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3048Southwest Harbor Public Library, MHPC Survey
  • Document, MHPC Survey
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • Thompson - Deborah Thompson
  • 1998
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 338 Main Street
Maine Historic Preservation Commission, Historic Building/Structure Survey #405-0001
Southwest Harbor Public Library, MHPC Survey
Item:
  • 3048   
Type:
  • Document, MHPC Survey
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Library
Creator:
  • Thompson - Deborah Thompson
Date:
  • 1998
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 338 Main Street
Source:
  • MHPC
Description:
Maine Historic Preservation Commission, Historic Building/Structure Survey #405-0001
3487Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Reference
  • Organizations, Civic, Public Library
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 338 Main Street
Nell Thornton famously said, in her book, The Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor, “The Southwest Harbor Public Library had its beginning [as the Tremont Public Library] in 1884 when Mrs. Annie Sawyer Downs gathered a number of discarded books from the hotels, mostly paper covered volumes, and placed them on a shelf in one corner of Dr. R. J. Lemont's drug store…” The library was, as were many small libraries on the coast of Maine, started by “people from away,” in other words, summer people. This small library, however, was quickly adopted by native Southwest Harborians, and has grown, in the almost one and a half centuries since its founding, to be one of Maine’s very few five-star libraries, according to the Library Journal Index of Public Library Service. Thornton, Nellie C., Traditions and records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine (Merrill & Webber Company, 1938, The Southwest Harbor Public Library, 1988)
Southwest Harbor Public Library
Item:
  • 3487   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic, Public Library
  • Structures, Civic, Library
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 338 Main Street
Description:
Nell Thornton famously said, in her book, The Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor, “The Southwest Harbor Public Library had its beginning [as the Tremont Public Library] in 1884 when Mrs. Annie Sawyer Downs gathered a number of discarded books from the hotels, mostly paper covered volumes, and placed them on a shelf in one corner of Dr. R. J. Lemont's drug store…” The library was, as were many small libraries on the coast of Maine, started by “people from away,” in other words, summer people. This small library, however, was quickly adopted by native Southwest Harborians, and has grown, in the almost one and a half centuries since its founding, to be one of Maine’s very few five-star libraries, according to the Library Journal Index of Public Library Service. Thornton, Nellie C., Traditions and records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine (Merrill & Webber Company, 1938, The Southwest Harbor Public Library, 1988) [show more]
5139The Southwest Harbor Public Library With Flowered Matte
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939)
  • 1898 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 338 Main Street
Picture of the Library and new wall with two children set in a hand painted glass matte - yellow roses.
The Southwest Harbor Public Library With Flowered Matte
Item:
  • 5139   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Library
Creator:
  • Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939)
Date:
  • 1898 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 338 Main Street
Source:
  • George A. Neal Collection
Description:
Picture of the Library and new wall with two children set in a hand painted glass matte - yellow roses.
5538The Mayo Picture Theater / The Park Theater - Southwest Harbor
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Civic, Performing Arts, Theater
  • 1930 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
The Mayo Picture Theater / The Park Theater - Southwest Harbor
Item:
  • 5538   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Performing Arts, Theater
Date:
  • 1930 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Tags:
theater
5552Main Street Looking North to the Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events, Fire
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • 1922-03-27
  • Southwest Harbor
Shows Main Street across from the Odd Fellows Hall cellar hole looking North to the Library.
Main Street Looking North to the Library
Item:
  • 5552   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Events, Fire
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Civic, Library
Date:
  • 1922-03-27
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Description:
Shows Main Street across from the Odd Fellows Hall cellar hole looking North to the Library.
5584Main Street Looking North to the Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events, Fire
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • 1922-03-27
  • Southwest Harbor
This photograph looks north and shows the library and Allen’s store beyond it on the left. To the right can be seen the Gilley house, the Harmon Block and a corner of the Park Theatre. The fire destroyed the Carroll building, the Holmes store, the Holmes Hotel (space at the left foreground) and the Odd Fellows building, which was rebuilt on its lot across the street.
Main Street Looking North to the Library
Item:
  • 5584   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Events, Fire
  • Structures, Civic, Library
Date:
  • 1922-03-27
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Description:
This photograph looks north and shows the library and Allen’s store beyond it on the left. To the right can be seen the Gilley house, the Harmon Block and a corner of the Park Theatre. The fire destroyed the Carroll building, the Holmes store, the Holmes Hotel (space at the left foreground) and the Odd Fellows building, which was rebuilt on its lot across the street.
5585Main Street Looking North to the Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events, Fire
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • 1922-03-27
  • Southwest Harbor
Across from the Odd Fellows Hall cellar hole looking North to the Library. Shows woodshed on the back of the library and a child sitting on the foundation of a burned building.
Main Street Looking North to the Library
Item:
  • 5585   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Events, Fire
  • Structures, Civic, Library
Date:
  • 1922-03-27
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Description:
Across from the Odd Fellows Hall cellar hole looking North to the Library. Shows woodshed on the back of the library and a child sitting on the foundation of a burned building.
5632The Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939)
  • 1896
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 338 Main Street
The Southwest Harbor Public Library
Item:
  • 5632   
Accession #:
  • 1010
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Library
Creator:
  • Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939)
Date:
  • 1896
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 338 Main Street
Source:
  • George A. Neal Collection
5633The Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
  • 1900 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 338 Main Street
Mailed to: Miss Carmelita Freeman ME General Hospital, Portland, ME. Oct. 1911
The Southwest Harbor Public Library
Item:
  • 5633   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Library
Publisher:
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
Date:
  • 1900 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 338 Main Street
Source:
  • The Ward Family Collection
Description:
Mailed to: Miss Carmelita Freeman ME General Hospital, Portland, ME. Oct. 1911
5634The Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939)
  • 1896 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 338 Main Street
The Southwest Harbor Public Library
Item:
  • 5634   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Library
Creator:
  • Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939)
Date:
  • 1896 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 338 Main Street
5635The Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939)
  • 1896 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 338 Main Street
The Southwest Harbor Public Library
Item:
  • 5635   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Library
Creator:
  • Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939)
Date:
  • 1896 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 338 Main Street
Source:
  • George A. Neal Collection
5636The Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • 1900 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 338 Main Street
The Southwest Harbor Public Library
Item:
  • 5636   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Library
Date:
  • 1900 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 338 Main Street
5637The Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • 1941
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 338 Main Street
The Southwest Harbor Public Library
Item:
  • 5637   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Library
Date:
  • 1941
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 338 Main Street
5638The Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • 2004 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 338 Main Street
The Southwest Harbor Public Library
Item:
  • 5638   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Library
Date:
  • 2004 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 338 Main Street
5639The Southwest Harbor Public Library - Francis Hamabe Mural
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • Hamabe - Francis Emeritz Hamabe (1917-2002)
  • 1983-10
  • Southwest Harbor
In 1955, Walter Cabot Paine gave funds to the Southwest Harbor Public Library for the Francis Hamabe murals in the newly refurbished Children’s Room. Shows the Children's Room before the 1984 remodelling with the Francis Hamabe mural, painted in 1955.
The Southwest Harbor Public Library - Francis Hamabe Mural
Item:
  • 5639   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Library
Creator:
  • Hamabe - Francis Emeritz Hamabe (1917-2002)
Date:
  • 1983-10
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Description:
In 1955, Walter Cabot Paine gave funds to the Southwest Harbor Public Library for the Francis Hamabe murals in the newly refurbished Children’s Room. Shows the Children's Room before the 1984 remodelling with the Francis Hamabe mural, painted in 1955.
5651The Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • 1903-07-01
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 338 Main Street
The Southwest Harbor Public Library
Item:
  • 5651   
Accession #:
  • 1109
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Library
Date:
  • 1903-07-01
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 338 Main Street
6064The First Masonic Hall, Southwest Harbor, Maine, with Horse and Buggy
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Civic, Assembly Hall
  • Transportation, Carriage
  • Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939)
  • 1900 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 353 Main Street
The photograph shows shows the Hancock Market and old streetlight.
