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Item Title Type Subject Creator Publisher Date Place Address Description
13472Stanley House Hotel
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  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
  • 149 Shore Road
The original Stanley House, Captain Sans Stanley, proprietor, was built circa 1875 "and was very popular as a summer hotel and patronized by many Harvard professors." It burned on July 10, 1884 and was rebuilt. The Stanley House was finally destroyed by fire on March 18, 1927. - See Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, p. 192-3 - 1938.
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The original Stanley House, Captain Sans Stanley, proprietor, was built circa 1875 "and was very popular as a summer hotel and patronized by many Harvard professors." It burned on July 10, 1884 and was rebuilt. The Stanley House was finally destroyed by fire on March 18, 1927. - See Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, p. 192-3 - 1938.
13482Seawall Hotel
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  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • Southwest Harbor, Seawall
13485Seawall Motel
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  • Businesses, Lodging Business
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Motel
  • 560 Seawall Road
Annabelle owned and operated Seawall Dining Room, Manset, from 1959 to 2000. In 1982 she added the motel.
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Annabelle owned and operated Seawall Dining Room, Manset, from 1959 to 2000. In 1982 she added the motel.
13498Freeman Cottage
Freeman Annex
Ashmont Hotel
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  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Inn
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 371 Main Street
Freeman Cottage
Freeman Annex
Ashmont Hotel
13501Franklin Ward Machine Shop
Dockside Motel
XYZ Restaurant
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  • Businesses, Restaurant Business
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Motel
  • Structures, Other Structures
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
  • 48 Shore Road
Franklin Ward Machine Shop
Dockside Motel
XYZ Restaurant
13560Rock End Hotel - aka Rock Inn
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  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
12852Lawler Paint Co. Building
Sunrise Heating & Coastline Construction
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  • Structures, Commercial, Store
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 40 Clark Point Road
Lawler Paint Co. Building
Sunrise Heating & Coastline Construction
12868John Lawler Commercial Building
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  • Structures, Commercial, Commercial Structures
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 340 Main Street
12869Carroll Building
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  • Structures, Commercial, Commercial Structures
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 360 Main Street
13024St. Sauveur Hotel
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  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • Bar Harbor, Eden
13027Porcupine Hotel
Hotel Florence
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  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • Bar Harbor
“…the…Hotel Porcupine, later the Florence (1887; burned, 1918), a Main Street, five-story rectangular block with Shingle-style features and a strong sense of verticality represented by its stacked window bays, bay roof caps, steep-pitched roof planes, and tall, corbelled brick chimneys…represented [with the larger Malvern Hotel] an impressive conclusion to Bar Harbor’s opulent Victorian hotel era.” - “Summer By The Seaside: The Architecture of New England Coastal Resort Hotels, 1820-1950” by Bryant F. Tolles, Jr., p. 165, 170, University Press of New England – 2008 - An excellent study including information about The Island House in Southwest Harbor and its place in the range of hotels on the island during this period along with a very complete history of many of the Bar Harbor hotels.
