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Item Title Type Subject Creator Publisher Date Place Address Description
16722Mary Jones Interviews with Ralph Stanley and Eric Henry about SWH Buildings - Oral History Tapes
  • Document, Recording, Audio Recording
  • Structures, Other Structures
  • Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 338 Main Street
Mary Jones Interviews with Ralph Stanley and Eric Henry about SWH Buildings - Oral History Tapes
Item:
  • 16722   
Accession #:
  • 2080
Type:
  • Document, Recording, Audio Recording
Subject:
  • Structures, Other Structures
Publisher:
  • Southwest Harbor Public Library
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 338 Main Street
13260Masonic Hall
  • Reference
  • Structures, Other Structures
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 353 Main Street
The “Masonic Hall was built in 1875 by a stock company formed for the purpose. John D. Lurvey was the builder. The land was purchased from the Freeman family and John T.R. Freeman held the majority of the shares. In 1881 the building was sold to the Masonic lodge and the name of Tremont Hall changed to Masonic Hall. The lodge had the building raised and stores made in the basement with other additions and improvements.” - Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton p. 151 - 1938. The front entrance 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. The Old Masonic Hall, then known as Tremont Hall, appears in the History of the Southwest Harbor Public Library in 1895. After the dedication of the new (first) Library building the attendees repaired to Tremont Hall for supper. September 1, 1916 - Grace Clark Carroll Clark noted in the Baby Book for her new daughter, Rebecca Carroll Clark, that Rebecca's aunt, Anna Beatrice (Carroll) Kelley, stayed with Rebecca while Grace "went out to hear Fritz Kreisler at the Masonic Hall." Thornton goes on to say that Masonic Hall “was saved during the fire of 1922 by almost superhuman efforts of the young men who fought the flames from the roof until the danger was past.” The Old Masonic Hall burned on January 27, 1939 and a new building was erected in 1940. R.M. Norwood was the builder. “The [Freeman J.] Lurvey building was built as a general store and was conducted by Liston F. Smith for some years. Mr. Smith came to this vicinity some years previous and went over Mount Desert Island with a pedlar’s cart, calling himself “The Live Yankee.” When he settled down to storekeeping this was on his sign and by this cognomen he was known to most of the people. [Later Arther Allen purchased the store. Mr. Smith] moved his goods to one of the stores in the basement of the Masonic Hall where he was in business until failing health forced him to retire.” - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, p. 148-149 – 1938 The Hall, built c. 1877 as Tremont Hall, was sold to the Masonic lodge around 1902. The lodge members renamed the building, raised it, and rebuilt the first and second floors to achieve the building shown here. – See the Bar Harbor Times, April 20, 1927, p. 7.
Masonic Hall
Item:
  • 13260   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Other Structures
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 353 Main Street
Description:
The “Masonic Hall was built in 1875 by a stock company formed for the purpose. John D. Lurvey was the builder. The land was purchased from the Freeman family and John T.R. Freeman held the majority of the shares. In 1881 the building was sold to the Masonic lodge and the name of Tremont Hall changed to Masonic Hall. The lodge had the building raised and stores made in the basement with other additions and improvements.” - Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton p. 151 - 1938. The front entrance 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. The Old Masonic Hall, then known as Tremont Hall, appears in the History of the Southwest Harbor Public Library in 1895. After the dedication of the new (first) Library building the attendees repaired to Tremont Hall for supper. September 1, 1916 - Grace Clark Carroll Clark noted in the Baby Book for her new daughter, Rebecca Carroll Clark, that Rebecca's aunt, Anna Beatrice (Carroll) Kelley, stayed with Rebecca while Grace "went out to hear Fritz Kreisler at the Masonic Hall." Thornton goes on to say that Masonic Hall “was saved during the fire of 1922 by almost superhuman efforts of the young men who fought the flames from the roof until the danger was past.” The Old Masonic Hall burned on January 27, 1939 and a new building was erected in 1940. R.M. Norwood was the builder. “The [Freeman J.] Lurvey building was built as a general store and was conducted by Liston F. Smith for some years. Mr. Smith came to this vicinity some years previous and went over Mount Desert Island with a pedlar’s cart, calling himself “The Live Yankee.” When he settled down to storekeeping this was on his sign and by this cognomen he was known to most of the people. [Later Arther Allen purchased the store. Mr. Smith] moved his goods to one of the stores in the basement of the Masonic Hall where he was in business until failing health forced him to retire.” - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, p. 148-149 – 1938 The Hall, built c. 1877 as Tremont Hall, was sold to the Masonic lodge around 1902. The lodge members renamed the building, raised it, and rebuilt the first and second floors to achieve the building shown here. – See the Bar Harbor Times, April 20, 1927, p. 7. [show more]
