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12497 | Tables on the Tea Lawn at Jordan Pond House |
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11731 | Brown Mountain Gate Lodge, Acadia National Park |
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3613 | Brown Mountain Gate Lodge |
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| One of two gate lodges (the other being the Jordan Pond Gate Lodge) built for John D. Rockefeller Jr. to serve as entry points to his system of carriage roads and to guard against the entry of automobiles. The Brown Mountain Gate Lodge is the larger of the two, with a small complex consisting of a gate house, carriage house, and a care taker's house. The carriage road no longer passes through the grand gate. The two lodges were designed by Grosvenor Atterbury, a New York architect who had previously designed the Congregational Church in Seal Harbor. Atterbury shared Rockefeller's dedication to philanthropy and was one of the few architects to study and use light and ventilation in tenement buildings. These lodges allowed Atterbury to design for the aesthetics of a grand estate and the purpose of housing the working class families that cared for the carriage roads. The gate lodges were subsequently given to Acadia National Park along with the system of carriage roads. In the years since, they have served as housing for park employees. While they are no longer necessary to guard against the entry of automobiles, they serve as a reminder of this long tradition and as architectural gems within the Park. | Description: One of two gate lodges (the other being the Jordan Pond Gate Lodge) built for John D. Rockefeller Jr. to serve as entry points to his system of carriage roads and to guard against the entry of automobiles. The Brown Mountain Gate Lodge is the larger of the two, with a small complex consisting of a gate house, carriage house, and a care taker's house. The carriage road no longer passes through the grand gate. The two lodges were designed by Grosvenor Atterbury, a New York architect who had previously designed the Congregational Church in Seal Harbor. Atterbury shared Rockefeller's dedication to philanthropy and was one of the few architects to study and use light and ventilation in tenement buildings. These lodges allowed Atterbury to design for the aesthetics of a grand estate and the purpose of housing the working class families that cared for the carriage roads. The gate lodges were subsequently given to Acadia National Park along with the system of carriage roads. In the years since, they have served as housing for park employees. While they are no longer necessary to guard against the entry of automobiles, they serve as a reminder of this long tradition and as architectural gems within the Park. [show more] | ||||
13660 | Interior of the Jordan Pond House |
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3500 | Jordan Pond House |
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10134 | Advertisement for Jordan Pond House |
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7253 | Advertisement for Jordan Pond House |
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9318 | Jordan Pond House |
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7203 | Acadia National Park - Jordan Pond House |
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11567 | Jordan Pond House Dining Room |
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12149 | Jordan Pond House from the Lawn |
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12151 | The Birch Bark Room at the Jordan Pond House |
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| The Birch Bark Room was destroyed during the Jordan Pond House fire in 1979. | Description: The Birch Bark Room was destroyed during the Jordan Pond House fire in 1979. |