L to R note: Union Church, Gilman High School, Hose Tower on Summit Road, backs of buildings on Main Street. Falt Homestead, near left. Digital image from Jeff Dobbs Productions.
Description: L to R note: Union Church, Gilman High School, Hose Tower on Summit Road, backs of buildings on Main Street. Falt Homestead, near left. Digital image from Jeff Dobbs Productions.
Designed by Fred L. Savage for Herman Savage. Built in 1883, enlarged in 1908, and burned on 3/3/1942 (according to Northeast Harbor Fire Co. records).
Description: Designed by Fred L. Savage for Herman Savage. Built in 1883, enlarged in 1908, and burned on 3/3/1942 (according to Northeast Harbor Fire Co. records).
Description: Carpenter shop at the dock was George Soulis's, then Lampson and Hodgdon's. The firm became E. A. Hodgdon, then H. E. Bucklin, now C. E. Bucklin
Description: Taken from the Clifton Dock. The hotel belonged to Clarence Kimball and once included the 1992 Rufus Williams and F.I.G. Coleman properties.
Description: Looking from shore toward Somes House hotel ca. 1910. Collected for "Mount Desert: an Informal History". Digital image from Jeff Dobbs Productions.
Shows the hotel from the beach with annex in background. Razed by Mr. Rockefeller to make Village Green. Photograph loaned for Mount Desert: an informal history.
Description: Shows the hotel from the beach with annex in background. Razed by Mr. Rockefeller to make Village Green. Photograph loaned for Mount Desert: an informal history.
Shows the hotel from the embankment south of beach. Also shows shore path along east shore of harbor. Photograph loaned for Mount Desert: an informal history
Description: Shows the hotel from the embankment south of beach. Also shows shore path along east shore of harbor. Photograph loaned for Mount Desert: an informal history
Sepia Photograph (8"x10") taken around 1886 of the Rock End Hotel and dock. Also shown is the McLean Cottage which may be the 1st house designed by Fred Savage. The wharf is in the general direction of the Northeast Harbor Fleet pier extending to Vaughn's Point.
Description: Sepia Photograph (8"x10") taken around 1886 of the Rock End Hotel and dock. Also shown is the McLean Cottage which may be the 1st house designed by Fred Savage. The wharf is in the general direction of the Northeast Harbor Fleet pier extending to Vaughn's Point.
Seal Harbor looking inland from the tip of Dodge Point. On left is the Sea Side Hotel, right of center is the Glencove Hotel, and on right are homes along Steamboat Wharf Road.
Description: Seal Harbor looking inland from the tip of Dodge Point. On left is the Sea Side Hotel, right of center is the Glencove Hotel, and on right are homes along Steamboat Wharf Road.
Kimball House on the corner of South Shore Road and Kimball Rd., Northeast Harbor. The Rock End Hotel is down the road (center). St. Mary's bell tower is at lower right.
Description: Kimball House on the corner of South Shore Road and Kimball Rd., Northeast Harbor. The Rock End Hotel is down the road (center). St. Mary's bell tower is at lower right.