10590Mess Hall at Great Pond CCC Camp
  • Image, Photograph
  • Organizations, Civic
  • People
  • Structures, Other Structures
  • Southwest Harbor
Mess Hall at Great Pond CCC Camp
Item:
  • 10590   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic
  • People
  • Structures, Other Structures
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Civilian Conservation Corps Collection
7179Montelle D. Gott's Buildings at the Outer Pool on Great Gott Island
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Shore
  • Structures, Other Structures
  • Tremont, Great Gott Island
Montelle D. Gott's Buildings at the Outer Pool on Great Gott Island
Item:
  • 7179   
Accession #:
  • 1023
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Shore
  • Structures, Other Structures
Place:
  • Tremont, Great Gott Island
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Eleanor R. Mayo Collection
14415Naval Coaling Station, Lamoine, Maine
  • Reference
  • Structures, Other Structures
  • Lamoine ME
Naval Coaling Station, Lamoine, Maine
Item:
  • 14415   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Other Structures
Place:
  • Lamoine ME
State:
  • ME
7103Naval Coaling Station, Lamoine, Maine
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo
  • Structures, Other Structures
  • J.A. Thompson, Ellsworth, Me.
  • Lamoine ME
Naval Coaling Station, Lamoine, Maine
Item:
  • 7103   
Accession #:
  • 1023
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo
Subject:
  • Structures, Other Structures
Publisher:
  • J.A. Thompson, Ellsworth, Me.
Place:
  • Lamoine ME
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Eleanor R. Mayo Collection
13381Odd Fellows Hall
  • Reference
  • Structures, Other Structures
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 357 Main Street
Odd Fellows Hall
Item:
  • 13381   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Other Structures
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 357 Main Street
13263Old Center Meeting House
  • Reference
  • Structures, Other Structures, Civic Structures
  • Tremont, Center
Old Center Meeting House
Item:
  • 13263   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Other Structures, Civic Structures
Place:
  • Tremont, Center
State:
  • ME
7568Old Center Meeting House
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Other Structures, Civic Structures
  • Tremont, Center
Old Center Meeting House
Item:
  • 7568   
Accession #:
  • 1023
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Other Structures, Civic Structures
Place:
  • Tremont, Center
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Eleanor R. Mayo Collection
14338Old Ward House
Benjamin Ward House
Customs House
  • Reference
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • Structures, Other Structures
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
  • 136 Seawall Road
The original house was built in 1830 for Benjamin Ward and is one of the oldest still existing buildings in Southwest Harbor. The house once held the U.S. Customs House [T-184] and was sold by Eldora Dolliver Ward to sea captain William W. King in 1905 (426/105). It was sold by Lottie King Reed to Emery Norwood in 1946 (712/121). Emery died July 22, 1953, leaving as heir-at-law Edna G. Hurd Norwood, who lived in the house until she sold it to John Eugene Jacobson in 1975 (1209/647). The shed ell was reported to have belonged to Albert “Uncle Al” King, who used it as a boat shed on the shore of 373 Seawall Road. The small barn in the rear is Jake Jacobson’s shop. (map 1, lot 44) - Burnham, John, Rebecca. - Our Neighborhood – Manset and Seawall (Southwest Harbor Historical Society, Southwest Harbor, 2015) 78-79.
Old Ward House
Benjamin Ward House
Customs House
Item:
  • 14338   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • Structures, Other Structures
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 136 Seawall Road
Description:
The original house was built in 1830 for Benjamin Ward and is one of the oldest still existing buildings in Southwest Harbor. The house once held the U.S. Customs House [T-184] and was sold by Eldora Dolliver Ward to sea captain William W. King in 1905 (426/105). It was sold by Lottie King Reed to Emery Norwood in 1946 (712/121). Emery died July 22, 1953, leaving as heir-at-law Edna G. Hurd Norwood, who lived in the house until she sold it to John Eugene Jacobson in 1975 (1209/647). The shed ell was reported to have belonged to Albert “Uncle Al” King, who used it as a boat shed on the shore of 373 Seawall Road. The small barn in the rear is Jake Jacobson’s shop. (map 1, lot 44) - Burnham, John, Rebecca. - Our Neighborhood – Manset and Seawall (Southwest Harbor Historical Society, Southwest Harbor, 2015) 78-79. [show more]
12905Otter Cliff Radio Station
  • Reference
  • Places
  • Structures, Other Structures, Radio Station
  • Acadia National Park
  • Otter Point
Otter Cliff Radio Station
Item:
  • 12905   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Places
  • Structures, Other Structures, Radio Station
Place:
  • Acadia National Park
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • Otter Point
13131Peaked Hill Bar Life Saving Station
  • Reference
  • 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.
