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.
Description: "Breakwater", a Fred Savage designed summer cottage in Bar Harbor, originally built for John E. Kane in l904,is turned into a bed and breakfast home.
Storefronts on Main Street in Northeast Harbor, Maine. The Street Façade drawing by architect Perry Benson represents the commercial life of Northeast Harbor on the west side of Main Street at the end of the 1988 season. See attachment No. 1 for more details.
Description: Storefronts on Main Street in Northeast Harbor, Maine. The Street Façade drawing by architect Perry Benson represents the commercial life of Northeast Harbor on the west side of Main Street at the end of the 1988 season. See attachment No. 1 for more details.
Description: View of the lobby of the Asticou Inn with numerous small rugs scattered across the floor. 4 rocking chairs facing a fireplace. Desk with chair.
First real estate development in Northeast Harbor by James Terry Gardiner and Wiswell, consisted of seven properties designed by Fred Savage and built on speculation.
Description: First real estate development in Northeast Harbor by James Terry Gardiner and Wiswell, consisted of seven properties designed by Fred Savage and built on speculation.
Description: Looking from shore toward Somes House hotel ca. 1910. Collected for "Mount Desert: an Informal History". Digital image from Jeff Dobbs Productions.