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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] | ||||
14234 | Duck Brook Carriage Road Bridge |
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12722 | Duck Brook Carriage Road Bridge |
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15366 | Gladys Ella Whitmore's Cabin at Echo Lake |
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13660 | Interior of the Jordan Pond House |
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12974 | US Naval Radio Station at Seawall |
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| The station was located on what later became the Seawall Camp Ground. "John Dolliver had a house farther to the west [from Enoch Newman’s place at Seawall] which he sold to United States Government and it was burned a few years ago. The radio station and house were built during the World War and the station was dismantled some years after the war was over. The radio house as it is still called, is owned by United States and in the care of Park authorities." - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 205. | Description: The station was located on what later became the Seawall Camp Ground. "John Dolliver had a house farther to the west [from Enoch Newman’s place at Seawall] which he sold to United States Government and it was burned a few years ago. The radio station and house were built during the World War and the station was dismantled some years after the war was over. The radio house as it is still called, is owned by United States and in the care of Park authorities." - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 205. [show more] | ||||
12905 | Otter Cliff Radio Station |
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3500 | Jordan Pond House |
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10249 | U.S. Naval Radio Station, Seawall, Maine |
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10130 | Walter Eugene Higgins at the U.S. Naval Radio Station Gate, Seawall |
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| Walter is shown standing at the gatehouse to the station. | Description: Walter is shown standing at the gatehouse to the station. | |||
10134 | Advertisement for Jordan Pond House |
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7253 | Advertisement for Jordan Pond House |
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5860 | U.S. Naval Station at Otter Point |
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9318 | Jordan Pond House |
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12654 | Bass Harbor Head Light - The Red Lens |
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12655 | Bass Harbor Head Light - View Down the Stairs |
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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. | |
12154 | Acadia National Park - Duck Brook Carriage Road Bridge in the Snow |
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8877 | Gladys' Cabin at Ike's Point on Echo Lake |
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8888 | Gladys' Cabin at Ike's Point on Echo Lake |
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