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Item Title Type Subject Description Creator Date Property Name Street Pages Medium Condition
1020Addition to House for Lieut. R. G. Davenport
  • Document, Projection, Architectural Drawing
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
1 folder of notes and sketches. Addition 1887.
  • Fred L. Savage
  • 1887
  • Rock Crest
  • Peabody Drive
  • 15 sheets
  • tracing papers
Addition to House for Lieut. R. G. Davenport
Item:
  • 1020   
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Architectural Drawing
Subject:
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Creator:
  • Fred L. Savage
Date:
  • 1887
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Property Name:
  • Rock Crest
Street:
  • Peabody Drive
Collection:
  • Architectural Drawing Collection
Object ID:
  • ADC 0020 FLS
Location:
  • FF C-22, ADC Box 1
Pages:
  • 15 sheets
Medium:
  • tracing papers
Description:
1 folder of notes and sketches. Addition 1887.
1067House for S. D. Sargeant
  • Document, Projection, Architectural Drawing
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Small booklet (8 pages) with sketches of floor plans; colored elevations. Includes a folder containing correspondence and slides from an exhibit of these plans at the Portland Museum of Art in 2004: "The Maine Perspective: Architectural Drawings, 1875-1925", which focused on Shingle Style and the Colonial Revival period.
  • Fred L. Savage
  • 1886-1888
  • Grasslands
  • Manchester Road
  • 34, 1 booklet
  • blueprint, tracing cloth, paper
House for S. D. Sargeant
Item:
  • 1067   
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Architectural Drawing
Subject:
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Creator:
  • Fred L. Savage
Date:
  • 1886-1888
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Property Name:
  • Grasslands
Street:
  • Manchester Road
Collection:
  • Architectural Drawing Collection
Object ID:
  • ADC 0068 FLS
Location:
  • FF C-11
Pages:
  • 34, 1 booklet
Medium:
  • blueprint, tracing cloth, paper
Description:
Small booklet (8 pages) with sketches of floor plans; colored elevations. Includes a folder containing correspondence and slides from an exhibit of these plans at the Portland Museum of Art in 2004: "The Maine Perspective: Architectural Drawings, 1875-1925", which focused on Shingle Style and the Colonial Revival period.
1068Addition to House for S. D. Sargeant
  • Document, Projection, Architectural Drawing
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
The 2 blueprints are photographic prints of the building. Booklet with 4 elevations, 3 plans, and 2 coers. graphite, ink and washes on heavy xove paper.
  • Fred L. Savage
  • 1886-1888
  • Grasslands
  • Manchester Road
  • 17 sheets
  • blueprint, tracing paper
Addition to House for S. D. Sargeant
Item:
  • 1068   
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Architectural Drawing
Subject:
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Creator:
  • Fred L. Savage
Date:
  • 1886-1888
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Property Name:
  • Grasslands
Street:
  • Manchester Road
Collection:
  • Architectural Drawing Collection
Object ID:
  • ADC 0069 FLS
Location:
  • FF C-11
Pages:
  • 17 sheets
Medium:
  • blueprint, tracing paper
Description:
The 2 blueprints are photographic prints of the building. Booklet with 4 elevations, 3 plans, and 2 coers. graphite, ink and washes on heavy xove paper.
1101House for Moorfield Storey
  • Document, Projection, Architectural Drawing
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
See also item 1102, by Wheelwright and Haven.
  • Fred L. Savage
  • 1884-1885
  • Stornoway
  • South Shore Road
  • 6 sheets
  • tracing paper, tracing cloth, blueprint
House for Moorfield Storey
Item:
  • 1101   
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Architectural Drawing
Subject:
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Creator:
  • Fred L. Savage
Date:
  • 1884-1885
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Property Name:
  • Stornoway
Street:
  • South Shore Road
Collection:
  • Architectural Drawing Collection
Object ID:
  • ADC 0102 FLS
Location:
  • FF C-6
Pages:
  • 6 sheets
Medium:
  • tracing paper, tracing cloth, blueprint
Description:
See also item 1102, by Wheelwright and Haven.
