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5381Shipyard and Mill at Somesville
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Structures, Factory, Sawmill Building
B/W stereoview of a saw mill and shipyard (with schooner being built) in Somesville Harbor. Parker Farm is left center behind schooner.
  • Heywood
  • ca. 1900
Shipyard and Mill at Somesville
Item:
  • 5381   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Structures, Factory, Sawmill Building
Creator:
  • Heywood
Date:
  • ca. 1900
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Somesville
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1790 j
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
B/W stereoview of a saw mill and shipyard (with schooner being built) in Somesville Harbor. Parker Farm is left center behind schooner.
2222"Between the Hills" and its 100 year old church.
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Events, Civic
  • Organizations, Religious
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places, Town
Historical address of Dr. Horace Leavitt on the 100th anniversary of the Somesville Union Meeting House. He traces early history of Somesville and many families. Bar Harbor Times, September 19, 1940.
  • Horace H. Leavitt
  • 1940
  • newspaper
"Between the Hills" and its 100 year old church.
Item:
  • 2222   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping
Subject:
  • Events, Civic
  • Organizations, Religious
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • Horace H. Leavitt
Date:
  • 1940
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Somesville
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0736
Location:
  • General Collection OS Box 3
Medium:
  • newspaper
Description:
Historical address of Dr. Horace Leavitt on the 100th anniversary of the Somesville Union Meeting House. He traces early history of Somesville and many families. Bar Harbor Times, September 19, 1940.
2223Bicentennial Souvenir Section Commemorates 200th Anniversary
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Events, Civic
  • Other, History
  • Places, Town
Special Edition of Bar Harbor Times covering 200 years in articles and photographs. August 1961.
  • LaRue Spiker
  • 1961
  • newspaper
Bicentennial Souvenir Section Commemorates 200th Anniversary
Item:
  • 2223   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping
Subject:
  • Events, Civic
  • Other, History
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • LaRue Spiker
Date:
  • 1961
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Somesville
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0737
Location:
  • General Collection OS Box 3
Medium:
  • newspaper
Description:
Special Edition of Bar Harbor Times covering 200 years in articles and photographs. August 1961.
7209Open House of the Somesville Library
  • Document, Request, Invitation
  • Organizations, Civic, Public Library
Letter of invitation to the Open House of the Somesville Library (Mount Desert Library, 1904-1973) on Sunday, September 15, 1974. Typescript and manuscript of the librarian's talk at annual meeting, August 13, 1974 (Carolyn Grant).
  • Carolyn Grant
  • 1974
Open House of the Somesville Library
Item:
  • 7209   
Type:
  • Document, Request, Invitation
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic, Public Library
Creator:
  • Carolyn Grant
Date:
  • 1974
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Somesville
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0815
Location:
  • General Collection Box 25
Description:
Letter of invitation to the Open House of the Somesville Library (Mount Desert Library, 1904-1973) on Sunday, September 15, 1974. Typescript and manuscript of the librarian's talk at annual meeting, August 13, 1974 (Carolyn Grant).
6882Union Somesville Meeting House Services Lists
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Events
  • Organizations, Religious
Schedules and service bulletins for the Union Somesville Meeting House, part of Mount Desert Larger Parish. 1944 1946 1947 1949
  • 1944-1949
  • 4 cards
Union Somesville Meeting House Services Lists
Item:
  • 6882   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Events
  • Organizations, Religious
Date:
  • 1944-1949
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Somesville
Collection:
  • Union Somesville Meeting House
Object ID:
  • USMH 0001
Location:
  • Local Churches Box 1 Shelf 4C2
Pages:
  • 4 cards
Description:
Schedules and service bulletins for the Union Somesville Meeting House, part of Mount Desert Larger Parish. 1944 1946 1947 1949
5696Somesville Kindergarten Photo Album
  • Document, Memorabilia, Album, Photograph Album
  • Organizations, School Institution
  • People
Photo 2082 a: Mrs. Manchester Photo 2082 b: Children playing Photo 2082 c: Children at work Photo 2082 d: Lunch time Photo 2082 e: Game time Photo 2082 f: Rest time Photo 2082 g: Story time Photo 2082 h: Puppet show Photo 2082 i: Clean up Photo 2082 j: Circle time Photo 2082 k-l: School dismissed
  • 1966
  • 11 photographs
Somesville Kindergarten Photo Album
Item:
  • 5696   
Type:
  • Document, Memorabilia, Album, Photograph Album
Subject:
  • Organizations, School Institution
  • People
Date:
  • 1966
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Somesville
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 2082
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Pages:
  • 11 photographs
Description:
Photo 2082 a: Mrs. Manchester Photo 2082 b: Children playing Photo 2082 c: Children at work Photo 2082 d: Lunch time Photo 2082 e: Game time Photo 2082 f: Rest time Photo 2082 g: Story time Photo 2082 h: Puppet show Photo 2082 i: Clean up Photo 2082 j: Circle time Photo 2082 k-l: School dismissed
5697Somesville Kindergarten
  • Document, Memorabilia, Album, Photograph Album
  • Organizations, School Institution
Photo 2082 m, n, o: Somesville Kindergarten June - August 1966. Teacher: Jeanne Cleaves Fernald Helper: Ann Hamblen, Sandy Preston
  • 1966
  • 11 photographs
Somesville Kindergarten
Item:
  • 5697   
Type:
  • Document, Memorabilia, Album, Photograph Album
Subject:
  • Organizations, School Institution
Date:
  • 1966
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Somesville
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 2082
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Pages:
  • 11 photographs
Description:
Photo 2082 m, n, o: Somesville Kindergarten June - August 1966. Teacher: Jeanne Cleaves Fernald Helper: Ann Hamblen, Sandy Preston
6031Somesville Kindergarten Collection
  • Document, Administrative Records, School Records
  • Organizations, School Institution
  • People
Teachers records, daily schedules, and lists of students & parents of the winter and summer kindergarten classes held mostly at the church parish hall in Somesville. Several Photographs are included.
  • 1962-1984
  • 2 folders
  • papers, photographs
Somesville Kindergarten Collection
Item:
  • 6031   
Type:
  • Document, Administrative Records, School Records
Subject:
  • Organizations, School Institution
  • People
Date:
  • 1962-1984
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Somesville
Collection:
  • Somesville Kindergarten Collection
Object ID:
  • SK 0001
Location:
  • Schools Box 1 4C3
Pages:
  • 2 folders
Medium:
  • papers, photographs
Description:
Teachers records, daily schedules, and lists of students & parents of the winter and summer kindergarten classes held mostly at the church parish hall in Somesville. Several Photographs are included.
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.
2443Sketch Plan of Property of James A. Leftwich
  • Document, Projection, Plan
  • Other, Land
Lot map, 11x9", of Somesville property of J. A. Leftwich being conveyed to Mrs. Edith Pryor.
  • Charles A. Haynes
  • 1929
  • 1
  • MAP
Sketch Plan of Property of James A. Leftwich
Item:
  • 2443   
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Plan
Subject:
  • Other, Land
Creator:
  • Charles A. Haynes
Date:
  • 1929
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Somesville
Collection:
  • Great Harbor Collection
Object ID:
  • 24
Location:
  • GHC Box 1
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • MAP
Description:
Lot map, 11x9", of Somesville property of J. A. Leftwich being conveyed to Mrs. Edith Pryor.
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!)
5245Somes Sound
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Mountain
  • Places, Sound
Looking across Somes Sound toward Flying Mountain; taken from Branscom's farm.
  • Alan Knox
  • 1937
Somes Sound
Item:
  • 5245   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Mountain
  • Places, Sound
Creator:
  • Alan Knox
Date:
  • 1937
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Somesville
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1659
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
Looking across Somes Sound toward Flying Mountain; taken from Branscom's farm.
4173Somes Sound
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Sound
Taken from bridge at Babson's Brook, formerly Kitteredge Brook, looking into Somesville Harbor. The farm in the background was built by John Parker around 1842.
  • Isaac T. Moore
  • 1904
Somes Sound
Item:
  • 4173   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Sound
Creator:
  • Isaac T. Moore
Date:
  • 1904
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Somesville
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 0165 ITM
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
Taken from bridge at Babson's Brook, formerly Kitteredge Brook, looking into Somesville Harbor. The farm in the background was built by John Parker around 1842.
4174Somes Sound
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Sound
Somesville Harbor and Acadia Mountain. Photograph taken from Babson's brook. Rock has been called Babson's Rock and Gull Rock.
  • Isaac T. Moore
  • 1904
Somes Sound
Item:
  • 4174   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Sound
Creator:
  • Isaac T. Moore
Date:
  • 1904
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Somesville
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 0166 ITM
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
Somesville Harbor and Acadia Mountain. Photograph taken from Babson's brook. Rock has been called Babson's Rock and Gull Rock.
4178Somes Sound
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Sound
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
The caption offers a complete description of the Blake, Ketcham, Allen house - the small home alongside route 3.
  • Isaac T. Moore
Somes Sound
Item:
  • 4178   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Sound
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Creator:
  • Isaac T. Moore
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Somesville
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 0170 ITM
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
The caption offers a complete description of the Blake, Ketcham, Allen house - the small home alongside route 3.
5011Somesville in late 1800's
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Harbor
  • Places, Town
Looking along Somesville's Main Street with Harbor at left. Note wooden sidewalks on the right. Same scene as item 5012/photo 1404. Collected for "Mount Desert: an Informal History". Digital image from Jeff Dobbs Productions.
  • late 1800's
  • 1 photograph, 3 duplicates
Somesville in late 1800's
Item:
  • 5011   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Harbor
  • Places, Town
Date:
  • late 1800's
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Somesville
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1403
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Pages:
  • 1 photograph, 3 duplicates
Description:
Looking along Somesville's Main Street with Harbor at left. Note wooden sidewalks on the right. Same scene as item 5012/photo 1404. Collected for "Mount Desert: an Informal History". Digital image from Jeff Dobbs Productions.
5012Somesville Main Street
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Harbor
  • Places, Town
Looking along Somesville's Main Street with Harbor at left. Same scene as item 5011/photo 1403. Taken for "Mt. Desert: an Informal History"
  • William D. Hocker
  • 1988
  • 1 photograph, 1 duplicate
Somesville Main Street
Item:
  • 5012   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Harbor
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • William D. Hocker
Date:
  • 1988
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Somesville
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1404
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Pages:
  • 1 photograph, 1 duplicate
Description:
Looking along Somesville's Main Street with Harbor at left. Same scene as item 5011/photo 1403. Taken for "Mt. Desert: an Informal History"
5175The Somesville Bicentennial Calendar
  • Image, Photograph
  • Other, Aerial
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Calendar with images January: Somesville Union Meeting House, erected in 1852; photo by Hylander February: Head of Somes Harbor; photo by Hylander March: John Smith Jr. House, circa 1820; photo by Emory April: Isaac Somes House, completed in 1828; photo by Emory May: Thaddeus Somes House, circa 1836; photo by Hylander June: Nathan Salisbury House, circa 1850; photo by MacDonald July: William Weir Thom House, circa 1780; photo by MacDonald August: Mount Desert Museum, once used as a Town Office, a shoemaker shop and a private school, circa 1820; photo by Hylander September: Joel Emery Homestead, circa 1780; photo by MacDonald October: Ephraim Pray-Daniel Smith House, circa 1778; photo by Emory November: Aerial View of Somesville; photo by Hylander December: Mount Desert House, first hotel on the Island, circa 1830; photo by MacDonald
  • 1976
  • 12
The Somesville Bicentennial Calendar
Item:
  • 5175   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Other, Aerial
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Date:
  • 1976
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Somesville
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1597
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Pages:
  • 12
Description:
Calendar with images January: Somesville Union Meeting House, erected in 1852; photo by Hylander February: Head of Somes Harbor; photo by Hylander March: John Smith Jr. House, circa 1820; photo by Emory April: Isaac Somes House, completed in 1828; photo by Emory May: Thaddeus Somes House, circa 1836; photo by Hylander June: Nathan Salisbury House, circa 1850; photo by MacDonald July: William Weir Thom House, circa 1780; photo by MacDonald August: Mount Desert Museum, once used as a Town Office, a shoemaker shop and a private school, circa 1820; photo by Hylander September: Joel Emery Homestead, circa 1780; photo by MacDonald October: Ephraim Pray-Daniel Smith House, circa 1778; photo by Emory November: Aerial View of Somesville; photo by Hylander December: Mount Desert House, first hotel on the Island, circa 1830; photo by MacDonald [show more]
3744Sketch map of Somesville.
  • Map
  • Places, Town
Pencil sketch map of Somesville identifying various properties presumably carried as rentals by the Knowles Company.
  • Knowles Company
  • 1930's
  • 1
  • tracing paper
Sketch map of Somesville.
Item:
  • 3744   
Type:
  • Map
Subject:
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • Knowles Company
Date:
  • 1930's
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Somesville
Collection:
  • Map Collection
Object ID:
  • MAP 0198
Location:
  • Map Box 1
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • tracing paper
Description:
Pencil sketch map of Somesville identifying various properties presumably carried as rentals by the Knowles Company.
1909History of Somesville
  • Document, Manuscript
  • Other, History
  • Places, Town
Handwritten on onionskin. Summary history of Somesville written for Northeast Harbor Women's Club. Note states the original was to be kept in Belle Knowles's safe.
  • Adelma Joy
  • 4
  • manuscript
History of Somesville
Item:
  • 1909   
Type:
  • Document, Manuscript
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • Adelma Joy
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Somesville
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0422
Location:
  • General Collection Box 14
Pages:
  • 4
Medium:
  • manuscript
Description:
Handwritten on onionskin. Summary history of Somesville written for Northeast Harbor Women's Club. Note states the original was to be kept in Belle Knowles's safe.
1914Somesville Historic District - Survey and Inventory
  • Document, Report
  • Other, History
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Commercial, Commercial Structures
  • Structures, Dwellings
A survey and inventory of Somesville completed for the National Register of Historic Places; provided by the Maine Historic Preservation Committee and conducted by the U.S. Park Service.
  • mid 1980's
  • 11
  • photocopy
Somesville Historic District - Survey and Inventory
Item:
  • 1914   
Type:
  • Document, Report
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Commercial, Commercial Structures
  • Structures, Dwellings
Date:
  • mid 1980's
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Somesville
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0427
Location:
  • General Collection Box 14
Pages:
  • 11
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
A survey and inventory of Somesville completed for the National Register of Historic Places; provided by the Maine Historic Preservation Committee and conducted by the U.S. Park Service.
2030Stillness at Somesville
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Dwellings
Photograph essay of springtime in the village of Somesville. Photographs include one showing the traditional black and white houses on Main Street. Published in Down East Magazine, June 1994.
  • Sue Hodges
  • Jun-94
  • 3
  • magazine
Stillness at Somesville
Item:
  • 2030   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
Subject:
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Dwellings
Creator:
  • Sue Hodges
Date:
  • Jun-94
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Somesville
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0542
Location:
  • General Collection Box 17
Pages:
  • 3
Medium:
  • magazine
Description:
Photograph essay of springtime in the village of Somesville. Photographs include one showing the traditional black and white houses on Main Street. Published in Down East Magazine, June 1994.
2432Map of Somesville
  • Map
  • Places, Town
Blueprint, 15 1/2x10 3/4", showing roads and buildings (dotted), in Somesville.
  • Alfred Mullikin
  • 1927
  • 1
  • MAP
Map of Somesville
Item:
  • 2432   
Type:
  • Map
Subject:
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • Alfred Mullikin
Date:
  • 1927
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Somesville
Collection:
  • Great Harbor Collection
Object ID:
  • 23
Location:
  • GHC Box 1
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • MAP
Description:
Blueprint, 15 1/2x10 3/4", showing roads and buildings (dotted), in Somesville.
1271Pierce Barn
  • Document, Projection, Architectural Drawing
  • Structures, Agricultural, Barn
site plan, foundation plan, floor plans, elevations, schedules and details, electrical, mechanical, plumbing
  • Roc Caivano
  • 1999
  • Somes Pond, Somesville
  • 10 sheets
  • 10 mylars
  • great
Pierce Barn
Item:
  • 1271   
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Architectural Drawing
Subject:
  • Structures, Agricultural, Barn
Creator:
  • Roc Caivano
Date:
  • 1999
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Somesville
Street:
  • Somes Pond, Somesville
Collection:
  • Architectural Drawing Collection
Object ID:
  • ADC 0273 ROC
Location:
  • FF B-39
Pages:
  • 10 sheets
Medium:
  • 10 mylars
Condition:
  • great
Description:
site plan, foundation plan, floor plans, elevations, schedules and details, electrical, mechanical, plumbing
1278McAlpine Greenhouse
  • Document, Projection, Architectural Drawing
  • Structures, Agricultural, Greenhouse
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.
  • Roc Caivano
  • 1991-1992
  • Route 102, Somesville
  • 14 sheets
  • 4 paper vellum, 3 mylar, 7 tracing paper
  • great
McAlpine Greenhouse
Item:
  • 1278   
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Architectural Drawing
Subject:
  • Structures, Agricultural, Greenhouse
Creator:
  • Roc Caivano
Date:
  • 1991-1992
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Somesville
Street:
  • Route 102, Somesville
Collection:
  • Architectural Drawing Collection
Object ID:
  • ADC 0280 ROC
Location:
  • FF D-18
Pages:
  • 14 sheets
Medium:
  • 4 paper vellum, 3 mylar, 7 tracing paper
Condition:
  • great
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]