This photo was probably taken soon after the store was built about 1887. The back part had not been added at this time. At the far left of the photograph one of the twin rusticator cottages, either the A. B. Farnham Cottage or the W. P. Dickey Cottage, is visible.
Description: This photo was probably taken soon after the store was built about 1887. The back part had not been added at this time. At the far left of the photograph one of the twin rusticator cottages, either the A. B. Farnham Cottage or the W. P. Dickey Cottage, is visible.
Photograph was taken from near the present standpipes on Freeman Ridge Road [2006]. Clark & Parker 2nd store (on the point on left) was built in 1885. The 2nd Stanley House (on the point at the right) was built in 1885. See Photograph #5090 for another view of the fleet in the harbor.
Description: Photograph was taken from near the present standpipes on Freeman Ridge Road [2006]. Clark & Parker 2nd store (on the point on left) was built in 1885. The 2nd Stanley House (on the point at the right) was built in 1885. See Photograph #5090 for another view of the fleet in the harbor.
Back Row - Left to Right: Ada Mace (1874-) Katherine "Kate" Carroll (1877-1949) - later Mrs. George Edwin Bacon Louise Freeman Geneva "Neva" V. Gott (1878-1955) - later Mrs. Fred Fernald Winnie Hodgkins Edith Lurvey Lulu Mayo Ella Young Kate Harmon (1876-1958) - later Mrs. Homer E. Brawn Hattie Kimball Mayo (1874-1947) - later Mrs. Byron Sabine Carpenter Hettie M. Handy (1876-1942) - later Mrs. Harry Leslie Lawton Nell Gilley Katherine Benny Freeman (1873-1957) - later Mrs. Fred Abbot Walls Herbert Albert Stanley (1872-1951) Bertha "Birdie" Louise Lemont (1876-) - Mrs. Frederic Hamilton Ralph Grace Lawton (1876-) Everton Livingston Gott (1875-1954) Chattie Adams Edward Fisher Teague (1878-) Thomas W. Ashe (1876-1930) George Lurvey (1867-1906) John Carroll (1874-1964) Teacher - Master A.B. Cole Front Row - Left to Right: Henry Alton Trundy (1878-1967) Roy Savage (1879-) Everett George Stanley (1874-1951) Roderick Pepper Clark (1880-1965) Neally Bates Jesse Lyndon Parker (1881-1966) Chaney Wells Randall (1879-1951) Clarence Atherton Moore (1876-1943) Robie Melvin Norwood Jr. (1873-1955) Lowell Grindle Hodgkins (1873-) Schuyler Randall Clark (1872-1953) Clayton Willey Thomas C. Stanley (1877-1901) Andrew "Andy" A. Brown (1876-1918) Fred Sidney Mayo (1877-1949) Albert Rowell
Description: Back Row - Left to Right: Ada Mace (1874-) Katherine "Kate" Carroll (1877-1949) - later Mrs. George Edwin Bacon Louise Freeman Geneva "Neva" V. Gott (1878-1955) - later Mrs. Fred Fernald Winnie Hodgkins Edith Lurvey Lulu Mayo Ella Young Kate Harmon (1876-1958) - later Mrs. Homer E. Brawn Hattie Kimball Mayo (1874-1947) - later Mrs. Byron Sabine Carpenter Hettie M. Handy (1876-1942) - later Mrs. Harry Leslie Lawton Nell Gilley Katherine Benny Freeman (1873-1957) - later Mrs. Fred Abbot Walls Herbert Albert Stanley (1872-1951) Bertha "Birdie" Louise Lemont (1876-) - Mrs. Frederic Hamilton Ralph Grace Lawton (1876-) Everton Livingston Gott (1875-1954) Chattie Adams Edward Fisher Teague (1878-) Thomas W. Ashe (1876-1930) George Lurvey (1867-1906) John Carroll (1874-1964) Teacher - Master A.B. Cole Front Row - Left to Right: Henry Alton Trundy (1878-1967) Roy Savage (1879-) Everett George Stanley (1874-1951) Roderick Pepper Clark (1880-1965) Neally Bates Jesse Lyndon Parker (1881-1966) Chaney Wells Randall (1879-1951) Clarence Atherton Moore (1876-1943) Robie Melvin Norwood Jr. (1873-1955) Lowell Grindle Hodgkins (1873-) Schuyler Randall Clark (1872-1953) Clayton Willey Thomas C. Stanley (1877-1901) Andrew "Andy" A. Brown (1876-1918) Fred Sidney Mayo (1877-1949) Albert Rowell [show more]
Francis Hector Clergue built the Green Mountain House in 1883, adjacent to the old Mountain House on the summit of Green Mountain, now Cadillac Mountain, to, serve patrons of his Green Mountain Railway, a cog railroad, which chugged up the mountain from Eagle Lake. Both the old and new structures burned to the ground on August 2, 1884. “1884, August 2. The burning of a hotel on Green Mountain, Mount Desert, in the evening, was plainly seen from Belfast, at a distance of fifty miles.” – “History of the City of Belfast in the State of Maine: From Its First Settlement in 1770 to 1875” by Joseph Williamson, p. 241 – 1913. Frank Clergue immediately replaced this structure with a smaller hotel and his business continued as noted in the review below. "...A Good Hotel Is At The Summit, where persons desiring it can find pleasant accomodations for a longer or shorter stay. Round trip tickets can be had of the company's agent, on Main Street, Bar Harbor. F.H. Clergue, President." - Part of an advertisement appearing in Bar Harbor and Mount Desert Island by William Berry Lapham - 1887.
