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3613Brown Mountain Gate Lodge
  • Reference
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Lodge
  • Acadia National Park
One of two gate lodges (the other being the Jordan Pond Gate Lodge) built for John D. Rockefeller Jr. to serve as entry points to his system of carriage roads and to guard against the entry of automobiles. The Brown Mountain Gate Lodge is the larger of the two, with a small complex consisting of a gate house, carriage house, and a care taker's house. The carriage road no longer passes through the grand gate. The two lodges were designed by Grosvenor Atterbury, a New York architect who had previously designed the Congregational Church in Seal Harbor. Atterbury shared Rockefeller's dedication to philanthropy and was one of the few architects to study and use light and ventilation in tenement buildings. These lodges allowed Atterbury to design for the aesthetics of a grand estate and the purpose of housing the working class families that cared for the carriage roads. The gate lodges were subsequently given to Acadia National Park along with the system of carriage roads. In the years since, they have served as housing for park employees. While they are no longer necessary to guard against the entry of automobiles, they serve as a reminder of this long tradition and as architectural gems within the Park.
Brown Mountain Gate Lodge
Item:
  • 3613   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Lodge
Place:
  • Acadia National Park
State:
  • ME
Description:
One of two gate lodges (the other being the Jordan Pond Gate Lodge) built for John D. Rockefeller Jr. to serve as entry points to his system of carriage roads and to guard against the entry of automobiles. The Brown Mountain Gate Lodge is the larger of the two, with a small complex consisting of a gate house, carriage house, and a care taker's house. The carriage road no longer passes through the grand gate. The two lodges were designed by Grosvenor Atterbury, a New York architect who had previously designed the Congregational Church in Seal Harbor. Atterbury shared Rockefeller's dedication to philanthropy and was one of the few architects to study and use light and ventilation in tenement buildings. These lodges allowed Atterbury to design for the aesthetics of a grand estate and the purpose of housing the working class families that cared for the carriage roads. The gate lodges were subsequently given to Acadia National Park along with the system of carriage roads. In the years since, they have served as housing for park employees. While they are no longer necessary to guard against the entry of automobiles, they serve as a reminder of this long tradition and as architectural gems within the Park. [show more]
16000Otter Creek Cliffs
  • Reference
  • Places, Park
  • Acadia National Park
Otter Creek Cliffs
Item:
  • 16000   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Places, Park
Place:
  • Acadia National Park
State:
  • ME
13126Spouting Horn
  • Reference
  • Places, Shore
  • Acadia National Park
  • Schooner Head
Spouting Horn
Item:
  • 13126   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Places, Shore
Place:
  • Acadia National Park
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • Schooner Head
14130Schooner Head
  • Reference
  • Places, Shore
  • Acadia National Park
  • Schooner Head
Note: While Schooner Head is completely surrounded by Acadia National Park, it is privately owned and not part of the park.
Schooner Head
Item:
  • 14130   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Places, Shore
Place:
  • Acadia National Park
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • Schooner Head
Description:
Note: While Schooner Head is completely surrounded by Acadia National Park, it is privately owned and not part of the park.
13524Precipice Trail
  • Reference
  • Places, Hiking Trail
  • Acadia National Park
  • Precipice Trail
Precipice Trail
Item:
  • 13524   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Places, Hiking Trail
Place:
  • Acadia National Park
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • Precipice Trail
3499Great Head
  • Reference
  • Places, Shore
  • Acadia National Park
  • Great Head
Great Head is located near Sand Beach in Acadia National Park. The area was owned in the early 1900s by the Satterlee family and they built an observatory and a tea house on the point. The ruins of the structure remain. J.P. Morgan had purchased 110 acres on the Maine coast at Mount Desert including Great Head, now given to Acadia National Park, as a gift for his daughter, Louisa. She and her husband Herbert Satterlee had built their country home there and enjoyed it for many years.
Great Head
Item:
  • 3499   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Places, Shore
Place:
  • Acadia National Park
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • Great Head
Description:
Great Head is located near Sand Beach in Acadia National Park. The area was owned in the early 1900s by the Satterlee family and they built an observatory and a tea house on the point. The ruins of the structure remain. J.P. Morgan had purchased 110 acres on the Maine coast at Mount Desert including Great Head, now given to Acadia National Park, as a gift for his daughter, Louisa. She and her husband Herbert Satterlee had built their country home there and enjoyed it for many years. [show more]
13734Flying Mountain
  • Reference
  • Places, Mountain
  • Acadia National Park
  • Flying Mountain
Flying Mountain
Item:
  • 13734   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Places, Mountain
Place:
  • Acadia National Park
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • Flying Mountain
3504Echo Lake
  • Reference
  • Places, Lake
  • Acadia National Park
  • Echo Lake
Echo Lake is located on the western side of Mount Desert Island. The lake is a popular swimming area and is surrounded by hiking trails on the nearby mountains.
Echo Lake
Item:
  • 3504   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Places, Lake
Place:
  • Acadia National Park
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • Echo Lake
Description:
Echo Lake is located on the western side of Mount Desert Island. The lake is a popular swimming area and is surrounded by hiking trails on the nearby mountains.
