Item	Title	Type	Subject	Creator	Publisher	Date	Place	Address	Description
16060	Newport House, Bar Harbor, Maine	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel		The Albertype Co., Brooklyn, N.Y.		Bar Harbor			Newport House, Bar Harbor, Maine Item: 16060    Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel Publisher: The Albertype Co., Brooklyn, N.Y. Place: Bar Harbor State: ME Source: The Ward Family Collection
7416	Clifton House Hotel, Northeast Harbor	Image, Photograph	Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel			1907	Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor			Clifton House Hotel, Northeast Harbor Item: 7416    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel Date: 1907 Place: Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor State: ME Source: The Ward Family Collection
9199	Dr. Willis Watson's Store, Bernard, Maine	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Structures, Commercial, Store		Eastern Ilustrating Co., Belfast, Me.		Tremont, Bernard		The three most visible buildings - Left to Right: The Benjamin Benson II House - Tremont House Hotel - 125 Bernard Road, Map 17 - Lot 54 The Guy Hamilton Parker House - 119 Bernard Road, Map 17 - Lot 55 The Willis Watson Store / Town Office / Columbia Hall - Map 17 - Lot 56 - building demolished in 1936 - lot now Town of Tremont	Dr. Willis Watson's Store, Bernard, Maine Item: 9199    Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Structures, Commercial, Store Publisher: Eastern Ilustrating Co., Belfast, Me. Place: Tremont, Bernard State: ME Source: The Ward Family Collection Tags: street, building, store Description: The three most visible buildings - Left to Right: The Benjamin Benson II House - Tremont House Hotel - 125 Bernard Road, Map 17 - Lot 54 The Guy Hamilton Parker House - 119 Bernard Road, Map 17 - Lot 55 The Willis Watson Store / Town Office / Columbia Hall - Map 17 - Lot 56 - building demolished in 1936 - lot now Town of Tremont
11043	W.H. Ward Jr. Store - Newly Built	Image, Photograph	Structures, Commercial, Store				Southwest Harbor, Manset			W.H. Ward Jr. Store - Newly Built Item: 11043    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Structures, Commercial, Store Place: Southwest Harbor, Manset State: ME Source: The Ward Family Collection
11118	Centennial Hall - As W.H. Ward Jr. Store	Image, Photograph	Nature, Animals Structures, Commercial, Store				Southwest Harbor, Manset			Centennial Hall - As W.H. Ward Jr. Store Item: 11118    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Nature, Animals Structures, Commercial, Store Place: Southwest Harbor, Manset State: ME Source: The Ward Family Collection
12482	Centennial Hall - As W.H. Ward Jr. Store - Ruins After the Fire	Image, Photograph	Places, Shore Structures, Commercial, Store			1918 c.	Southwest Harbor, Manset			Centennial Hall - As W.H. Ward Jr. Store - Ruins After the Fire Item: 12482    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Places, Shore Structures, Commercial, Store Date: 1918 c. Place: Southwest Harbor, Manset State: ME Source: The Ward Family Collection
13315	Green Mountain House	Reference	Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel				Acadia National Park, HCTPR			Green Mountain House Item: 13315    Type: Reference Subject: Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel Place: Acadia National Park, HCTPR State: ME
13227	Clifton House Hotel	Reference	Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel				Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor			Clifton House Hotel Item: 13227    Type: Reference Subject: Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel Place: Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor State: ME
13457	Ocean House Hotel	Reference	Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel				Southwest Harbor, Manset	5 Ocean House Road		Ocean House Hotel Item: 13457    Type: Reference Subject: Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel Place: Southwest Harbor, Manset State: ME Address: 5 Ocean House Road
15869	Lily Lake House	Reference	Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel				Tremont, Seal Cove	1348 Tremont Rd.		Lily Lake House Item: 15869    Type: Reference Subject: Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel Place: Tremont, Seal Cove State: ME Address: 1348 Tremont Rd.
