“At the head of Northeast Harbor, about a mile from the Kimball House, on a high terrace looking out to sea, stand the Roberts House and Savage’s boarding-house and Harbor Cottages, a charming sequestered neighborhood, haunted through the livelong summer by bright tennis-suits and vivacious exiles from the cities.” – “Chisholm’s Mount-Desert Guide-Book” by Moses Foster Sweetser, p. 65-6, published by Chisholm Brothers, 1888 William Roberts built the Roberts House in Northeast Harbor in 1883. In 1893 the Roberts House, with accommodations for 40 guests, was run by H.D. Roberts. Horace D. Roberts was born to William and Deborah (Robbins) Roberts on March 18, 1834 in Northeast Harbor, Maine. Horace married Catharine Gilpatrick Stanley (1835-1918), daughter of William and Hannah (Manchester) Stanley in Southwest Harbor. Horace D. Roberts died on December 7, 1886 in Boston, Massachusetts.
Description: “At the head of Northeast Harbor, about a mile from the Kimball House, on a high terrace looking out to sea, stand the Roberts House and Savage’s boarding-house and Harbor Cottages, a charming sequestered neighborhood, haunted through the livelong summer by bright tennis-suits and vivacious exiles from the cities.” – “Chisholm’s Mount-Desert Guide-Book” by Moses Foster Sweetser, p. 65-6, published by Chisholm Brothers, 1888 William Roberts built the Roberts House in Northeast Harbor in 1883. In 1893 the Roberts House, with accommodations for 40 guests, was run by H.D. Roberts. Horace D. Roberts was born to William and Deborah (Robbins) Roberts on March 18, 1834 in Northeast Harbor, Maine. Horace married Catharine Gilpatrick Stanley (1835-1918), daughter of William and Hannah (Manchester) Stanley in Southwest Harbor. Horace D. Roberts died on December 7, 1886 in Boston, Massachusetts. [show more]
“…the…Hotel Porcupine, later the Florence (1887; burned, 1918), a Main Street, five-story rectangular block with Shingle-style features and a strong sense of verticality represented by its stacked window bays, bay roof caps, steep-pitched roof planes, and tall, corbelled brick chimneys…represented [with the larger Malvern Hotel] an impressive conclusion to Bar Harbor’s opulent Victorian hotel era.” - “Summer By The Seaside: The Architecture of New England Coastal Resort Hotels, 1820-1950” by Bryant F. Tolles, Jr., p. 165, 170, University Press of New England – 2008 - An excellent study including information about The Island House in Southwest Harbor and its place in the range of hotels on the island during this period along with a very complete history of many of the Bar Harbor hotels.
Description: “…the…Hotel Porcupine, later the Florence (1887; burned, 1918), a Main Street, five-story rectangular block with Shingle-style features and a strong sense of verticality represented by its stacked window bays, bay roof caps, steep-pitched roof planes, and tall, corbelled brick chimneys…represented [with the larger Malvern Hotel] an impressive conclusion to Bar Harbor’s opulent Victorian hotel era.” - “Summer By The Seaside: The Architecture of New England Coastal Resort Hotels, 1820-1950” by Bryant F. Tolles, Jr., p. 165, 170, University Press of New England – 2008 - An excellent study including information about The Island House in Southwest Harbor and its place in the range of hotels on the island during this period along with a very complete history of many of the Bar Harbor hotels. [show more]
Bessie Noyes is sitting on the steps, second step up, 6th from the left. Audrey Emeline Dolliver (1897-1985) is on the steps in the exact center of this photograph.
Description: Bessie Noyes is sitting on the steps, second step up, 6th from the left. Audrey Emeline Dolliver (1897-1985) is on the steps in the exact center of this photograph.