The three most visible buildings - Left to Right: The Benjamin Benson II House - Tremont House Hotel - 125 Bernard Road, Map 17 - Lot 54 The Guy Hamilton Parker House - 119 Bernard Road, Map 17 - Lot 55 The Willis Watson Store / Town Office / Columbia Hall - Map 17 - Lot 56 - building demolished in 1936 - lot now Town of Tremont
Description: The three most visible buildings - Left to Right: The Benjamin Benson II House - Tremont House Hotel - 125 Bernard Road, Map 17 - Lot 54 The Guy Hamilton Parker House - 119 Bernard Road, Map 17 - Lot 55 The Willis Watson Store / Town Office / Columbia Hall - Map 17 - Lot 56 - building demolished in 1936 - lot now Town of Tremont
The three most visible buildings - Left to Right: The Benjamin Benson II House - Tremont House Hotel - 125 Bernard Road, Map 17 - Lot 54 The Guy Hamilton Parker House - 119 Bernard Road, Map 17 - Lot 55 The Willis Watson Store / Town Office / Columbia Hall - Map 17 - Lot 56 - building demolished in 1936 - lot now Town of Tremont
Description: The three most visible buildings - Left to Right: The Benjamin Benson II House - Tremont House Hotel - 125 Bernard Road, Map 17 - Lot 54 The Guy Hamilton Parker House - 119 Bernard Road, Map 17 - Lot 55 The Willis Watson Store / Town Office / Columbia Hall - Map 17 - Lot 56 - building demolished in 1936 - lot now Town of Tremont
“…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. "For the origins and summary of the Bar Harbor hotel scene and the social life that surrounded it, including the first visit of the fleet to Bar Harbor see – “Bar Harbor: The Hotel Era, 1868-1880” by Richard A. Savage, Chapter 17, p. 226 in “Maine – A History Through Selected Readings” edited by David C. Smith and Edward O. Schriver – 1985 The article originally appeared in the “Maine Historical Society Newsletter,” Vol. 10, No.4, May 1971, pp. 101-121 For the complete story of the Leightons and Maine postcards see: ""Greetings from Maine: A Postcard Album"" by R. Brewster Harding, published by Old Port Publishing Co., Portland, 1975 - ""Turn of the Century Views of America's Pine Tree State as recorded by Portland's Picture Postcard Pioneers, Chisholm Bros., the Hugh C. Leighton Co., the Geo. W. Morris Co. and others 1888-1915. This book appears to be the source for other published information on the subject."
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. "For the origins and summary of the Bar Harbor hotel scene and the social life that surrounded it, including the first visit of the fleet to Bar Harbor see – “Bar Harbor: The Hotel Era, 1868-1880” by Richard A. Savage, Chapter 17, p. 226 in “Maine – A History Through Selected Readings” edited by David C. Smith and Edward O. Schriver – 1985 The article originally appeared in the “Maine Historical Society Newsletter,” Vol. 10, No.4, May 1971, pp. 101-121 For the complete story of the Leightons and Maine postcards see: ""Greetings from Maine: A Postcard Album"" by R. Brewster Harding, published by Old Port Publishing Co., Portland, 1975 - ""Turn of the Century Views of America's Pine Tree State as recorded by Portland's Picture Postcard Pioneers, Chisholm Bros., the Hugh C. Leighton Co., the Geo. W. Morris Co. and others 1888-1915. This book appears to be the source for other published information on the subject." [show more]
Postcard Date: Circa 1920 Size: 5.4375” x 3.5” Media: Collotype (probably) Title: Martello Tower on Great Head, Bar Harbor, Maine Subject: Satterlee Tea House Photographer: Unknown Publisher: The Albertype Co., Brooklyn, N.Y. Original Printer: The Albertype Co. Divided Back: Y Bordered: N Mailed: N Postage: Unstated Number: Unnumbered Postmarked: N
Description: Postcard Date: Circa 1920 Size: 5.4375” x 3.5” Media: Collotype (probably) Title: Martello Tower on Great Head, Bar Harbor, Maine Subject: Satterlee Tea House Photographer: Unknown Publisher: The Albertype Co., Brooklyn, N.Y. Original Printer: The Albertype Co. Divided Back: Y Bordered: N Mailed: N Postage: Unstated Number: Unnumbered Postmarked: N