3610	Dirigo 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.
11812	The Rebuilt Stanley House	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print	Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel	Levy - Harry Levy (1865-1942)		1890	Southwest Harbor, Manset	149 Shore Road		The Rebuilt Stanley House Item: 11812    Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel Creator: Levy - Harry Levy (1865-1942) Date: 1890 Place: Southwest Harbor, Manset State: ME Address: 149 Shore Road Tags: building, hotel
6323	Green Mountain House - New and Open for Business.	Image, Photograph	Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel			1883	Acadia National Park, HCTPR		Francis Hector Clergue built the Green Mountain House in 1883, adjacent to the old Mountain House on the summit of Green Mountain, now Cadillac Mountain, to, serve patrons of his Green Mountain Railway, a cog railroad, which chugged up the mountain from Eagle Lake. Both the old and new structures burned to the ground on August 2, 1884. “1884, August 2. The burning of a hotel on Green Mountain, Mount Desert, in the evening, was plainly seen from Belfast, at a distance of fifty miles.” – “History of the City of Belfast in the State of Maine: From Its First Settlement in 1770 to 1875” by Joseph Williamson, p. 241 – 1913. Frank Clergue immediately replaced this structure with a smaller hotel and his business continued as noted in the review below. "...A Good Hotel Is At The Summit, where persons desiring it can find pleasant accomodations for a longer or shorter stay. Round trip tickets can be had of the company's agent, on Main Street, Bar Harbor. F.H. Clergue, President." - Part of an advertisement appearing in Bar Harbor and Mount Desert Island by William Berry Lapham - 1887.	Green Mountain House - New and Open for Business. Item: 6323    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel Date: 1883 Place: Acadia National Park, HCTPR State: ME Source: W.H. Ballard Collection Description: Francis Hector Clergue built the Green Mountain House in 1883, adjacent to the old Mountain House on the summit of Green Mountain, now Cadillac Mountain, to, serve patrons of his Green Mountain Railway, a cog railroad, which chugged up the mountain from Eagle Lake. Both the old and new structures burned to the ground on August 2, 1884. “1884, August 2. The burning of a hotel on Green Mountain, Mount Desert, in the evening, was plainly seen from Belfast, at a distance of fifty miles.” – “History of the City of Belfast in the State of Maine: From Its First Settlement in 1770 to 1875” by Joseph Williamson, p. 241 – 1913. Frank Clergue immediately replaced this structure with a smaller hotel and his business continued as noted in the review below. "...A Good Hotel Is At The Summit, where persons desiring it can find pleasant accomodations for a longer or shorter stay. Round trip tickets can be had of the company's agent, on Main Street, Bar Harbor. F.H. Clergue, President." - Part of an advertisement appearing in Bar Harbor and Mount Desert Island by William Berry Lapham - 1887. [show more]
5662	Daniel Webster Brewer's Mountain House on Green Mountain	Image, Photograph	Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel	Allen - Edward Lowe Allen (c. 1830-1914)		1870 c.	Acadia National Park, HCTPR		Taken later than the view shown in Item 5663, this view shows a little greenery grown up around the small hotel perched on granite. The Mountain House, built in 1866, was the first hotel to be built on what was then Green Mountain, now Cadillac Mountain. "Daniel Brewer's Mountain House operated through the early 1880's, offering simple, but hearty meals and modest overnight lodging. During the 1870's as many as 3,000 visitors patronized the place each summer." - Steam to the Summit: The Green Mountain Railway - Bar Harbor’s Remarkable Cog Railroad, by Peter Dow Bachelder, p. 24 - 2005. This building was replaced with a much larger structure, The Green Mountain House, when the Green Mountain Railway was built in 1883.	