Description: Lot map on parchment, 23x23 1/2", on Pierce Head, west of Bracy Cove, in Seal Harbor. The name Edward Mears, Bar Harbor is stamped on map.
Rough copy of development plans, 13x18" tracing cloth, of part of Mount Desert Island showing property of Mount Desert Eastern Shore Land Company (a development group), encompassing 3500 acres on land now part of Seal Harbor and Acadia National Park. Shows cottage lots near Wildwood Farms, the Triad, Turtle Lake (Bubble Pond today). Also shows proposed elevated railroad from Northeast Harbor to Jordan Pond, Eagle Lake, and beyond.
Description: Rough copy of development plans, 13x18" tracing cloth, of part of Mount Desert Island showing property of Mount Desert Eastern Shore Land Company (a development group), encompassing 3500 acres on land now part of Seal Harbor and Acadia National Park. Shows cottage lots near Wildwood Farms, the Triad, Turtle Lake (Bubble Pond today). Also shows proposed elevated railroad from Northeast Harbor to Jordan Pond, Eagle Lake, and beyond.
Blueprints of multilevel floor plans of C. S. Batchelder house, "Sunset Hill", in Seal Harbor. Name of Mrs. Morris Loeb is written on some of the plans. Cottage is also labeled "Windy Brow".
Description: Blueprints of multilevel floor plans of C. S. Batchelder house, "Sunset Hill", in Seal Harbor. Name of Mrs. Morris Loeb is written on some of the plans. Cottage is also labeled "Windy Brow".
Copy of article of John Gordon's interview with Martha Stewart about living in Maine, what she likes to do, places she likes to go, and her love of her home, "Skylands", in Seal Harbor.
Description: Copy of article of John Gordon's interview with Martha Stewart about living in Maine, what she likes to do, places she likes to go, and her love of her home, "Skylands", in Seal Harbor.
Designed by Beatrix Farrand, the Rockefeller Gardens in Seal Harbor combine East and West influences in landscape design and artifacts. Several photographs included. Published in House & Garden, February 1985.
Description: Designed by Beatrix Farrand, the Rockefeller Gardens in Seal Harbor combine East and West influences in landscape design and artifacts. Several photographs included. Published in House & Garden, February 1985.
Exterior shot of large, 2/3 story home with short bushes surrounding it and the front entrance. See also "Wild Cliff" Bishop Alexander McKay Smith cottage designed by C. A. Candage.
Description: Exterior shot of large, 2/3 story home with short bushes surrounding it and the front entrance. See also "Wild Cliff" Bishop Alexander McKay Smith cottage designed by C. A. Candage.