Description: Francis Hector Clergue built the Green Mountain House in 1883, adjacent to the old Mountain House on the summit of Green Mountain, now Cadillac Mountain, to, serve patrons of his Green Mountain Railway, a cog railroad, which chugged up the mountain from Eagle Lake. Both the old and new structures burned to the ground on August 2, 1884. “1884, August 2. The burning of a hotel on Green Mountain, Mount Desert, in the evening, was plainly seen from Belfast, at a distance of fifty miles.” – “History of the City of Belfast in the State of Maine: From Its First Settlement in 1770 to 1875” by Joseph Williamson, p. 241 – 1913. Frank Clergue immediately replaced this structure with a smaller hotel and his business continued as noted in the review below. "...A Good Hotel Is At The Summit, where persons desiring it can find pleasant accomodations for a longer or shorter stay. Round trip tickets can be had of the company's agent, on Main Street, Bar Harbor. F.H. Clergue, President." - Part of an advertisement appearing in Bar Harbor and Mount Desert Island by William Berry Lapham - 1887. [show more]
"From high on Freeman's Hill, one can view the development on Clark Point, an area once owned by the island's first minister, Ebinazer Eaton. Deacon Clark's hostelry and the William Underwood & Company spurred development on this point. Many of the residences belong to Clark family members. Storekeepers and tradesmen drawn to the area for work were settling here as well. Far off in the distance, the towers of Robert Kaighn's elaborate 1892 summer cottage signal the beginnings of the summer colony." - Mount Desert Island - Somesville, Southwest Harbor, and Northeast Harbor by Earle G. Shettleworth Jr. and Lydia B. Vandenbergh - Images of America Series, p. 52 - 2001 Compare this image to item 12583 for a contemporary view of the same scene.
Description: "From high on Freeman's Hill, one can view the development on Clark Point, an area once owned by the island's first minister, Ebinazer Eaton. Deacon Clark's hostelry and the William Underwood & Company spurred development on this point. Many of the residences belong to Clark family members. Storekeepers and tradesmen drawn to the area for work were settling here as well. Far off in the distance, the towers of Robert Kaighn's elaborate 1892 summer cottage signal the beginnings of the summer colony." - Mount Desert Island - Somesville, Southwest Harbor, and Northeast Harbor by Earle G. Shettleworth Jr. and Lydia B. Vandenbergh - Images of America Series, p. 52 - 2001 Compare this image to item 12583 for a contemporary view of the same scene. [show more]
Schooner "Palestine" in foreground. The Indian camps (during the summers) at Indian Lot may be seen over the bowsprit in background. Beyond the foremast a rental building owned by Deacon Henry Clark is visible. The white house at the center was the residence of Henry Clark - built for him in 1871. The large house and barn at the left was the residence of William G. Parker - built for him in about 1868. The building with a dormer was a workshop in Deacon Clark's shipyard. There was an apartment upstairs. "The schooner Palestine, deserted here in Deacon's Harbor, was painted repeatedly by visitors. Behind the hull can be seen the workshops for Deacon Clark's shipyard business and Henry Clark and William Parker Chandlery. High on the hill are the houses of the deacon's children: daughter Ada, her husband William Parker (left), and son Henry. Each summer, Native Americans would return to their camping spot on the ridge, visible above the bow sprit." - Mount Desert Island - Somesville, Southwest Harbor, and Northeast Harbor by Earle G. Shettleworth Jr. and Lydia B. Vandenbergh - Images of America Series, p. 50 - 2001
