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9400The Hotel Holmes and A.I. Holmes Store
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company
  • 1904 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
The photograph shows the Hotel Holmes and part of the Holmes Store on the left. Postcard Details: Date: c.1909 Media: Real Photo Title: Holmes House, Southwest Harbor, ME. Subject: Holmes Store and Hotel Holmes Photographer: Unknown Publisher: Eastern Illustrating Co., Belfast, Maine Number: 28
The Hotel Holmes and A.I. Holmes Store
Item:
  • 9400   
Accession #:
  • 1034
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
Publisher:
  • Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company
Date:
  • 1904 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Miles W. Weaver Postcard Collection
Description:
The photograph shows the Hotel Holmes and part of the Holmes Store on the left. Postcard Details: Date: c.1909 Media: Real Photo Title: Holmes House, Southwest Harbor, ME. Subject: Holmes Store and Hotel Holmes Photographer: Unknown Publisher: Eastern Illustrating Co., Belfast, Maine Number: 28
6779The Claremont House
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company
  • 1911 after
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 20 Claremont Road
The Claremont House
Item:
  • 6779   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
Publisher:
  • Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company
Date:
  • 1911 after
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 20 Claremont Road
Source:
  • Collection of the Clark Family
Tags:
hotel, building
6715The Claremont House
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • H.A. Foss, Southwest Harbor, Me. - Printed in Germany
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 20 Claremont Road
The Claremont House
Item:
  • 6715   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
Publisher:
  • H.A. Foss, Southwest Harbor, Me. - Printed in Germany
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 20 Claremont Road
Source:
  • Collection of the Clark Family
16133Claremont Hotel, Southwest Harbor, Me.
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • H.A. Foss, Southwest Harbor, Me. - Printed in Germany
  • Southwest Harbor
Claremont Hotel, Southwest Harbor, Me.
Item:
  • 16133   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
Publisher:
  • H.A. Foss, Southwest Harbor, Me. - Printed in Germany
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • The Ward Family Collection
6815The Claremont House
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • Mayo's Cash Store, S.W. Harbor, Me., D.L. Mayo, Prop.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 20 Claremont Road
The Claremont House
Item:
  • 6815   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
Publisher:
  • Mayo's Cash Store, S.W. Harbor, Me., D.L. Mayo, Prop.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 20 Claremont Road
9411The Claremont House
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • Mayo's Cash Store, S.W. Harbor, Me., D.L. Mayo, Prop.
  • 1919 PM
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 20 Claremont Road
The Claremont House
Item:
  • 9411   
Accession #:
  • 1034
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
Publisher:
  • Mayo's Cash Store, S.W. Harbor, Me., D.L. Mayo, Prop.
Date:
  • 1919 PM
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 20 Claremont Road
Source:
  • Miles W. Weaver Postcard Collection
16270Kennebunkport hotelier buys the Claremont Hotel
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • Mount Desert Islander
  • 2020-09-24
  • Southwest Harbor
Kennebunkport hotelier buys the Claremont Hotel
Item:
  • 16270   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
Publisher:
  • Mount Desert Islander
Date:
  • 2020-09-24
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
6344Advertisement for Freeman House, S.A. Holden, Island House & St. Sauveur House
  • Document, Advertising, Advertisement
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • N.K. Sawyer, Printer in Ellsworth
  • 1871
  • Southwest Harbor
Advertisement from "Mount Desert Island and the Cranberry Isles," by Ezra A. Dodge, published by N.K. Sawyer, Printer in Ellsworth, p. 64 – 1871 – Found online using Google Book Search.
Advertisement for Freeman House, S.A. Holden, Island House & St. Sauveur House
Item:
  • 6344   
Type:
  • Document, Advertising, Advertisement
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
Publisher:
  • N.K. Sawyer, Printer in Ellsworth
Date:
  • 1871
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Description:
Advertisement from "Mount Desert Island and the Cranberry Isles," by Ezra A. Dodge, published by N.K. Sawyer, Printer in Ellsworth, p. 64 – 1871 – Found online using Google Book Search.