Daniel Webster Brewer's Mountain House on Green Mountain Item: 5662    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel Creator: Allen - Edward Lowe Allen (c. 1830-1914) Date: 1870 c. Place: Acadia National Park, HCTPR State: ME Description: Taken later than the view shown in Item 5663, this view shows a little greenery grown up around the small hotel perched on granite. The Mountain House, built in 1866, was the first hotel to be built on what was then Green Mountain, now Cadillac Mountain. "Daniel Brewer's Mountain House operated through the early 1880's, offering simple, but hearty meals and modest overnight lodging. During the 1870's as many as 3,000 visitors patronized the place each summer." - Steam to the Summit: The Green Mountain Railway - Bar Harbor’s Remarkable Cog Railroad, by Peter Dow Bachelder, p. 24 - 2005. This building was replaced with a much larger structure, The Green Mountain House, when the Green Mountain Railway was built in 1883. [show more]
5663	Daniel Webster Brewer's Mountain House on Green Mountain	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Stereograph	Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel	Bradley - Bryant Bradley (1838-1890)		1870 c.	Acadia National Park, HCTPR		This view shows the small hotel perched on the bare granite summit of the mountain. The Mountain House, built in 1866, was the first hotel to be built on what was then Green Mountain, now Cadillac Mountain. "Daniel Brewer's Mountain House operated through the early 1880's, offering simple, but hearty meals and modest overnight lodging. During the 1870's as many as 3,000 visitors patronized the place each summer." - Steam to the Summit: The Green Mountain Railway - Bar Harbor’s Remarkable Cog Railroad, by Peter Dow Bachelder, p. 24 - 2005. This building was replaced with a much larger structure, The Green Mountain House, when the Green Mountain Railway was built in 1883.	Daniel Webster Brewer's Mountain House on Green Mountain Item: 5663    Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Stereograph Subject: Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel Creator: Bradley - Bryant Bradley (1838-1890) Date: 1870 c. Place: Acadia National Park, HCTPR State: ME Description: This view shows the small hotel perched on the bare granite summit of the mountain. The Mountain House, built in 1866, was the first hotel to be built on what was then Green Mountain, now Cadillac Mountain. "Daniel Brewer's Mountain House operated through the early 1880's, offering simple, but hearty meals and modest overnight lodging. During the 1870's as many as 3,000 visitors patronized the place each summer." - Steam to the Summit: The Green Mountain Railway - Bar Harbor’s Remarkable Cog Railroad, by Peter Dow Bachelder, p. 24 - 2005. This building was replaced with a much larger structure, The Green Mountain House, when the Green Mountain Railway was built in 1883. [show more]
5569	The Freeman House - From the Main Road	Image, Photograph	Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel	Bradley - Bryant Bradley (1838-1890)		1875 c.	Southwest Harbor	9 Phillips Lane	The picture shows one of the earliest views of Main Street. The house at the far right is the home of Jacob Schoppy Mayo on Clark Point Road.	The Freeman House - From the Main Road Item: 5569    Accession #: 1033 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel Creator: Bradley - Bryant Bradley (1838-1890) Date: 1875 c. Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Address: 9 Phillips Lane Source: Bryant Bradley Stereo Collection Description: The picture shows one of the earliest views of Main Street. The house at the far right is the home of Jacob Schoppy Mayo on Clark Point Road.