Peaked Hill Bar Life Saving Station
Item:
  • 13131   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Other Structures, Life Saving Station
Place:
  • Provincetown MA
State:
  • MA
Description:
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]
13696Primary School building
Fire Station
Town offices building
  • Reference
  • 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
Item:
  • 13696   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Other Structures, Civic Structures
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 26 Villiage Green Way
Description:
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
5969Second Odd Fellows Building, Southwest Harbor, Maine
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Other Structures
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 357 Main Street
Second Odd Fellows Building, Southwest Harbor, Maine
Item:
  • 5969   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Other Structures
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 357 Main Street
13697Southwest Harbor Schoolhouse Building
Harmon Block
  • Reference
  • 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]
Southwest Harbor Schoolhouse Building
Harmon Block
Item:
  • 13697   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Institutional, School
  • Structures, Other Structures
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 339 Main Street
Description:
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]
11267Stanley Fisheries Ice House
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Other Structures
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
Stanley Fisheries Ice House
Item:
  • 11267   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Other Structures
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • The Ward Family Collection
7735The Causeway Club salt water swimming pool
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Other Structures
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • Southwest Harbor
The Causeway Club salt water swimming pool
Item:
  • 7735   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Other Structures
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
7736The Causeway Club salt water swimming pool
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Other Structures
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • Southwest Harbor
The Causeway Club salt water swimming pool
Item:
  • 7736   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Other Structures
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
9396The First Masonic Hall - And First Odd Fellows Building, Southwest Harbor, Maine
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Structures, Other Structures, Civic Structures
  • Cook - Charles Edward Cook Sr. (1840-1927)
  • C.E. Cook, Bangor, Maine
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 353 and 357 Main Street
The First Masonic Hall - And First Odd Fellows Building, Southwest Harbor, Maine
Item:
  • 9396   
Accession #:
  • 1034
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Structures, Other Structures, Civic Structures
Creator:
  • Cook - Charles Edward Cook Sr. (1840-1927)
Publisher:
  • C.E. Cook, Bangor, Maine
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 353 and 357 Main Street
Source:
  • Miles W. Weaver Postcard Collection
Tags:
masonic, street, building
13760The Gazebo at Fox Dens
  • Set
  • Structures, Other Structures
The Gazebo at Fox Dens
Item:
  • 13760   
Type:
  • Set
Subject:
  • Structures, Other Structures
13893The Lyceum, Cambridge
  • Reference
  • Structures, Civic, Public, Post Office
  • Structures, Other Structures, Civic Structures
  • Boston MA area, Cambridge
  • Massachusetts Avenue at Harvard Square
The Lyceum, Cambridge
Item:
  • 13893   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Public, Post Office
  • Structures, Other Structures, Civic Structures
Place:
  • Boston MA area, Cambridge
State:
  • MA
Address:
  • Massachusetts Avenue at Harvard Square
13051The Ocean House, Eden
  • Reference
  • Structures, Other Structures
  • Bar Harbor, Eden
The Ocean House, Eden
Item:
  • 13051   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Other Structures
Place:
  • Bar Harbor, Eden
State:
  • ME
14854The Old Narraguagus House, Cherryfield, Maine
  • Reference
  • Structures, Other Structures
The Old Narraguagus House, Cherryfield, Maine
Item:
  • 14854   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Other Structures
State:
  • ME
6717The Old Narraguagus House, Cherryfield, Maine
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo
  • Structures, Other Structures
  • Hutchinson - S.S. Hutchinson
The Old Narraguagus House, Cherryfield, Maine
Item:
  • 6717   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo
Subject:
  • Structures, Other Structures
Creator:
  • Hutchinson - S.S. Hutchinson
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of the Clark Family
12062Theodore P. Austin's Cottage - The Austin Castle
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Other Structures
  • Hancock ME
Theodore P. Austin's Cottage - The Austin Castle
Item:
  • 12062   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Other Structures
Place:
  • Hancock ME
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • The Ward Family Collection