13240Eagle Lake
  • Reference
  • Places, Lake
  • Acadia National Park
  • Eagle Lake
Eagle Lake
Item:
  • 13240   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Places, Lake
Place:
  • Acadia National Park
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • Eagle Lake
13235Duck Brook
  • Reference
  • Places, Stream
  • Acadia National Park
  • Duck Brook
Duck Brook
Item:
  • 13235   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Places, Stream
Place:
  • Acadia National Park
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • Duck Brook
14234Duck Brook Carriage Road Bridge
  • Reference
  • Structures, Transportation, Bridge, Carriage Road Bridge
  • Acadia National Park
Duck Brook Carriage Road Bridge
Item:
  • 14234   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Transportation, Bridge, Carriage Road Bridge
Place:
  • Acadia National Park
State:
  • ME
13091Anemone Cave
  • Reference
  • Places
  • Acadia National Park
  • Schooner Head
Anemone Cave
Item:
  • 13091   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Places
Place:
  • Acadia National Park
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • Schooner Head
15548The Memorials of Acadia
  • Reference
  • Places, Park
  • Lenahan - Donald Patrick Lenahan
  • Acadia National Park
From 2012 to 2017, Don Lenahan of Bar Harbor, Maine wrote blog posts about the people, geography, and history of Acadia National Park. Those posts are preserved here as PDF files to ensure that they are never lost. No part of the posts may be reproduced without the author's permission. Click the links below to read Don's blog or purchase his iBook.
The Memorials of Acadia
Item:
  • 15548   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Places, Park
Creator:
  • Lenahan - Donald Patrick Lenahan
Place:
  • Acadia National Park
State:
  • ME
Description:
From 2012 to 2017, Don Lenahan of Bar Harbor, Maine wrote blog posts about the people, geography, and history of Acadia National Park. Those posts are preserved here as PDF files to ensure that they are never lost. No part of the posts may be reproduced without the author's permission. Click the links below to read Don's blog or purchase his iBook.
15366Gladys Ella Whitmore's Cabin at Echo Lake
  • Reference
  • Structures, Dwellings, Camp House
  • Acadia National Park
  • Echo Lake
Gladys Ella Whitmore's Cabin at Echo Lake
Item:
  • 15366   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Dwellings, Camp House
Place:
  • Acadia National Park
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • Echo Lake
15004Canada Cliffs
  • Reference
  • Places, Mountain
  • Acadia National Park
“It was during a lumbering operation on the Fernald land toward Somesville in the winter of 1820 that Canada Hollow received its name. It was a very severe winter and stories of the extreme cold to the north were brought down from Canada. The choppers got the habit of referring to the location of their work as "Canada" believing that no place could be much colder, and the name has been used down through the years and now seems firmly fixed.” - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, p. 139 – 1938
Canada Cliffs
Item:
  • 15004   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Places, Mountain
Place:
  • Acadia National Park
State:
  • ME
Description:
“It was during a lumbering operation on the Fernald land toward Somesville in the winter of 1820 that Canada Hollow received its name. It was a very severe winter and stories of the extreme cold to the north were brought down from Canada. The choppers got the habit of referring to the location of their work as "Canada" believing that no place could be much colder, and the name has been used down through the years and now seems firmly fixed.” - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, p. 139 – 1938 [show more]
14132Newport Mountain, later Champlain Mountain
  • Reference
  • Places, Mountain
  • Acadia National Park
  • Champlain Mountain
Newport Mountain, later Champlain Mountain
Item:
  • 14132   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Places, Mountain
Place:
  • Acadia National Park
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • Champlain Mountain
13869Bernard Mountain
West Peak
Western Mountain
  • Reference
  • Places, Mountain
  • Acadia National Park
  • Western Mountain
Bernard Mountain
West Peak
Western Mountain
Item:
  • 13869   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Places, Mountain
Place:
  • Acadia National Park
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • Western Mountain
13773Sand Beach
  • Reference
  • Places, Shore
  • Acadia National Park
  • Sand Beach
Sand Beach
Item:
  • 13773   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Places, Shore
Place:
  • Acadia National Park
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • Sand Beach
13729Wonderland
  • Reference
  • Places
  • Acadia National Park
  • Wonderland
Wonderland
Item:
  • 13729   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Places
Place:
  • Acadia National Park
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • Wonderland
13466Green Mountain, later Cadillac Mountain
Bald Mountain
  • Reference
  • Places, Mountain
  • Acadia National Park
  • Cadillac Mountain
Green Mountain, later Cadillac Mountain
Bald Mountain
Item:
  • 13466   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Places, Mountain
Place:
  • Acadia National Park
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • Cadillac Mountain
13431Pulpit Rock
  • Reference
  • Places
  • Acadia National Park
  • Cadillac Mountain
Pulpit Rock
Item:
  • 13431   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Places
Place:
  • Acadia National Park
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • Cadillac Mountain
13438Jordan Pond
  • Reference
  • Places, Lake
  • Acadia National Park
Jordan Pond
Item:
  • 13438   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Places, Lake
Place:
  • Acadia National Park
State:
  • ME
13272Ocean Drive - Acadia National Park
  • Reference
  • Places, Shore
  • Acadia National Park
Ocean Drive - Acadia National Park
Item:
  • 13272   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Places, Shore
Place:
  • Acadia National Park
State:
  • ME
13245Valley Cove and Valley Cove Path
  • Reference
  • Places
  • Acadia National Park
  • Valley Cove
Valley Cove, on the western side of Somes Sound, is a popular place to anchor a boat.
Valley Cove and Valley Cove Path
Item:
  • 13245   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Places
Place:
  • Acadia National Park
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • Valley Cove
Description:
Valley Cove, on the western side of Somes Sound, is a popular place to anchor a boat.
13124Champlain Monument
  • Reference
  • Object, Site Marker, Monument
  • Acadia National Park
Champlain Monument
Item:
  • 13124   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Object, Site Marker, Monument
Place:
  • Acadia National Park
State:
  • ME