The First Masonic Hall, Southwest Harbor, Maine, with Horse and Buggy
Item:
  • 6064   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Assembly Hall
  • Transportation, Carriage
Creator:
  • Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939)
Date:
  • 1900 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 353 Main Street
Source:
  • George A. Neal Collection
Tags:
horse, carriage
Description:
The photograph shows shows the Hancock Market and old streetlight.
6099The Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • A.I. Holmes
  • 1900 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 338 Main Street
A postcard featuring the Southwest Harbor Public Library - Circa 1900
The Southwest Harbor Public Library
Item:
  • 6099   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Library
Publisher:
  • A.I. Holmes
Date:
  • 1900 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 338 Main Street
Source:
  • Gift from Elsie Mae Phillips Marshall, Mrs. Roscoe C. Marshall - 1985.
Description:
A postcard featuring the Southwest Harbor Public Library - Circa 1900
6100The Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939)
  • 1896 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 338 Main Street
Shows wooden sidewalk and two maple saplings.
The Southwest Harbor Public Library
Item:
  • 6100   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Library
Creator:
  • Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939)
Date:
  • 1896 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 338 Main Street
Source:
  • George A. Neal Collection
Tags:
zoomable
Description:
Shows wooden sidewalk and two maple saplings.
7207Southwest Harbor Fire Trucks
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Civic, Fire House
  • Transportation, Truck, Fire Truck
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1950 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 26 Villiage Green Way
The fire trucks are – from left to right: 1950 Ford 1943-1947 Ford 1941 Buffalo custom pumper The building shown in this photograph was built by R.M. Norwood in 1917. - Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, p. 85 – 1938 It was originally the primary school for Southwest Harbor, located on Main Street on the land that is now the lawn in front of Pemetic High School, now Pemetic Elementary School. It was moved across the street in 1938 to serve as a building to store fire trucks, town equipment and, initially, the school bus. The second floor, where the town office is now located, was used primarily for storage. - 2007
Southwest Harbor Fire Trucks
Item:
  • 7207   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Fire House
  • Transportation, Truck, Fire Truck
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1950 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 26 Villiage Green Way
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
Description:
The fire trucks are – from left to right: 1950 Ford 1943-1947 Ford 1941 Buffalo custom pumper The building shown in this photograph was built by R.M. Norwood in 1917. - Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, p. 85 – 1938 It was originally the primary school for Southwest Harbor, located on Main Street on the land that is now the lawn in front of Pemetic High School, now Pemetic Elementary School. It was moved across the street in 1938 to serve as a building to store fire trucks, town equipment and, initially, the school bus. The second floor, where the town office is now located, was used primarily for storage. - 2007 [show more]
7208Southwest Harbor Fire Trucks
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Civic, Fire House
  • Transportation, Truck, Fire Truck
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1950 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 26 Villiage Green Way
The fire trucks are, from left to right: 1950 Ford 1943-1947 Ford 1941 Buffalo custom pumper Foreground: Hand pumper #609 The hand pumber #609 was built by William Cooper Hunneman (1769-1856) in 1857. William Hunneman, an apprentice to Paul Revere, is best known for the andirons and occasional teakettle marked with his surname. The #609 was sold first to Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and named the "Governor Langdon". Purchased in 1879 by Bedford Massachusetts, #609 was renamed "Shawsheen", and became the second engine the town of Bedford owned. Later #609 made it's way to Tremont Maine, and in 1905, the pumper became a part of the new town of Southwest Harbor when it separated from Tremont. Drawn and pumped by hand, this pumper was last known to be used at the Causeway Club in Southwest Harbor, celebrating V-E Day in 1945. Over the remaining years the pumper was stored in many Mount Desert Island locations. Moved from place to place, including the museum in Northeast Harbor, the Seal Cove Auto Museum in Seal Cove, the pumper now resides in Southwest Harbor. In the winter of 2008-09, the Junior Firefighters checked on the pumper to find it's wheels frozen in three inches of ice at the current storage facility. This prompted the kids to start a fundraising campaign to house #609 in a permanent, solar powered, climate controlled building, on the grounds of the Southwest Harbor Fire Station. Two sides of the structure are to be UV protective glass for viewing and enjoyment by future generations.
Southwest Harbor Fire Trucks
Item:
  • 7208   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Fire House
  • Transportation, Truck, Fire Truck
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1950 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 26 Villiage Green Way
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
Description:
The fire trucks are, from left to right: 1950 Ford 1943-1947 Ford 1941 Buffalo custom pumper Foreground: Hand pumper #609 The hand pumber #609 was built by William Cooper Hunneman (1769-1856) in 1857. William Hunneman, an apprentice to Paul Revere, is best known for the andirons and occasional teakettle marked with his surname. The #609 was sold first to Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and named the "Governor Langdon". Purchased in 1879 by Bedford Massachusetts, #609 was renamed "Shawsheen", and became the second engine the town of Bedford owned. Later #609 made it's way to Tremont Maine, and in 1905, the pumper became a part of the new town of Southwest Harbor when it separated from Tremont. Drawn and pumped by hand, this pumper was last known to be used at the Causeway Club in Southwest Harbor, celebrating V-E Day in 1945. Over the remaining years the pumper was stored in many Mount Desert Island locations. Moved from place to place, including the museum in Northeast Harbor, the Seal Cove Auto Museum in Seal Cove, the pumper now resides in Southwest Harbor. In the winter of 2008-09, the Junior Firefighters checked on the pumper to find it's wheels frozen in three inches of ice at the current storage facility. This prompted the kids to start a fundraising campaign to house #609 in a permanent, solar powered, climate controlled building, on the grounds of the Southwest Harbor Fire Station. Two sides of the structure are to be UV protective glass for viewing and enjoyment by future generations. [show more]
7269Grace M. Simmons Children's Room
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • Rich - Meredith Adelle (Rich) Hutchins (1939-2016)
  • 1983-10
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 338 Main Street
"... it was 1955 before the library built its second addition. This was a room for the youngest children done in memory of Grace Simmons, who had rebound countless worn library books for the library."
Grace M. Simmons Children's Room
Item:
  • 7269   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Library
Creator:
  • Rich - Meredith Adelle (Rich) Hutchins (1939-2016)
Date:
  • 1983-10
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 338 Main Street
Description:
"... it was 1955 before the library built its second addition. This was a room for the youngest children done in memory of Grace Simmons, who had rebound countless worn library books for the library."
9421Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • 1934
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 338 Main Street
Southwest Harbor Public Library
Item:
  • 9421   
Accession #:
  • 1034
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Library
Date:
  • 1934
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 338 Main Street
Source:
  • Miles W. Weaver Postcard Collection
10051First Bookmark Published by the Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Object, Writing, Bookmark
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • 1983 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
The bookmark shows the hours of operation. It was designed by Anne Grant-Morris an artist who lived in Southwest Harbor.
First Bookmark Published by the Southwest Harbor Public Library
Item:
  • 10051   
Type:
  • Object, Writing, Bookmark
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Library
Date:
  • 1983 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Description:
The bookmark shows the hours of operation. It was designed by Anne Grant-Morris an artist who lived in Southwest Harbor.
11021The Mayo Picture Theater / The Park Theater - Southwest Harbor
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Civic, Performing Arts, Theater
  • 1930 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
The automobile at the extreme left on Main Street is probably a 1930 Model A with a pickup box inserted in the back.
The Mayo Picture Theater / The Park Theater - Southwest Harbor
Item:
  • 11021   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Performing Arts, Theater
Date:
  • 1930 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • The Ward Family Collection
Tags:
theater
Description:
The automobile at the extreme left on Main Street is probably a 1930 Model A with a pickup box inserted in the back.