1 - 25 of 68 results
Refine Your Search
| Item | Title | Type | Subject | Creator | Publisher | Date | Place | Address | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12958 | William Spurling Newman House Sarah A. Brewer House Mary A. Ramsdell House Virginia Krebs House |
|
|
|
| |||||
| 12844 | Merrill Baxter King House Eldora Flye Ward House Bay View |
|
|
|
| The land was purchased from Henry H. Ward, Sr. 3/16/1876 (152/399) by Arthur Newman. The house was built by Merrill B. King about 1878 [T-189]. It was then sold to William H. Ward, Jr. 10/17/1911 (484/111). A mortgage was foreclosed by Union Trust Co.12/11/1913 (503/35) and then it was sold to Eldora Dolliver Ward 11/30/1918 (543/290). It was devised to George A. and Thelma Dolliver Ward 7/2/1939 (670/109) and then sold to William Sklaroff (of Stanley Fisheries) et al. 5/7/1947 (714/90). The property went to Eugene and Kathleen Grant Watts 11/7/1953 (757/579) and then sold to John A. and Janice E. Knote 4/5/2001 (3054/127). In the spring of 2015 the town was considering the purchase of this property for use as a near-dock parking area. (map 1, lot 66) - Our Neighborhood – Manset and Seawall (Southwest Harbor Historical Society, Southwest Harbor, 2015) 136. | 
Description: The land was purchased from Henry H. Ward, Sr. 3/16/1876 (152/399) by Arthur Newman. The house was built by Merrill B. King about 1878 [T-189]. It was then sold to William H. Ward, Jr. 10/17/1911 (484/111). A mortgage was foreclosed by Union Trust Co.12/11/1913 (503/35) and then it was sold to Eldora Dolliver Ward 11/30/1918 (543/290). It was devised to George A. and Thelma Dolliver Ward 7/2/1939 (670/109) and then sold to William Sklaroff (of Stanley Fisheries) et al. 5/7/1947 (714/90). The property went to Eugene and Kathleen Grant Watts 11/7/1953 (757/579) and then sold to John A. and Janice E. Knote 4/5/2001 (3054/127). In the spring of 2015 the town was considering the purchase of this property for use as a near-dock parking area. (map 1, lot 66) - Our Neighborhood – Manset and Seawall (Southwest Harbor Historical Society, Southwest Harbor, 2015) 136. [show more] | |||
| 16158 | William W. King House Tremont Baptist Parsonage |
|
|
|
| |||||
| 14437 | George W. Anderson House and Dental Office |
|
|
|
| "Next to the Ward house, now owned by William King, is one built in 1890 by Dr. George Anderson as a residence and dental office. It is now the property of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Reed." - "Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine" by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 185. | 
Description: "Next to the Ward house, now owned by William King, is one built in 1890 by Dr. George Anderson as a residence and dental office. It is now the property of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Reed." - "Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine" by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 185. | |||
| 14341 | Benjamin Ward House John and Esther Ward Nichols House David King House Post Office |
|
|
|
| The ell on the house was built by Benjamin Ward [T-193] and given with a life estate proviso to John and Esther Ward Nichols, who built the main part of the house and then moved to Boston. It was purchased by David King, who established the first post office therein before 1836 [T-193]. Inherited by Joseph King, whose widow Adelaide Gilley King, sold to Raynor and Margaret Coggin Wellington and John Coggin Wellington 12/16/1918 (543/369). Land was added 8/29/1925 (595/575), excepting the parcel earlier sold to Rachel Evans; also 8/23/1940 (674/248), 6/11/1941 (682/116), and 10/26/1956 (810/25). It was conveyed to the John C. Wellington Family Limited Liability Company 9/12/1997 (2677/366). (map 17, lot 77) - Burnham, John, Rebecca. Our Neighborhood – Manset and Seawall (Southwest Harbor Historical Society, Southwest Harbor, 2015) 26-27. | 
Description: The ell on the house was built by Benjamin Ward [T-193] and given with a life estate proviso to John and Esther Ward Nichols, who built the main part of the house and then moved to Boston. It was purchased by David King, who established the first post office therein before 1836 [T-193]. Inherited by Joseph King, whose widow Adelaide Gilley King, sold to Raynor and Margaret Coggin Wellington and John Coggin Wellington 12/16/1918 (543/369). Land was added 8/29/1925 (595/575), excepting the parcel earlier sold to Rachel Evans; also 8/23/1940 (674/248), 6/11/1941 (682/116), and 10/26/1956 (810/25). It was conveyed to the John C. Wellington Family Limited Liability Company 9/12/1997 (2677/366). (map 17, lot 77) - Burnham, John, Rebecca. Our Neighborhood – Manset and Seawall (Southwest Harbor Historical Society, Southwest Harbor, 2015) 26-27. [show more] | |||
| 14338 | Old Ward House Benjamin Ward House Customs House |
|
|
|
| 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. |
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] | |||
| 16035 | Kenneth E. Billings House |
|
|
|
| |||||
| 15964 | Frank Louis Black House Sarah Edith (Robinson) Black House |
|
|
|
| |||||
| 14292 | Henry Edwin Newman House Raymond D. & Frances M. Billings House |
|
|
|
| |||||
| 15932 | Melville Moore House and Store |
|
|
|
| |||||
| 14138 | Willis H. Dolliver House |
|
|
|
| |||||
| 13107 | William R. Keene House |
|
|
|
| |||||
| 14287 | Joshua Moore House Benjamin Dolliver House Amos Dolliver House |
|
|
|
| |||||
| 15818 | Frank Leslie Smith House Henry R. Hinckley Company - Office and Sheds |
|
|
|
| |||||
| 13094 | Dudley B. Dolliver I House Twisden Bowden House Edith Hamilton Lanman House |
|
|
|
| |||||
| 15810 | Charles L. Stanley House Enoch Arno Stanley House |
|
|
|
| The house was razed about 1965 and became the parking lot for Saint Peter's Roman Catholic Church. |  Charles L. Stanley House Enoch Arno Stanley House
Description: The house was razed about 1965 and became the parking lot for Saint Peter's Roman Catholic Church. | |||
| 13205 | Albert Bartlett House Estella Benson Stanley Derby Stanley House |
|
|
|
| |||||
| 14562 | Clarence Freeman Joy House William Ward Knowles House |
|
|
|
| |||||
| 14512 | Charles E. Stanley House |
|
|
|
| |||||
| 14340 | Benjamin Thomas Dolliver House |
|
|
|
| |||||
| 14817 | Edward and Lucy Buck Ellsberg House Eleanor J. Schieffelin House |
|
|
|
| |||||
| 14556 | Charles F. Carter House Emily Staples House Maurice Roosevelt Beal House |
|
|
|
| |||||
| 14558 | Charles P. Torrey House |
|
|
|
| |||||
| 14515 | Derby Stanley House Silver Spray |
|
|
|
| |||||
| 14351 | Capt. M. Nicholas Tucker Jr. House Capt. W. Stanley House Frank Benjamin Smith House |
|
|
|
|
