph.
9445Entrance to Great Pond CCC Camp
  • Image, Photograph
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Probably Spencer & Wyckoff, Detroit - A Brilianione Print
  • 1934-02-09
  • Southwest Harbor
Entrance to Great Pond CCC Camp
Item:
  • 9445   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic
Publisher:
  • Probably Spencer & Wyckoff, Detroit - A Brilianione Print
Date:
  • 1934-02-09
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Civilian Conservation Corps Collection
5629The Southwest Harbor Public Library - Librarian - Meredith Hutchins
  • Image, Photograph
  • Organizations, Civic, Public Library
  • People
  • 1983 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
The Southwest Harbor Public Library - Librarian - Meredith Hutchins
Item:
  • 5629   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic, Public Library
  • People
Date:
  • 1983 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
5630Librarian Meredith Hutchins at Her Desk in the Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Organizations, Civic, Public Library
  • People
  • 1984 Spring
  • Southwest Harbor
Librarian Meredith Hutchins at Her Desk in the Library
Item:
  • 5630   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic, Public Library
  • People
Date:
  • 1984 Spring
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME