The Atherton house, like many houses in Southwest Harbor, was built in one place and then moved to another. The house was built in 1905 on Maple Lane and moved across Will Herrick's pasture, in 1937, to its present location on Clark Point Road to make room for the new Pemetic High School. Item 5679, below, a photograph of the newly built Southwest Harbor Primary School, shows, at the very left of the picture, the George Delorin Atherton House in its original location on Maple Lane. Item 13141, below, shows the building whose construction caused the move of the Atherton house.
Description: The Atherton house, like many houses in Southwest Harbor, was built in one place and then moved to another. The house was built in 1905 on Maple Lane and moved across Will Herrick's pasture, in 1937, to its present location on Clark Point Road to make room for the new Pemetic High School. Item 5679, below, a photograph of the newly built Southwest Harbor Primary School, shows, at the very left of the picture, the George Delorin Atherton House in its original location on Maple Lane. Item 13141, below, shows the building whose construction caused the move of the Atherton house. [show more]
This house was built to rent. William "Bill" Joseph Lawlor, says that John Dix Lawler (1906-1997), Edwin Albert Lawlor's son, lived in the house. - Bill Lawlor to Charlotte R. Morrill 10/14/08.
Description: This house was built to rent. William "Bill" Joseph Lawlor, says that John Dix Lawler (1906-1997), Edwin Albert Lawlor's son, lived in the house. - Bill Lawlor to Charlotte R. Morrill 10/14/08.
"The house adjoining [the Watson Herrick house on the High Road] was built by Capt. Levi Robinson in 1838. His wife died a few years after, leaving him with a family of young children. He sold the place to Capt. James Long whose life was spent there and in 1900 it was bought from his heirs by Mrs. Jacob W. Carroll. It remained in the Carroll family for twenty-five years and was then sold to Schuyler R. Clark whose property it is at present. The road leading past this place and known as the High Road was laid out in 1881. It was stipulated that the highway should be 'sixteen feet from any building on the road' and this determines the course of the way as the Long house was the only one on the road at that time. There was originally a barn standing to the east of the house which long since disappeared. The original layout of the High Road states that it is forty feet in width." - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, p. 161 – 1938
Description: "The house adjoining [the Watson Herrick house on the High Road] was built by Capt. Levi Robinson in 1838. His wife died a few years after, leaving him with a family of young children. He sold the place to Capt. James Long whose life was spent there and in 1900 it was bought from his heirs by Mrs. Jacob W. Carroll. It remained in the Carroll family for twenty-five years and was then sold to Schuyler R. Clark whose property it is at present. The road leading past this place and known as the High Road was laid out in 1881. It was stipulated that the highway should be 'sixteen feet from any building on the road' and this determines the course of the way as the Long house was the only one on the road at that time. There was originally a barn standing to the east of the house which long since disappeared. The original layout of the High Road states that it is forty feet in width." - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, p. 161 – 1938 [show more]