Description: Schooner "Palestine" in foreground. The Indian camps (during the summers) at Indian Lot may be seen over the bowsprit in background. Beyond the foremast a rental building owned by Deacon Henry Clark is visible. The white house at the center was the residence of Henry Clark - built for him in 1871. The large house and barn at the left was the residence of William G. Parker - built for him in about 1868. The building with a dormer was a workshop in Deacon Clark's shipyard. There was an apartment upstairs. "The schooner Palestine, deserted here in Deacon's Harbor, was painted repeatedly by visitors. Behind the hull can be seen the workshops for Deacon Clark's shipyard business and Henry Clark and William Parker Chandlery. High on the hill are the houses of the deacon's children: daughter Ada, her husband William Parker (left), and son Henry. Each summer, Native Americans would return to their camping spot on the ridge, visible above the bow sprit." - Mount Desert Island - Somesville, Southwest Harbor, and Northeast Harbor by Earle G. Shettleworth Jr. and Lydia B. Vandenbergh - Images of America Series, p. 50 - 2001 [show more]
The Tremont Masonic Lodge #77, after it was raised and enlarged, at the corner of Main Street and Clark Point Road in Southwest Harbor. The building to the right of it was the Odd Fellows Hall, destroyed by fire on March 27, 1922. The front entrance (as shown) was on Main Street. A lobby and auditorium with stage were on that floor. Town meetings and other gatherings were held in the auditorium for many years. The top floor held the lodge hall. At the far left is A. Gilley's Barber Shop, and, to the right of it is R.J. Lemont's Drug Store. The shield sign to the right of that marks the store of the "Live Yankee." The business on the bottom floor (access from Clark Point Road) of the Old Masonic Hall is the J.T. Crippen Co. - musical instruments and supplies.
Description: The Tremont Masonic Lodge #77, after it was raised and enlarged, at the corner of Main Street and Clark Point Road in Southwest Harbor. The building to the right of it was the Odd Fellows Hall, destroyed by fire on March 27, 1922. The front entrance (as shown) was on Main Street. A lobby and auditorium with stage were on that floor. Town meetings and other gatherings were held in the auditorium for many years. The top floor held the lodge hall. At the far left is A. Gilley's Barber Shop, and, to the right of it is R.J. Lemont's Drug Store. The shield sign to the right of that marks the store of the "Live Yankee." The business on the bottom floor (access from Clark Point Road) of the Old Masonic Hall is the J.T. Crippen Co. - musical instruments and supplies. [show more]
Description: The Tremont Masonic Lodge #77 at the corner of Main Street and Clark Point Road in Southwest Harbor and the Odd Fellows building on the right.
The United Church of Christ (Congregational) on the High Road when the building was only a couple of years old. View is from the Dirigo Road looking down the High Road. Looking west, one can see the small bean and clam canning factory of Allen Lawler at the foot of Lawler Lane.
Description: The United Church of Christ (Congregational) on the High Road when the building was only a couple of years old. View is from the Dirigo Road looking down the High Road. Looking west, one can see the small bean and clam canning factory of Allen Lawler at the foot of Lawler Lane.
Earl Gott's house has had a varied history. It was begun on the Fernald Point Road, west of the Country Club house by Benjamin Gilley. His wife died before it was completed and he sold the house to Frank Higgins. Mr. Higgins never finished it and in 1883 he sold it to S. W. Herrick, who moved it to the junction of the Clark Point and High Roads and used it as a store for thirty-five years or more. After Mr. Herrick's death, his daughter sold the building to Earll Gott who moved it to his lot on the High Road where he occupies it as a home, having entirely remodeled and improved it.
