The MacKay-Smiths bought eleven acres of land on Pierce Head at Seal Harbor, Maine, and built “Wild Cliff”, designed by Charles A. Candage, in 1901. The floor plans for the cottage are in the collection of the Northeast Harbor Public Library. It was said to have been built for $45,000.
Description: The MacKay-Smiths bought eleven acres of land on Pierce Head at Seal Harbor, Maine, and built “Wild Cliff”, designed by Charles A. Candage, in 1901. The floor plans for the cottage are in the collection of the Northeast Harbor Public Library. It was said to have been built for $45,000.
The photograph was taken from Graycliff, the Eugene Stuart Bristol Cottage The large yacht in the harbor was Ernest Blaney Dane's auxiliary schooner, "Cone" The massive stone cottage that can be seen in the distance above the fore mast of "Cone" is "Wild Cliff," built by Rev. Alexander MacKay-Smith (1850-1911). Other visible buildings: Gray Rock, Joseph Allen Cottage Eyrie, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Cottage St. Jude's Episcopal Church Seal Harbor Congregational Church
Description: The photograph was taken from Graycliff, the Eugene Stuart Bristol Cottage The large yacht in the harbor was Ernest Blaney Dane's auxiliary schooner, "Cone" The massive stone cottage that can be seen in the distance above the fore mast of "Cone" is "Wild Cliff," built by Rev. Alexander MacKay-Smith (1850-1911). Other visible buildings: Gray Rock, Joseph Allen Cottage Eyrie, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Cottage St. Jude's Episcopal Church Seal Harbor Congregational Church [show more]