Porcupine Hotel
Hotel Florence
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“…the…Hotel Porcupine, later the Florence (1887; burned, 1918), a Main Street, five-story rectangular block with Shingle-style features and a strong sense of verticality represented by its stacked window bays, bay roof caps, steep-pitched roof planes, and tall, corbelled brick chimneys…represented [with the larger Malvern Hotel] an impressive conclusion to Bar Harbor’s opulent Victorian hotel era.” - “Summer By The Seaside: The Architecture of New England Coastal Resort Hotels, 1820-1950” by Bryant F. Tolles, Jr., p. 165, 170, University Press of New England – 2008 - An excellent study including information about The Island House in Southwest Harbor and its place in the range of hotels on the island during this period along with a very complete history of many of the Bar Harbor hotels. [show more]
13034The American House Hotel - Ellsworth
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  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • Ellsworth ME
13052The Exchange Hotel
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  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • Ellsworth ME
13054The Hancock House
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  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • Ellsworth ME
13055The Mount Desert House
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  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • Mount Desert, Somesville
13084Asticou Hotel
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  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
13114Andrew Tucker / Andrew H. Haynes House
Benjamin Barrett Hinckley House
The Moorings
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  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Inn
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
  • 133 Shore Road
Andrew Tucker / Andrew H. Haynes House
Benjamin Barrett Hinckley House
The Moorings
13123The Seaside Inn
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  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Inn
  • Mount Desert, Seal Harbor
13140A.I. Holmes Stores
The A&P - The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
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  • Structures, Commercial, Store
  • Southwest Harbor
  • Main Street
A.I. Holmes Stores
The A&P - The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
13187Harbor View Motel
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  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Motel
  • 11 Ocean Way
"Harbor View Motel, Southwest Harbor, Maine 04679, On ocean front - twelve modern, soundproof motel units - continental breakfasts in season - four housekeeping cottages - television - individual thermostatic control heat - five minutes walk to village and restaurants - adjacent to Acadia National Park, boating, lake swimming. Telephone 207-244-6631 - AAA - ALA - MOBIL" The telephone number for the hotel was once listed as Chestnut 43133. “Soon Announcing… The Opening of New Harbor View Motel, Southwest Harbor” - Advertisement, Bar Harbor Times, April 22, 1954
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"Harbor View Motel, Southwest Harbor, Maine 04679, On ocean front - twelve modern, soundproof motel units - continental breakfasts in season - four housekeeping cottages - television - individual thermostatic control heat - five minutes walk to village and restaurants - adjacent to Acadia National Park, boating, lake swimming. Telephone 207-244-6631 - AAA - ALA - MOBIL" The telephone number for the hotel was once listed as Chestnut 43133. “Soon Announcing… The Opening of New Harbor View Motel, Southwest Harbor” - Advertisement, Bar Harbor Times, April 22, 1954 [show more]
13190Central Filling Station - Tydol Service Station on Clark Point Road
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  • Structures, Commercial, Commercial Structures, Automotive Repair
  • Southwest Harbor
13191Roberts House Hotel
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  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
“At the head of Northeast Harbor, about a mile from the Kimball House, on a high terrace looking out to sea, stand the Roberts House and Savage’s boarding-house and Harbor Cottages, a charming sequestered neighborhood, haunted through the livelong summer by bright tennis-suits and vivacious exiles from the cities.” – “Chisholm’s Mount-Desert Guide-Book” by Moses Foster Sweetser, p. 65-6, published by Chisholm Brothers, 1888 William Roberts built the Roberts House in Northeast Harbor in 1883. In 1893 the Roberts House, with accommodations for 40 guests, was run by H.D. Roberts. Horace D. Roberts was born to William and Deborah (Robbins) Roberts on March 18, 1834 in Northeast Harbor, Maine. Horace married Catharine Gilpatrick Stanley (1835-1918), daughter of William and Hannah (Manchester) Stanley in Southwest Harbor. Horace D. Roberts died on December 7, 1886 in Boston, Massachusetts.
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“At the head of Northeast Harbor, about a mile from the Kimball House, on a high terrace looking out to sea, stand the Roberts House and Savage’s boarding-house and Harbor Cottages, a charming sequestered neighborhood, haunted through the livelong summer by bright tennis-suits and vivacious exiles from the cities.” – “Chisholm’s Mount-Desert Guide-Book” by Moses Foster Sweetser, p. 65-6, published by Chisholm Brothers, 1888 William Roberts built the Roberts House in Northeast Harbor in 1883. In 1893 the Roberts House, with accommodations for 40 guests, was run by H.D. Roberts. Horace D. Roberts was born to William and Deborah (Robbins) Roberts on March 18, 1834 in Northeast Harbor, Maine. Horace married Catharine Gilpatrick Stanley (1835-1918), daughter of William and Hannah (Manchester) Stanley in Southwest Harbor. Horace D. Roberts died on December 7, 1886 in Boston, Massachusetts. [show more]
13193The J.J. Heath Store - The Old Heath Store
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  • Structures, Commercial, Store
  • Tremont, Seal Cove
13195Farnsworth's Millinery Shop and Post Office
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  • Structures, Commercial, Store
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 406 Main Street
13227Clifton House Hotel
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  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor