Description: The farm in middle distance is the Corson farm, whose fields became the golf course. The farmhouse was moved and is now "Millbrook Cottage"
Publication of a paper presented by William Sawtelle to the Maine Historical Society in 1923 about Samuel Argall, merchant tailor, of Bristol, England, and the first Englishman recorded to have visited Mount Desert Island in 1613.
Description: Publication of a paper presented by William Sawtelle to the Maine Historical Society in 1923 about Samuel Argall, merchant tailor, of Bristol, England, and the first Englishman recorded to have visited Mount Desert Island in 1613.
Copy of Stanley's "History of Shipbuilding on MDI "with a list of vessels built between 1782 and 1902. Several photographs of the boats were added by R. Pyle at the Northeast Harbor library.
Description: Copy of Stanley's "History of Shipbuilding on MDI "with a list of vessels built between 1782 and 1902. Several photographs of the boats were added by R. Pyle at the Northeast Harbor library.
Rose Lamb, the aunt of Aimee and Rosamund Lamb of Sutton Island used to come to the Asticou Inn. The sketch book includes pencil sketches of people and places on Mount Desert Island.
Description: Rose Lamb, the aunt of Aimee and Rosamund Lamb of Sutton Island used to come to the Asticou Inn. The sketch book includes pencil sketches of people and places on Mount Desert Island.
Images and information about the Rock End Hotel and Cottages, grounds, and views from the hotel. a: Rock End Hotel, enlarged 1909 b: Hotel and adjacent grounds c: Looking north to Brown's Mountain. Village of Northeast Harbor on the right, one quarter of a mile distant d: View of western way and the ocean, looking south from the hotel piazza e: View of Western Mountain from hotel f: View from the piazza showing Some Sound and the public boathouse 500 feet southwest of the hotel g: Bear Island Light, one mile southeast from the hotel, sean from third story window h: Looking southwest from the hotel piazza i: View of Robinson and Western Mountains, northwest of the hotel j: From Greenough's Island looking northeast to the hotel k: St. Mary's by the Sea, on thousand feet from the hotel l: Jordan Pond, a fine place for rowing or fishing m: Maine Central Railraod Ferry boats passing in front of the hotel, one half mile away n: View to the southeast from second story of the hotel showing, over the tree tops, Bear Island Light one mile away o: View of Sargent Mountain and Asticou Hill, northeast of the hotel
Description: Images and information about the Rock End Hotel and Cottages, grounds, and views from the hotel. a: Rock End Hotel, enlarged 1909 b: Hotel and adjacent grounds c: Looking north to Brown's Mountain. Village of Northeast Harbor on the right, one quarter of a mile distant d: View of western way and the ocean, looking south from the hotel piazza e: View of Western Mountain from hotel f: View from the piazza showing Some Sound and the public boathouse 500 feet southwest of the hotel g: Bear Island Light, one mile southeast from the hotel, sean from third story window h: Looking southwest from the hotel piazza i: View of Robinson and Western Mountains, northwest of the hotel j: From Greenough's Island looking northeast to the hotel k: St. Mary's by the Sea, on thousand feet from the hotel l: Jordan Pond, a fine place for rowing or fishing m: Maine Central Railraod Ferry boats passing in front of the hotel, one half mile away n: View to the southeast from second story of the hotel showing, over the tree tops, Bear Island Light one mile away o: View of Sargent Mountain and Asticou Hill, northeast of the hotel [show more]
Elly Andrews interviews 4 of Roc Caivano's close friends from his Yale years: Bob Knight, Peter Woerner, Tom Carey, and Ron Filson. Roc received his BA from Dartmouth College and a Master of Architecture degree from Yale University. He and and wife Helen arrived on MDI in 1974 where he was hired to start a program in Environmental Design at the College of the Atlantic. While at COA, Roc, Barbara Sassaman and Harris Hyman established an office in Southwest Harbor where they were involved in the renovation of the Turrets, a granite shorefront “cottage” designed by Bruce Price and originally built in 1895. They also created the Wendell Gilley Museum, the Somesville bridge and a number of single family residences. For over 45 years Roc Caivano Architects prepared the master plan for Acadia National Park, the renovation and conversion of the Schoodic Navel Station in to the Schoodic National Park Education Center, Acadia’s Fee Station and the Island Explorer Bus Shelter System, the Mary Dow and MDI Hospital Oncology Centers and other medical and educational facilities.
Description: Elly Andrews interviews 4 of Roc Caivano's close friends from his Yale years: Bob Knight, Peter Woerner, Tom Carey, and Ron Filson. Roc received his BA from Dartmouth College and a Master of Architecture degree from Yale University. He and and wife Helen arrived on MDI in 1974 where he was hired to start a program in Environmental Design at the College of the Atlantic. While at COA, Roc, Barbara Sassaman and Harris Hyman established an office in Southwest Harbor where they were involved in the renovation of the Turrets, a granite shorefront “cottage” designed by Bruce Price and originally built in 1895. They also created the Wendell Gilley Museum, the Somesville bridge and a number of single family residences. For over 45 years Roc Caivano Architects prepared the master plan for Acadia National Park, the renovation and conversion of the Schoodic Navel Station in to the Schoodic National Park Education Center, Acadia’s Fee Station and the Island Explorer Bus Shelter System, the Mary Dow and MDI Hospital Oncology Centers and other medical and educational facilities. [show more]
Catalog from Clark Point Gallery in SW Harbor for summer exhibit of photographs by Richard Herman Rothe, landscape designer. In 1906 he became superintendent of Mount Desert Nurseries on Nursery Lane, Northeast Harbor.
Description: Catalog from Clark Point Gallery in SW Harbor for summer exhibit of photographs by Richard Herman Rothe, landscape designer. In 1906 he became superintendent of Mount Desert Nurseries on Nursery Lane, Northeast Harbor.
Twenty-six b/w photographs by Russell Butcher, formerly of Seal Harbor, of undeveloped land in the town of Mount Desert proposed as possible resource conservation zones by the Town conservation committee.
Description: Twenty-six b/w photographs by Russell Butcher, formerly of Seal Harbor, of undeveloped land in the town of Mount Desert proposed as possible resource conservation zones by the Town conservation committee.
19 nitrate negatives have begun to deteriorate. 11/13/15-Hannah Related to diaries GEN 0372 61. Thompson Island bridge (Trenton bridge) 64. View from the Claremont, Southwest Harbor
Description: 19 nitrate negatives have begun to deteriorate. 11/13/15-Hannah Related to diaries GEN 0372 61. Thompson Island bridge (Trenton bridge) 64. View from the Claremont, Southwest Harbor
a: Northeast Harbor Fleet and walkway to Smallidge Point. b: Showing the harbor view from Spurling & Ladd boat slip c: Showing the Spurling & Ladd boat slip (Clifton Dock) viewed from the Clifton Hotel. Dock is active with people and horses. d: From Spurling & Ladd boat slip (Clifton Dock) of a variety of boats in the harbor. e: Asticou Mountain (Eliot Mountain) of the harbor and village in Northeast Harbor. Several village of Northeast Harbor. A few cottage sites are identified. f: Northeast Harbor Swim Club with a canoe in the pool and a large number of people surrounding it. g: Looking across Somes Sound from Indian Head. h: Toward Somes Sound and Flying and Acadia Mountains from "Westover" on Schoolhouse Ledge. The "Disston Bungalow" is the Corson Farm before it was moved. Tilton Cottage is also identified. i: Somes Sound from Flying Mountain. Eagle Lake can be seen in the center. The upper road on the east shore of the Sound was abandoned in the 1930's. j: Northeast Harbor Belle Smallidge Collection
Description: a: Northeast Harbor Fleet and walkway to Smallidge Point. b: Showing the harbor view from Spurling & Ladd boat slip c: Showing the Spurling & Ladd boat slip (Clifton Dock) viewed from the Clifton Hotel. Dock is active with people and horses. d: From Spurling & Ladd boat slip (Clifton Dock) of a variety of boats in the harbor. e: Asticou Mountain (Eliot Mountain) of the harbor and village in Northeast Harbor. Several village of Northeast Harbor. A few cottage sites are identified. f: Northeast Harbor Swim Club with a canoe in the pool and a large number of people surrounding it. g: Looking across Somes Sound from Indian Head. h: Toward Somes Sound and Flying and Acadia Mountains from "Westover" on Schoolhouse Ledge. The "Disston Bungalow" is the Corson Farm before it was moved. Tilton Cottage is also identified. i: Somes Sound from Flying Mountain. Eagle Lake can be seen in the center. The upper road on the east shore of the Sound was abandoned in the 1930's. j: Northeast Harbor Belle Smallidge Collection [show more]