6571Advertisement for Freeman House Hotel
  • Document, Advertising, Advertising Card
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • Stockton - Eliza Stockton
  • Smith & Son, Printers - Artist - Eliza Stockton
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 9 Phillips Lane
Advertisement for Freeman House Hotel
Item:
  • 6571   
Type:
  • Document, Advertising, Advertising Card
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
Creator:
  • Stockton - Eliza Stockton
Publisher:
  • Smith & Son, Printers - Artist - Eliza Stockton
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 9 Phillips Lane
Source:
  • Collection of the Clark Family
Tags:
apparel, woman, people
9410The Claremont House and View up Somes Sound
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • The Albertype Company, Brooklyn, NY
  • 1909 PM
  • Southwest Harbor
Published for E.F. Teague Stationers. The hand written message says "This is our home for the next week. Please write to me. I am so in hopes I will have a letter in the afternoon mail. It is lovely here, and I am enjoying it thoroughly, but am looking forward to "home". Love to all, Nancy. Saturday."
The Claremont House and View up Somes Sound
Item:
  • 9410   
Accession #:
  • 1034
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
Publisher:
  • The Albertype Company, Brooklyn, NY
Date:
  • 1909 PM
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Miles W. Weaver Postcard Collection
Description:
Published for E.F. Teague Stationers. The hand written message says "This is our home for the next week. Please write to me. I am so in hopes I will have a letter in the afternoon mail. It is lovely here, and I am enjoying it thoroughly, but am looking forward to "home". Love to all, Nancy. Saturday."
11310The Dirigo Hotel
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • The Albertype Company, Brooklyn, NY
  • 1952 after
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 45 High Road
The Dirigo Hotel
Item:
  • 11310   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
Publisher:
  • The Albertype Company, Brooklyn, NY
Date:
  • 1952 after
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 45 High Road
6780The Claremont House
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
  • 1906 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 20 Claremont Road
The Claremont House
Item:
  • 6780   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
Publisher:
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
Date:
  • 1906 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 20 Claremont Road
Source:
  • Collection of the Clark Family
9407The Dirigo Hotel
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
  • 1906 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
Made in Germany
The Dirigo Hotel
Item:
  • 9407   
Accession #:
  • 1034
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
Publisher:
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
Date:
  • 1906 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Miles W. Weaver Postcard Collection
Description:
Made in Germany
6834The Dirigo Hotel
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • The Robbins Bros. Co., Boston, Mass. and Germany
  • 1907 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
The Dirigo Hotel
Item:
  • 6834   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
Publisher:
  • The Robbins Bros. Co., Boston, Mass. and Germany
Date:
  • 1907 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
3610Dirigo Hotel
  • Reference
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • Southwest Harbor
  • High Road
The Dirigo Hotel burned down on September 3, 1960.
Dirigo Hotel
Item:
  • 3610   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • High Road
Description:
The Dirigo Hotel burned down on September 3, 1960.
12852Lawler Paint Co. Building
Sunrise Heating & Coastline Construction
  • Reference
  • Structures, Commercial, Store
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 40 Clark Point Road
Lawler Paint Co. Building
Sunrise Heating & Coastline Construction
Item:
  • 12852   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Store
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 40 Clark Point Road
12868John Lawler Commercial Building
  • Reference
  • Structures, Commercial, Commercial Structures
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 340 Main Street
John Lawler Commercial Building
Item:
  • 12868   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Commercial Structures
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 340 Main Street
12869Carroll Building
  • Reference
  • Structures, Commercial, Commercial Structures
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 360 Main Street
Carroll Building
Item:
  • 12869   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Commercial Structures
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 360 Main Street
13140A.I. Holmes Stores
The A&P - The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
  • Reference
  • Structures, Commercial, Store
  • Southwest Harbor
  • Main Street
A.I. Holmes Stores
The A&P - The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
Item:
  • 13140   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Store
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • Main Street
13190Central Filling Station - Tydol Service Station on Clark Point Road
  • Reference
  • Structures, Commercial, Commercial Structures, Automotive Repair
  • Southwest Harbor
Central Filling Station - Tydol Service Station on Clark Point Road
Item:
  • 13190   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Commercial Structures, Automotive Repair
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
13195Farnsworth's Millinery Shop and Post Office
  • Reference
  • Structures, Commercial, Store
