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Item Title Type Subject Creator Publisher Date Place Address Description
12905Otter Cliff Radio Station
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  • Places
  • Structures, Other Structures, Radio Station
  • Acadia National Park
  • Otter Point
12974US Naval Radio Station at Seawall
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  • Places
  • Structures, Other Structures, Radio Station
  • Acadia National Park
The station was located on what later became the Seawall Camp Ground. "John Dolliver had a house farther to the west [from Enoch Newman’s place at Seawall] which he sold to United States Government and it was burned a few years ago. The radio station and house were built during the World War and the station was dismantled some years after the war was over. The radio house as it is still called, is owned by United States and in the care of Park authorities." - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 205.
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The station was located on what later became the Seawall Camp Ground. "John Dolliver had a house farther to the west [from Enoch Newman’s place at Seawall] which he sold to United States Government and it was burned a few years ago. The radio station and house were built during the World War and the station was dismantled some years after the war was over. The radio house as it is still called, is owned by United States and in the care of Park authorities." - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 205. [show more]
7124Union Station
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  • Structures, Other Structures, Civic Structures
  • Bangor ME
15113Jackson Laboratory
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  • Businesses, Other Business
  • Structures, Other Structures
  • Bar Harbor
  • 600 Main Street
Originally the site of Robin Hood Park
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Originally the site of Robin Hood Park
13020Bar Harbor Casino
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  • Structures, Other Structures
  • Bar Harbor
13051The Ocean House, Eden
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  • Structures, Other Structures
  • Bar Harbor, Eden
13893The Lyceum, Cambridge
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  • Structures, Civic, Public, Post Office
  • Structures, Other Structures, Civic Structures
  • Boston MA area, Cambridge
  • Massachusetts Avenue at Harvard Square
13368Clay Pits Pumping Station
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  • Structures, Other Structures
  • Boston MA area, Cambridge
13120Longfellow Park
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  • Places, Park
  • Structures, Other Structures
  • Boston MA area, Cambridge
13228Cranberry Isles Life Saving Station
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  • Structures, Other Structures, Life Saving Station
  • Cranberry Isles, Little Cranberry Island, Islesford
  • 141 Bar Point Road
"The first Coast Guard presence in the Mt. Desert Island area was a Life Saving Station located on Little Cranberry Island, established by an act of congress on June 18th, 1878. In 1937, the Southwest Harbor complex was created and used as a lighthouse depot by the U.S. Light House Service. By 1945, the Coast Guard Station on Little Cranberry Island was moved to the facility in Southwest Harbor.” - “Sector Field Office (SFO) Southwest Harbor, Southwest Harbor, Maine – History,” United States Coast Guard site, 06/28/13, Accessed online 07/20/10; http://www.uscg.mil/d1/sfoSouthwestHarbor/history.asp.
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"The first Coast Guard presence in the Mt. Desert Island area was a Life Saving Station located on Little Cranberry Island, established by an act of congress on June 18th, 1878. In 1937, the Southwest Harbor complex was created and used as a lighthouse depot by the U.S. Light House Service. By 1945, the Coast Guard Station on Little Cranberry Island was moved to the facility in Southwest Harbor.” - “Sector Field Office (SFO) Southwest Harbor, Southwest Harbor, Maine – History,” United States Coast Guard site, 06/28/13, Accessed online 07/20/10; http://www.uscg.mil/d1/sfoSouthwestHarbor/history.asp. [show more]
12243United States Life-Saving Service - Cranberry Isles Station
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  • Structures, Other Structures, Life Saving Station
  • Morse - Frederick Wesley Morse (1870-1929)
  • Cranberry Isles, Little Cranberry Island, Islesford
13625Ellsworth City Hall
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  • Structures, Other Structures, Civic Structures
  • Ellsworth ME
13053Hancock County Jail and Court House
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  • Structures, Other Structures, Civic Structures
  • Ellsworth ME
  • 50 State Street
10936Ellsworth City Hall
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  • Structures, Other Structures, Civic Structures
  • American Art Post Card Co., Boston and Brookline, Mass.
  • Ellsworth ME
11507Ellsworth City Hall
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  • Structures, Other Structures, Civic Structures
  • Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company
  • Ellsworth ME
3554Austin's Castle
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  • Structures, Other Structures
  • Franklin ME
Built by Theodore P. Austin, a New York jeweler, who invested in Hancock Country mining. He died before the construction was complete. The 42 room castle was never completed, although Austin's two daughters lived in the one finished room for many years.
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Built by Theodore P. Austin, a New York jeweler, who invested in Hancock Country mining. He died before the construction was complete. The 42 room castle was never completed, although Austin's two daughters lived in the one finished room for many years.
12062Theodore P. Austin's Cottage - The Austin Castle
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  • Structures, Other Structures
  • Hancock ME
14415Naval Coaling Station, Lamoine, Maine
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  • Structures, Other Structures
  • Lamoine ME
7103Naval Coaling Station, Lamoine, Maine
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  • Structures, Other Structures
  • J.A. Thompson, Ellsworth, Me.
  • Lamoine ME
13131Peaked Hill Bar Life Saving Station
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  • Structures, Other Structures, Life Saving Station
  • Provincetown MA
The Peaked Hill Bar station was one of the original nine stations which were erected on Cape Cod in 1872. The first keeper, David H. Atkins, was appointed in 1872 at the age of 34, with 22 years experience as a surfman. Located on the outer shore of Cape Cod near Provincetown the station provided sent out many crews to perform dramatic rescues of ships that foundered on the Peaked Hill Bar. Among the crews they saved was the three masted schooner, "Carrie M. Richardson." The final 's' was added to the station's name in 1886. Until that time it was known as Peaked Hill Bar. In 1888 the station received extensive repairs and improvements. By 1914 a new station was built to replace this original station when the government thought it was in imminent danger of falling into the Atlantic Ocean. The new station was built about a quarter of a mile southeast of the first station. The United States Life Saving Service and the Revenue Cutter Service merged and became the Coast Guard in 1915, just as the second station was established. Eugene O'Neill (1888-1953) and his second wife, Agnes Boulton, moved into the abandoned life Saving Station at Peaked Hill Bars in May, 1919. Eugene's father, James O'Neill, bought the building for them as a wedding present. O'Neill is said to have written the "S.S. Glencairn," "The Hairy Ape," and the preliminary draft of "Anna Christie" at Peaked Hill Bar. The building slid from the sand dune into the sea on January 10, 1931.
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The Peaked Hill Bar station was one of the original nine stations which were erected on Cape Cod in 1872. The first keeper, David H. Atkins, was appointed in 1872 at the age of 34, with 22 years experience as a surfman. Located on the outer shore of Cape Cod near Provincetown the station provided sent out many crews to perform dramatic rescues of ships that foundered on the Peaked Hill Bar. Among the crews they saved was the three masted schooner, "Carrie M. Richardson." The final 's' was added to the station's name in 1886. Until that time it was known as Peaked Hill Bar. In 1888 the station received extensive repairs and improvements. By 1914 a new station was built to replace this original station when the government thought it was in imminent danger of falling into the Atlantic Ocean. The new station was built about a quarter of a mile southeast of the first station. The United States Life Saving Service and the Revenue Cutter Service merged and became the Coast Guard in 1915, just as the second station was established. Eugene O'Neill (1888-1953) and his second wife, Agnes Boulton, moved into the abandoned life Saving Station at Peaked Hill Bars in May, 1919. Eugene's father, James O'Neill, bought the building for them as a wedding present. O'Neill is said to have written the "S.S. Glencairn," "The Hairy Ape," and the preliminary draft of "Anna Christie" at Peaked Hill Bar. The building slid from the sand dune into the sea on January 10, 1931. [show more]
15943U.S. Coast Guard Station - Southwest Harbor
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  • Structures, Other Structures, Coast Guard Base
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 184 Clark Point Road
The Life Saving Station at Little Cranberry Island was relocated and consolidated with the Southwest Harbor Station in 1946.
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The Life Saving Station at Little Cranberry Island was relocated and consolidated with the Southwest Harbor Station in 1946.
13298Island House Tennis Court
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  • Structures, Other Structures, Tennis Court
  • Southwest Harbor
The red dots on map 2254 show the buildings related to the Island House. The arrow points to the tennis lawn.
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The red dots on map 2254 show the buildings related to the Island House. The arrow points to the tennis lawn.
13381Odd Fellows Hall
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  • Structures, Other Structures
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 357 Main Street
13696Primary School building
Fire Station
Town offices building
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  • Structures, Other Structures, Civic Structures
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 26 Villiage Green Way
Built in 1917 at 329 Main Street by R.M. Norwood Moved across the street to 26 Village Green Way in 1938 Renovated from school building to house fire trucks. Renovated again to house the town offices
Primary School building
Fire Station
Town offices building
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Built in 1917 at 329 Main Street by R.M. Norwood Moved across the street to 26 Village Green Way in 1938 Renovated from school building to house fire trucks. Renovated again to house the town offices
13697Southwest Harbor Schoolhouse Building
Harmon Block
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  • Structures, Institutional, School
  • Structures, Other Structures
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 339 Main Street
Built in 1862 at 329 Main Street at the Southwest Harbor Schoolhouse Moved in 1906 to 339 Main Street, purchased by George Harmon and converted in to commercial space and apartments. "In 1906 the new town voted to build a new schoolhouse at the village and raised the sum of $4500 to do so. This sum included the purchase of additional land. The old building stood close to the main road and had but little land surrounding it, and the new one was to be set farther back with a playground in front of it. The old building was sold to George Harmon and moved to the lot south of the school lot where it is now used for stores and apartments. [Now the Harmon Block at 339 Main Street, Map 6 - Lot 93, MHPC #405-0081]
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Built in 1862 at 329 Main Street at the Southwest Harbor Schoolhouse Moved in 1906 to 339 Main Street, purchased by George Harmon and converted in to commercial space and apartments. "In 1906 the new town voted to build a new schoolhouse at the village and raised the sum of $4500 to do so. This sum included the purchase of additional land. The old building stood close to the main road and had but little land surrounding it, and the new one was to be set farther back with a playground in front of it. The old building was sold to George Harmon and moved to the lot south of the school lot where it is now used for stores and apartments. [Now the Harmon Block at 339 Main Street, Map 6 - Lot 93, MHPC #405-0081] [show more]