Description: Earl Gott's house has had a varied history. It was begun on the Fernald Point Road, west of the Country Club house by Benjamin Gilley. His wife died before it was completed and he sold the house to Frank Higgins. Mr. Higgins never finished it and in 1883 he sold it to S. W. Herrick, who moved it to the junction of the Clark Point and High Roads and used it as a store for thirty-five years or more. After Mr. Herrick's death, his daughter sold the building to Earll Gott who moved it to his lot on the High Road where he occupies it as a home, having entirely remodeled and improved it. [show more]
The children, left to right: Mollie Garfield Lopaus (1882-1956) Anna “Annie” May Lopaus (1880-1965) Roscoe Green Lopaus (1873-1957) Roy Clark Lopaus (1875-1942)
Description: The children, left to right: Mollie Garfield Lopaus (1882-1956) Anna “Annie” May Lopaus (1880-1965) Roscoe Green Lopaus (1873-1957) Roy Clark Lopaus (1875-1942)
Back Row – Left to Right: Harriet Gilley (1838-1930) – daughter of Joseph Warren Gilley (1813-1894) Alice E. Gilley (1856-1938) – daughter of Joseph Warren Gilley (1813-1894) William Frederick Stanley (1866-) – grandson of Joseph Warren Gilley (1813-1894) Carrie B. (Ober) Stanley (1862-1932) – Mrs. William Frederick Stanley Charles Adelbert Gilley (1847-1914) – son of Joseph Warren Gilley (1813-1894) Front Row – Left to Right: Joseph Warren Gilley Jr. (1859-1918) – son of Joseph Warren Gilley (1813-1894) Two sisters - archivists unsure which girl is which: Annie S. Allen (1879-1949) Eunice M. Allen (1886-) The girls, visiting the family on the island, were granddaughters of Oliver L. Allen and Matilda (Gilley) Allen. Matilda (Gilley) Allen (1817-1909) was the sister of Joseph Warren Gilley (1813-1894)
Description: Back Row – Left to Right: Harriet Gilley (1838-1930) – daughter of Joseph Warren Gilley (1813-1894) Alice E. Gilley (1856-1938) – daughter of Joseph Warren Gilley (1813-1894) William Frederick Stanley (1866-) – grandson of Joseph Warren Gilley (1813-1894) Carrie B. (Ober) Stanley (1862-1932) – Mrs. William Frederick Stanley Charles Adelbert Gilley (1847-1914) – son of Joseph Warren Gilley (1813-1894) Front Row – Left to Right: Joseph Warren Gilley Jr. (1859-1918) – son of Joseph Warren Gilley (1813-1894) Two sisters - archivists unsure which girl is which: Annie S. Allen (1879-1949) Eunice M. Allen (1886-) The girls, visiting the family on the island, were granddaughters of Oliver L. Allen and Matilda (Gilley) Allen. Matilda (Gilley) Allen (1817-1909) was the sister of Joseph Warren Gilley (1813-1894) [show more]
Plate 13 from: Allen, Warren P. Mount Desert Souvenir : Fifteenth annual excursion of the Massachusetts Press Association, July 5-9, 1884 (Charles W. Eddy, Ware, Massachusetts, 1884).
Description: Plate 13 from: Allen, Warren P. Mount Desert Souvenir : Fifteenth annual excursion of the Massachusetts Press Association, July 5-9, 1884 (Charles W. Eddy, Ware, Massachusetts, 1884).
From July 12 to July 24, 1888 a party of twenty young people who attended Westtown [Quaker] School vacationed on Mount Desert Island. The young people stayed at The Roberts House hotel in Northeast Harbor from July 14, 1888 to July 23, 1888. They wrote and privately published a journal of their adventures, with one person writing each chapter. The journal was illustrated with photographs hand tipped in to the pages. Judy and Peter Obbard, longtime summer residents of Southwest Harbor, have kindly loaned their copy of “Mount Desert Memories” to the Southwest Harbor Public Library to study. Here in the Tenth Day Chapter, written by Anna Helena Goodwin, the young people, aboard a buckboard, passed Sand Beach on July 21, 1888 Goodwin – Anna Helena Goodwin (1862-1958)
Description: From July 12 to July 24, 1888 a party of twenty young people who attended Westtown [Quaker] School vacationed on Mount Desert Island. The young people stayed at The Roberts House hotel in Northeast Harbor from July 14, 1888 to July 23, 1888. They wrote and privately published a journal of their adventures, with one person writing each chapter. The journal was illustrated with photographs hand tipped in to the pages. Judy and Peter Obbard, longtime summer residents of Southwest Harbor, have kindly loaned their copy of “Mount Desert Memories” to the Southwest Harbor Public Library to study. Here in the Tenth Day Chapter, written by Anna Helena Goodwin, the young people, aboard a buckboard, passed Sand Beach on July 21, 1888 Goodwin – Anna Helena Goodwin (1862-1958) [show more]