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 406 Main Street
Farnsworth's Millinery Shop and Post Office
Item:
  • 13195   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Store
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 406 Main Street
13258Moore's Garage
Southwest Harbor Motor Company
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Automotive Repair Business
  • Structures, Commercial, Commercial Structures, Automotive Repair
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 19 Clark Point Road
In 1940 Southwest Harbor Motor Co. was the only AAA filling station in Southwest Harbor. Their phone number was 51-2. The brick building was converted to offices to rent in 1986-1987. The U.S. Post Office opened in the building on June 2, 1987. Ralph Warren Stanley (1929-2021) attended school in the elementary school on the present ellipse (behind the Gilley Plumbing building on the left of this photograph) before it was moved across the street to become a fire station and now [2011] the police station/town office. When the bank was housed at the Southwest Harbor Motor Co. Ralph would take his penny bank there to be unlocked and have the money deposited in his bank account. The lady in the bank would show him the big safe where is money would be kept. – Ralph Warren Stanley 01/17/11 Marion E. Newman (1890-1976), Mrs. Frederick Walter Wescott at the time, owned a yellow Stutz Bearcat that was destroyed in the fire. Marion was known for having invested in Coca Cola stock and holding on to it when others thought it worthless and sold their stock. – Ralph Warren Stanley, 03/31/14
Moore's Garage
Southwest Harbor Motor Company
Item:
  • 13258   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Automotive Repair Business
  • Structures, Commercial, Commercial Structures, Automotive Repair
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 19 Clark Point Road
Description:
In 1940 Southwest Harbor Motor Co. was the only AAA filling station in Southwest Harbor. Their phone number was 51-2. The brick building was converted to offices to rent in 1986-1987. The U.S. Post Office opened in the building on June 2, 1987. Ralph Warren Stanley (1929-2021) attended school in the elementary school on the present ellipse (behind the Gilley Plumbing building on the left of this photograph) before it was moved across the street to become a fire station and now [2011] the police station/town office. When the bank was housed at the Southwest Harbor Motor Co. Ralph would take his penny bank there to be unlocked and have the money deposited in his bank account. The lady in the bank would show him the big safe where is money would be kept. – Ralph Warren Stanley 01/17/11 Marion E. Newman (1890-1976), Mrs. Frederick Walter Wescott at the time, owned a yellow Stutz Bearcat that was destroyed in the fire. Marion was known for having invested in Coca Cola stock and holding on to it when others thought it worthless and sold their stock. – Ralph Warren Stanley, 03/31/14 [show more]
13296Island House Hotel
  • Reference
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 121-127 Clark Point Road
"The Island House, owned by Deacon Henry H. Clark, was the first summer hotel on Mount Desert Island. Deacon Clark began the hotel business by taking into his hospitable home the first occasional tourists who came to the island for a short stay. He gradually enlarged his house until in 1885 it was entirely remodeled and did a thriving business, employing many of the townspeople during the summer season." - Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, p. 174 - 1938.
Island House Hotel
Item:
  • 13296   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 121-127 Clark Point Road
Description:
"The Island House, owned by Deacon Henry H. Clark, was the first summer hotel on Mount Desert Island. Deacon Clark began the hotel business by taking into his hospitable home the first occasional tourists who came to the island for a short stay. He gradually enlarged his house until in 1885 it was entirely remodeled and did a thriving business, employing many of the townspeople during the summer season." - Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, p. 174 - 1938. [show more]
13304Pemetic Hotel - The Castle
Cedarcroft
James Ross Store on Pemetic Hotel Site
Claremont Croquet Company
  • Reference
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 8 Dirigo Road
The Castle was built in 1878.
Pemetic Hotel - The Castle
Cedarcroft
James Ross Store on Pemetic Hotel Site
Claremont Croquet Company
Item:
  • 13304   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 8 Dirigo Road
Description:
The Castle was built in 1878.
13312Freeman House Hotel
  • Reference
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 9 Phillips Lane
This Freeman House, which burned in February 1894, was built c1825 by John Clark, brother of Deacon H.H. Clark, as a residence. The hotel was enlarged from the house and opened during the Civil War. The building stood on the site later occupied by Dr. J.D. Phillips residence, Phillips Lane, Southwest Harbor. See also Thornton, page 152, which has an excellent photograph of The Freeman House. - MH 2005 - Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton - 1938.
Freeman House Hotel
Item:
  • 13312   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 9 Phillips Lane
Description:
This Freeman House, which burned in February 1894, was built c1825 by John Clark, brother of Deacon H.H. Clark, as a residence. The hotel was enlarged from the house and opened during the Civil War. The building stood on the site later occupied by Dr. J.D. Phillips residence, Phillips Lane, Southwest Harbor. See also Thornton, page 152, which has an excellent photograph of The Freeman House. - MH 2005 - Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton - 1938. [show more]