B/W stereoview of the Mt. Desert House in Somesville, home of Ida Somes. View shows people. Front sign reads "Mt. Desert House - D. Somes." People and horse & buggy are shown. Digital image from Jeff Dobbs Productions.
Description: B/W stereoview of the Mt. Desert House in Somesville, home of Ida Somes. View shows people. Front sign reads "Mt. Desert House - D. Somes." People and horse & buggy are shown. Digital image from Jeff Dobbs Productions.
Furnished cottages, 4-6 rooms and a bathroom, boat included. Between $300 and $600 per season, with (extra $100) or without boat. See back of photos for details. Owner Arthur E. Pray.
Description: Furnished cottages, 4-6 rooms and a bathroom, boat included. Between $300 and $600 per season, with (extra $100) or without boat. See back of photos for details. Owner Arthur E. Pray.
site plan, elevations, foundation plans, engineering plans, sketches Roc's Comments: Peggy Rockefeller asked me to come up and look at the greenhouse that supported the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Gardens at that time. the plants were growing too tall and "leggy" I suggested this was because she had been sold a system that was Kalwall plastic that became more opaque with age. She asked me to prove it and I hired Peter Knuppel a good local lighting designer to test the light. the data was dramatic and Peggy and David Rockefeller asked me to design a replacement greenhouse not only for the AARG but also to add wings for Thuja and the Asticou gardens which they seemed to think would require support in the future. We chose the Rough Brothers, a Cincinnati company that supplied excellent greenhouses for college and public gardens around the country. The project went off without a hitch and the greenhouses have been in constant use ever since. The seedlings are no longer leggy. The McAlpine Farm complex is now the center for the Land And Garden Preserve a non-profit organization responsible for the AARG, Asticou, and Thuja Gardens and 1,000 acres of parkland and trails including Little Long Pond.
Description: site plan, elevations, foundation plans, engineering plans, sketches Roc's Comments: Peggy Rockefeller asked me to come up and look at the greenhouse that supported the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Gardens at that time. the plants were growing too tall and "leggy" I suggested this was because she had been sold a system that was Kalwall plastic that became more opaque with age. She asked me to prove it and I hired Peter Knuppel a good local lighting designer to test the light. the data was dramatic and Peggy and David Rockefeller asked me to design a replacement greenhouse not only for the AARG but also to add wings for Thuja and the Asticou gardens which they seemed to think would require support in the future. We chose the Rough Brothers, a Cincinnati company that supplied excellent greenhouses for college and public gardens around the country. The project went off without a hitch and the greenhouses have been in constant use ever since. The seedlings are no longer leggy. The McAlpine Farm complex is now the center for the Land And Garden Preserve a non-profit organization responsible for the AARG, Asticou, and Thuja Gardens and 1,000 acres of parkland and trails including Little Long Pond. [show more]
Three B/W photographs of "Pine Cottage" on Bar Island in Somesville. Two exterior; one interior. Photo 1826 a: View of house as it is approached from landing. Photo 1826 b: View of house from the Sound. Photo 1826 c: Living room.
Description: Three B/W photographs of "Pine Cottage" on Bar Island in Somesville. Two exterior; one interior. Photo 1826 a: View of house as it is approached from landing. Photo 1826 b: View of house from the Sound. Photo 1826 c: Living room.
Owned in 1927 by Mrs. Elizabeth Clark Davis of New York City Davis Cottage Photo 0782 a: main home + guest house, walking up from dock Photo 0782 b: guest house Photo 0782 c: main house with end of guest house Photo 0782 d: kitchen end of house Photo 0782 e: directly facing the house, Sargent Mountain Photo 0782 f: house across inlet Photo 0782 g: lupine bed under living room window Photo 0782 h: larkspur around porch Photo 0782 i: showing meadow and trees around house Photo 0782 j: view of place from the water Photo 0782 k: entrance to house Photo 0782 l: Photo 0782 m: meadow in front of house, view of Sargent Mountain Photo 0782 n: bird bath
Description: Owned in 1927 by Mrs. Elizabeth Clark Davis of New York City Davis Cottage Photo 0782 a: main home + guest house, walking up from dock Photo 0782 b: guest house Photo 0782 c: main house with end of guest house Photo 0782 d: kitchen end of house Photo 0782 e: directly facing the house, Sargent Mountain Photo 0782 f: house across inlet Photo 0782 g: lupine bed under living room window Photo 0782 h: larkspur around porch Photo 0782 i: showing meadow and trees around house Photo 0782 j: view of place from the water Photo 0782 k: entrance to house Photo 0782 l: Photo 0782 m: meadow in front of house, view of Sargent Mountain Photo 0782 n: bird bath [show more]
Looking north across Mill Pond to old Somes house near entrance to Oak Hill road. Shows horse cart on bridge Collected for "Mt. Desert: an Informal History"
Description: Looking north across Mill Pond to old Somes house near entrance to Oak Hill road. Shows horse cart on bridge Collected for "Mt. Desert: an Informal History"