13034	The American House Hotel - Ellsworth	Reference	Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel				Ellsworth ME			The American House Hotel - Ellsworth Item: 13034    Type: Reference Subject: Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel Place: Ellsworth ME State: ME
5393	Robinson-Lawler Wharf and View of Freeman House Hotel	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print	Places, Shore Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf	Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)		1892-08-10				Robinson-Lawler Wharf and View of Freeman House Hotel Item: 5393    Accession #: 1015 Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print Subject: Places, Shore Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf Creator: Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945) Date: 1892-08-10 State: ME Source: Henry L. Rand Collection
5197	Seal Harbor - The Seaside Inn and Glencove Hotel	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print	Places, Harbor Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Inn	Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)		1895-08-17	Mount Desert, Seal Harbor	Title should be The Seaside Inn and Glencove Hotel at Seal Harbor - change when item is Accepted.	"This 1895 photograph of Seal Harbor shows the Seaside Inn on the left and The Glencove rear center. The Seaside Inn was rebuilt from the Clement family homestead in 1869, enlarged in 1875 and torn down in 1964. Edwin Lynam and his son-in-law, Robert Campbell, put up the Glencove in 1883. Hansen, in his book of the town of Mount Desert, says that the Glencove “seems to have been a resort of professionals and intellectuals. Its guests sometimes included such a large portion of scholars that it was said that the bell hops were…construing Latin phrases.” The Glencove was sold and demolished in 1910 and the site became the village green."- MH - Mt. Desert Islander - 2007.	Seal Harbor - The Seaside Inn and Glencove Hotel Item: 5197    Accession #: 1015 Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print Subject: Places, Harbor Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Inn Creator: Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945) Date: 1895-08-17 Place: Mount Desert, Seal Harbor State: ME Address: Title should be The Seaside Inn and Glencove Hotel at Seal Harbor - change when item is Accepted. Source: Henry L. Rand Collection Description: "This 1895 photograph of Seal Harbor shows the Seaside Inn on the left and The Glencove rear center. The Seaside Inn was rebuilt from the Clement family homestead in 1869, enlarged in 1875 and torn down in 1964. Edwin Lynam and his son-in-law, Robert Campbell, put up the Glencove in 1883. Hansen, in his book of the town of Mount Desert, says that the Glencove “seems to have been a resort of professionals and intellectuals. Its guests sometimes included such a large portion of scholars that it was said that the bell hops were…construing Latin phrases.” The Glencove was sold and demolished in 1910 and the site became the village green."- MH - Mt. Desert Islander - 2007. [show more]
5193	Rock End Hotel, Northeast Harbor, Maine - aka Rock Inn	Image, Photograph	Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel	Moore - Isaac Thomas Moore (1872-1963)		1910 c.	Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor			Rock End Hotel, Northeast Harbor, Maine - aka Rock Inn Item: 5193    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel Creator: Moore - Isaac Thomas Moore (1872-1963) Date: 1910 c. Place: Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor State: ME Source: Collection of Northeast Harbor Public Library
9329	Rock End Hotel - aka Rock Inn	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel		The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine	1924	Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor		Printed in Germany	Rock End Hotel - aka Rock Inn Item: 9329    Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel Publisher: The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine Date: 1924 Place: Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor State: ME Description: Printed in Germany
13560	Rock End Hotel - aka Rock Inn	Reference	Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel				Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor			Rock End Hotel - aka Rock Inn Item: 13560    Type: Reference Subject: Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel Place: Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor State: ME