1102Alteration and Addition to House for Moorfield Storey
  • Document, Projection, Architectural Drawing
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
See also item 1101, by Fred L. Savage.
  • Wheelwright and Haven
  • 1884-1885
  • Stornoway
  • South Shore Road
  • 7 sheets
  • tracing cloth, paper
Alteration and Addition to House for Moorfield Storey
Item:
  • 1102   
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Architectural Drawing
Subject:
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Creator:
  • Wheelwright and Haven
Date:
  • 1884-1885
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Property Name:
  • Stornoway
Street:
  • South Shore Road
Collection:
  • Architectural Drawing Collection
Object ID:
  • ADC 0103 FLS
Location:
  • FF C-6
Pages:
  • 7 sheets
Medium:
  • tracing cloth, paper
Description:
See also item 1101, by Fred L. Savage.
1191House at Indian Head, Northeast Harbor
  • Document, Projection, Architectural Drawing
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
4 blueprints, 5 blueprints stapled, 7 drawings loose. Gabled house with patterned shingles, columned piazza. Used by John Manchester III Inn. Stacy B. Lloyd, 1993. See also 0073 FLS (item 1072) and GHC 357 (item 2562)
  • Fred L. Savage
  • 1880's
  • Indian Head
  • Indian Head
  • 24
  • blueprints, tracing cloths
House at Indian Head, Northeast Harbor
Item:
  • 1191   
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Architectural Drawing
Subject:
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Creator:
  • Fred L. Savage
Date:
  • 1880's
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Property Name:
  • Indian Head
Street:
  • Indian Head
Collection:
  • Architectural Drawing Collection
Object ID:
  • ADC 0193 FLS
Location:
  • FF C-6
Pages:
  • 24
Medium:
  • blueprints, tracing cloths
Description:
4 blueprints, 5 blueprints stapled, 7 drawings loose. Gabled house with patterned shingles, columned piazza. Used by John Manchester III Inn. Stacy B. Lloyd, 1993. See also 0073 FLS (item 1072) and GHC 357 (item 2562)
1548Union Church Deed of Land
  • Document, Legal, Deed
  • Organizations, Religious
Copy of the land deed, a gift of Samuel Gilpatrick to the Union Church in Northeast Harbor. Researched by Donald Phillips.
  • Samuel Gilpatrick
  • 1887
  • photocopy
Union Church Deed of Land
Item:
  • 1548   
Type:
  • Document, Legal, Deed
Subject:
  • Organizations, Religious
Creator:
  • Samuel Gilpatrick
Date:
  • 1887
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0059 SG
Location:
  • General Collection Box 2
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
Copy of the land deed, a gift of Samuel Gilpatrick to the Union Church in Northeast Harbor. Researched by Donald Phillips.
1550Correspondence between Bishop Doane and Charles Eliot
  • Document, Correspondence
  • Organizations, Religious
Copy of letters between Charles W. Eliot and Bishop William Doane regarding community efforts to develop a Free Union Church in Northeast Harbor.
  • 1887
  • photocopy
Correspondence between Bishop Doane and Charles Eliot
Item:
  • 1550   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence
Subject:
  • Organizations, Religious
Date:
  • 1887
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0061 CEBD
Location:
  • General Collection Box 2
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
Copy of letters between Charles W. Eliot and Bishop William Doane regarding community efforts to develop a Free Union Church in Northeast Harbor.
1590Letter from Office of the Light-house to Keeper of Bear Island Lighthouse
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
October 14, 1882 Stephen Smallidge was keeper of Bear Island light. He was also a Civil War Veteran. This document was found in the wall of his Northeast Harbor house and given to the library by the owners of the home at the time. The house has been torn down.
  • 1882
  • 1
  • manuscript
Letter from Office of the Light-house to Keeper of Bear Island Lighthouse
Item:
  • 1590   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
Subject:
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
Date:
  • 1882
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles, Bear Island
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0102
Location:
  • General Collection Box 4
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • manuscript
Description:
October 14, 1882 Stephen Smallidge was keeper of Bear Island light. He was also a Civil War Veteran. This document was found in the wall of his Northeast Harbor house and given to the library by the owners of the home at the time. The house has been torn down.
1599Letter from Carlton McGown to Charles Eliot
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Letter from contractor Carlton McGown of Ellsworth to Charles Eliot regarding moving house and adding/repairing other features, e.g. chimney.
  • 1888
Letter from Carlton McGown to Charles Eliot
Item:
  • 1599   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
Subject:
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Date:
  • 1888
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0111
Location:
  • General Collection Box 4
Description:
Letter from contractor Carlton McGown of Ellsworth to Charles Eliot regarding moving house and adding/repairing other features, e.g. chimney.
1844Correspondence and land deeds
Document, Correspondence
  • Document, Legal, Deed
  • Places
1. Correspondence about Asticou Foreside properties between Charles Eliot II and Gilman, Abbot, Clement, Wainwright, Smallidge, Pierce-Gardiner, and Merrill, Deasy. 2. Quit claim deeds of Asticou Foreside properties.
  • 1880's
Correspondence and land deeds
Document, Correspondence
Item:
  • 1844   
Type:
  • Document, Legal, Deed
Subject:
  • Places
Date:
  • 1880's
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0357
Location:
  • General Collection Box 10
Description:
1. Correspondence about Asticou Foreside properties between Charles Eliot II and Gilman, Abbot, Clement, Wainwright, Smallidge, Pierce-Gardiner, and Merrill, Deasy. 2. Quit claim deeds of Asticou Foreside properties.
1851Certificate of Marriage
  • Document, Certificate
  • People
Certificate of marriage of Manson Manchester and Flora A Brown at Tremont, ME. 3 cards stating the marriage date and their names. (Manchester Collection)
  • 11-14-1885
  • 4
  • manuscript
Certificate of Marriage
Item:
  • 1851   
Type:
  • Document, Certificate
Subject:
  • People
Date:
  • 11-14-1885
Place:
  • Tremont
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0365
Location:
  • General Collection Box 10
Pages:
  • 4
Medium:
  • manuscript
Description:
Certificate of marriage of Manson Manchester and Flora A Brown at Tremont, ME. 3 cards stating the marriage date and their names. (Manchester Collection)
1860Transcription of Letters from Stephen Manchester to Comfort Manchester Stanley
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • People
Letters written 1878-1884 to author's sister in Northeast Harbor. Transcribed by Robert E. Suminsby.
  • October 1995 (1884)
  • 9
  • typescript
Transcription of Letters from Stephen Manchester to Comfort Manchester Stanley
Item:
  • 1860   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
Subject:
  • People
Date:
  • October 1995 (1884)
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0374
Location:
  • General Collection Box 10
Pages:
  • 9
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
Letters written 1878-1884 to author's sister in Northeast Harbor. Transcribed by Robert E. Suminsby.
1969The Latest about the Accident at Northeast Harbor
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Events
  • People
  • Places, Town
Account of the buckboard accident in Northeast Harbor which claimed the life of Mabel Case, daughter of J. B. Case of Boston.
  • 1883
  • 1
  • photocopy
The Latest about the Accident at Northeast Harbor
Item:
  • 1969   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Events
  • People
  • Places, Town
Date:
  • 1883
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0482
Location:
  • General Collection Box 16
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
Account of the buckboard accident in Northeast Harbor which claimed the life of Mabel Case, daughter of J. B. Case of Boston.
1985Mount Desert List of Students and road workers
  • Document, Other Documents
  • People
  • Places, Town
Names of students at Sandy Point (later Northeast Harbor) in March, 1871 and a list of names of road workers and hours worked.
  • Mount Desert
  • 1884
  • 1
  • typescript
Mount Desert List of Students and road workers
Item:
  • 1985   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • People
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • Mount Desert
Date:
  • 1884
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0498
Location:
  • General Collection Box 16
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
Names of students at Sandy Point (later Northeast Harbor) in March, 1871 and a list of names of road workers and hours worked.