5659	Main Street from Cottage Street - View of the Bradley Block and the Rodick Hotel - Bar Harbor	Image, Photograph	Places, Town Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel	Bradley - Bryant Bradley (1838-1890)		1870 c.	Bar Harbor		The wood building at the left is the Bradley Block which was located between the First National and Bar Harbor Banks of 2007. Just visible on the awning is a mortar and pestle sign for a druggist. The building just to the right of the white store is A.W. Bee, Stationer. The large hotel at right was the Rodick House. The freshly renovated Rodick House is garnished with new trees planted and braced on the lawn. There are board sidewalks at the edge of the dirt road which, in turn, is garnished with manure from the many carriage horses shown in the picture. The sign at front lefts says, "Berry Bros. - Boarding Hack and Livery Stable - Cottage Street - Single & Double Teams Furnished Short Notice" The sign at front right says, "Café - John Dean - Phila Caterer - Chicken Croquettes - Medicated (?) Chicken Consomme"	Main Street from Cottage Street - View of the Bradley Block and the Rodick Hotel - Bar Harbor Item: 5659    Accession #: 1033 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Places, Town Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel Creator: Bradley - Bryant Bradley (1838-1890) Date: 1870 c. Place: Bar Harbor State: ME Source: Bryant Bradley Stereo Collection Description: The wood building at the left is the Bradley Block which was located between the First National and Bar Harbor Banks of 2007. Just visible on the awning is a mortar and pestle sign for a druggist. The building just to the right of the white store is A.W. Bee, Stationer. The large hotel at right was the Rodick House. The freshly renovated Rodick House is garnished with new trees planted and braced on the lawn. There are board sidewalks at the edge of the dirt road which, in turn, is garnished with manure from the many carriage horses shown in the picture. The sign at front lefts says, "Berry Bros. - Boarding Hack and Livery Stable - Cottage Street - Single & Double Teams Furnished Short Notice" The sign at front right says, "Café - John Dean - Phila Caterer - Chicken Croquettes - Medicated (?) Chicken Consomme" [show more]
5554	Wilford Howard Kittredge in a Sleigh at J.C. Ralph's Studio & Store and Southwest Harbor Post Office	Image, Photograph	People Structures, Commercial, Store	Bradley - Bryant Bradley (1838-1890)		1898 c.	Southwest Harbor		The Adelbert Alden Gilley house at 12 Maple Lane, Map 6 – Lot 102, Southwest Harbor can be seen in the reflection of the window of the Ralph store.	Wilford Howard Kittredge in a Sleigh at J.C. Ralph's Studio & Store and Southwest Harbor Post Office Item: 5554    Accession #: 1032 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: People Structures, Commercial, Store Creator: Bradley - Bryant Bradley (1838-1890) Date: 1898 c. Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Source: Bryant Bradley Collection Description: The Adelbert Alden Gilley house at 12 Maple Lane, Map 6 – Lot 102, Southwest Harbor can be seen in the reflection of the window of the Ralph store.
3594	Somes House Hotel	Reference	Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel Structures, Dwellings, House				Mount Desert, Somesville	1102 Main Street	"Later [Abraham Somes] built a substantial frame house on the site of the Somes House and a part of that house is embodied in the present hotel. Some of the rooms at the back remain almost as they were at first. The house was built as a one-story building and later the walls were raised. Since then there have been many alterations and additions. George A. Somes finally inherited the property, developed the hotel business and built the two cottages toward the shore. His widow now owns it and conducts the hotel." - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 270-271. “When George A. Somes inherited the [Somes House], he expanded the family inn by constructing two large additions, one attached at the left and the other freestanding to the right, giving the hotel a capacity of 150 guests. Noted visitors included Louis Comfort Tiffany, Alfred Vanderbilt, Joseph Pulitzer, J.P. Morgan, Pres. William Howard Taft, and Mary Cassatt. Known for its chicken and lobster dinners, the Somes House operated into the 1950s with rates of $5 to $10 a day." - “Mount Desert Island - Somesville, Southwest Harbor, and Northeast Harbor” by Earle G. Shettleworth Jr. and Lydia B. Vandenbergh - Images of America Series, 2001, p. 27.	Somes House Hotel Item: 3594    Type: Reference Subject: Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel Structures, Dwellings, House Place: Mount Desert, Somesville State: ME Address: 1102 Main Street Description: "Later [Abraham Somes] built a substantial frame house on the site of the Somes House and a part of that house is embodied in the present hotel. Some of the rooms at the back remain almost as they were at first. The house was built as a one-story building and later the walls were raised. Since then there have been many alterations and additions. George A. Somes finally inherited the property, developed the hotel business and built the two cottages toward the shore. His widow now owns it and conducts the hotel." - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 270-271. “When George A. Somes inherited the [Somes House], he expanded the family inn by constructing two large additions, one attached at the left and the other freestanding to the right, giving the hotel a capacity of 150 guests. Noted visitors included Louis Comfort Tiffany, Alfred Vanderbilt, Joseph Pulitzer, J.P. Morgan, Pres. William Howard Taft, and Mary Cassatt. Known for its chicken and lobster dinners, the Somes House operated into the 1950s with rates of $5 to $10 a day." - “Mount Desert Island - Somesville, Southwest Harbor, and Northeast Harbor” by Earle G. Shettleworth Jr. and Lydia B. Vandenbergh - Images of America Series, 2001, p. 27. [show more]

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