2034Correspondence between Cora and Fred Savage
  • Document, Correspondence
  • People
Copies of letters from Fred Savage to his sister Cora Justine Savage Phillips in Northeast Harbor. From originals of Laura Cross.
  • 1888
  • photocopy
Correspondence between Cora and Fred Savage
Item:
  • 2034   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence
Subject:
  • People
Date:
  • 1888
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0546
Location:
  • General Collection Box 17
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
Copies of letters from Fred Savage to his sister Cora Justine Savage Phillips in Northeast Harbor. From originals of Laura Cross.
2093Autograph Albums
  • Document, Memorabilia, Album, Scrapbook
  • Other, Literature
  • People
Autographs and poems of friends of Cora L. Gilpatrick.
  • 1886
  • 2 books
Autograph Albums
Item:
  • 2093   
Type:
  • Document, Memorabilia, Album, Scrapbook
Subject:
  • Other, Literature
  • People
Date:
  • 1886
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0607
Location:
  • General Collection Box 20
Medium:
  • 2 books
Description:
Autographs and poems of friends of Cora L. Gilpatrick.
2237Book 230, Treasury Depart. regarding Life Saving Service
  • Document, Government
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Structures, Other Structures, Life Saving Station
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
A photocopy of authorization from Sect. of Treasury to acquire or purchase for the United States land to use for Life-Saving Stations, Houses of Refuge & Beacons.
  • Hugh S. Thompson
  • 11-24-1888
  • photocopy
Book 230, Treasury Depart. regarding Life Saving Service
Item:
  • 2237   
Type:
  • Document, Government
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Structures, Other Structures, Life Saving Station
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
Creator:
  • Hugh S. Thompson
Date:
  • 11-24-1888
Place:
  • United States
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0751
Location:
  • General Collection Box 23
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
A photocopy of authorization from Sect. of Treasury to acquire or purchase for the United States land to use for Life-Saving Stations, Houses of Refuge & Beacons.
2389J. B. Rumill's Farm
  • Document, Projection, Plan
  • Other, Land
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Farmhouse
Drawing, 18 1/2x12 1/2", of the J. B. Rumill farm in Tremont and surrounding properties of: Albee, Robbins, and Dow.
  • Heath
  • 1884
  • 1
  • MAP
  • fragile, damaged
J. B. Rumill's Farm
Item:
  • 2389   
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Plan
Subject:
  • Other, Land
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Farmhouse
Creator:
  • Heath
Date:
  • 1884
Place:
  • Tremont
Collection:
  • Great Harbor Collection
Object ID:
  • 190
Location:
  • GHC Box 5
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • MAP
Condition:
  • fragile, damaged
Description:
Drawing, 18 1/2x12 1/2", of the J. B. Rumill farm in Tremont and surrounding properties of: Albee, Robbins, and Dow.
2453Divisions of Benjamin Richardson Estate (Plan B)
  • Document, Projection, Plan
  • Other, Land
Lot maps A & B (20x16", tissue) showing divisions of Somesville property in the estate of Benjamin Richardson. Includes Richardsons, Wasgatt, Stevens, Pray (fragile!)
  • L. A. Wyman
  • 1888
  • 2
  • MAP
  • fragile, damaged
Divisions of Benjamin Richardson Estate (Plan B)
Item:
  • 2453   
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Plan
Subject:
  • Other, Land
Creator:
  • L. A. Wyman
Date:
  • 1888
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Somesville
Collection:
  • Great Harbor Collection
Object ID:
  • 25
Location:
  • GHC Box 1
Pages:
  • 2
Medium:
  • MAP
Condition:
  • fragile, damaged
Description:
Lot maps A & B (20x16", tissue) showing divisions of Somesville property in the estate of Benjamin Richardson. Includes Richardsons, Wasgatt, Stevens, Pray (fragile!)
2486The Anchorage
  • Document, Projection, Plan
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Floor plans blueprints of the original "Anchorage" in Seal Harbor. It was later torn down to build the Nelson Rockefeller house. Subsequently owned by Josephine Ford.
  • Rear Admiral Arent Schuyler Crowninshield
  • 1880s
  • 3
  • ARCH
The Anchorage
Item:
  • 2486   
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Plan
Subject:
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Creator:
  • Rear Admiral Arent Schuyler Crowninshield
Date:
  • 1880s
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Seal Harbor
Collection:
  • Great Harbor Collection
Object ID:
  • 289
Location:
  • GHC Box 8
Pages:
  • 3
Medium:
  • ARCH
Description:
Floor plans blueprints of the original "Anchorage" in Seal Harbor. It was later torn down to build the Nelson Rockefeller house. Subsequently owned by Josephine Ford.
2532Plan of High Head
  • Document, Projection, Plan
  • Other, Land
Lot map, 32x26", showing the development plan for "High Head", off Western Bay, on property owned by the Bar Harbor and Mount Desert Island Investment Co. in the towns of Eden and Mount Desert.
  • Joseph Curtis
  • 1888
  • 1
  • MAP
Plan of High Head
Item:
  • 2532   
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Plan
Subject:
  • Other, Land
Creator:
  • Joseph Curtis
Date:
  • 1888
Place:
  • Bar Harbor, Eden
Collection:
  • Great Harbor Collection
Object ID:
  • 33
Location:
  • GHC Box 1
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • MAP
Description:
Lot map, 32x26", showing the development plan for "High Head", off Western Bay, on property owned by the Bar Harbor and Mount Desert Island Investment Co. in the towns of Eden and Mount Desert.
2543Plan of Lands at Head of Somes Sound
  • Document, Projection, Plan
  • Other, Land
  • Places, Sound
Lot map-2 blueprints and 1 parchment tracing, 21x25 1/2", of properties belonging to Grindle, Hale, Higgens, Hamor, Rich, Somes adjoining property of Budreaux in Somesville at the head of the sound.
  • E. M. Hamor
  • 1888
  • 3
  • MAP
Plan of Lands at Head of Somes Sound
Item:
  • 2543   
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Plan
Subject:
  • Other, Land
  • Places, Sound
Creator:
  • E. M. Hamor
Date:
  • 1888
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Somesville
Collection:
  • Great Harbor Collection
Object ID:
  • 34
Location:
  • GHC Box 1
Pages:
  • 3
Medium:
  • MAP
Description:
Lot map-2 blueprints and 1 parchment tracing, 21x25 1/2", of properties belonging to Grindle, Hale, Higgens, Hamor, Rich, Somes adjoining property of Budreaux in Somesville at the head of the sound.
2604Certificate of Lodge of Masons
  • Document, Certificate
  • People
Certificate citing that William Foster was elevated to the position of Master Mason in the Lagonia Lodge of Ellsworth.
  • Ira Berry
  • 1884
  • 1
  • paper
Certificate of Lodge of Masons
Item:
  • 2604   
Type:
  • Document, Certificate
Subject:
  • People
Creator:
  • Ira Berry
Date:
  • 1884
Collection:
  • Great Harbor Collection
Object ID:
  • 392
Location:
  • GHC Box 10
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • paper
Description:
Certificate citing that William Foster was elevated to the position of Master Mason in the Lagonia Lodge of Ellsworth.
2805Description and diagrams of 3 Davenport parcels
  • Document, Legal, Legal Documents
letter, Serena Hale Davenport to Belle Knowles rough sketches of Davenport lots; copy of deed
  • Serena Hale Davenport, Com. R. G. Davenport
  • post 1886
  • 9
Description and diagrams of 3 Davenport parcels
Item:
  • 2805   
Type:
  • Document, Legal, Legal Documents
Creator:
  • Serena Hale Davenport, Com. R. G. Davenport
Date:
  • post 1886
Collection:
  • Knowles Company Legal Documents
Object ID:
  • 208
Location:
  • VI
Pages:
  • 9
Description:
letter, Serena Hale Davenport to Belle Knowles rough sketches of Davenport lots; copy of deed