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Item Title Type Subject Creator Publisher Date Place Address Description
16728View of the Stanley House hotel from the water
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • Eastern Ilustrating Co., Belfast, Me.
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
A rare view of the Stanley House from the water. The shoreline with water, rocks, and trees are in the foreground with the only the roof and upper stories of the hotel visible in the backbround.
View of the Stanley House hotel from the water
Item:
  • 16728   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
Publisher:
  • Eastern Ilustrating Co., Belfast, Me.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of George Soules
Description:
A rare view of the Stanley House from the water. The shoreline with water, rocks, and trees are in the foreground with the only the roof and upper stories of the hotel visible in the backbround.
12224A. Bird Cough, Fine Groceries and Provisions
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Commercial, Store
  • 1902-08-12
  • Bar Harbor
  • 26 Cottage Street
A. Bird Cough, Fine Groceries and Provisions
Item:
  • 12224   
Accession #:
  • 1099
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Store
Date:
  • 1902-08-12
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 26 Cottage Street
Tags:
store, woman, apparel, carriage, people
12497Tables on the Tea Lawn at Jordan Pond House
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Commercial, Restaurant
  • Murphy - Steve R. Murphy
  • 1977
  • Acadia National Park
  • Jordan Pond
Tables on the Tea Lawn at Jordan Pond House
Item:
  • 12497   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Restaurant
Creator:
  • Murphy - Steve R. Murphy
Date:
  • 1977
Place:
  • Acadia National Park
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • Jordan Pond
Source:
  • Collection of George Soules
16625Newspaper Clippings featuring the Claremont Hotel
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • 1994
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 22 Claremont Road
"At inn overlooking the sea, tradition has a capital T" from The Globe and Mail - September 21, 1994 "Claremont spruces up for another century" from The Bar Harbor Times - August 18, 1994 "Visitor's guide to a lush Maine isle" from The New York Sunday Times -August 9, 1989 A write up by Charles C. Calhoun in MAINE - 1994 "An escape to Acadia Park when the crowds have gone" in The Inquirer "Edwardian Elegance, Regal Comfort" in The Times Record - August 30, 2002
Newspaper Clippings featuring the Claremont Hotel
Item:
  • 16625   
Accession #:
  • 2068
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
Date:
  • 1994
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 22 Claremont Road
Source:
  • The Claremont Hotel Collection courtesy of the McCue Family
Description:
"At inn overlooking the sea, tradition has a capital T" from The Globe and Mail - September 21, 1994 "Claremont spruces up for another century" from The Bar Harbor Times - August 18, 1994 "Visitor's guide to a lush Maine isle" from The New York Sunday Times -August 9, 1989 A write up by Charles C. Calhoun in MAINE - 1994 "An escape to Acadia Park when the crowds have gone" in The Inquirer "Edwardian Elegance, Regal Comfort" in The Times Record - August 30, 2002 [show more]
15547Ocean View Cabins on Route 3 in Seal Harbor
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Tourist Cabin
  • Luther S. Phillips, Bangor, Maine
  • 1959 PM
  • Mount Desert, Seal Harbor
According to Earl Brechlin, the location of the cabins appears to be just east of Little Harbor Brook between Seal Harbor and Northeast Harbor. The view is looking towards the southwest from the hill on the north side of Route 3. If you zoom in above the place you can just make out the bridge over the stream which is tidal at that point. The little island fits with topos of the area. There's a large estate there now. The back of the card indicates that the cabins were owned by Arthur and Evelyn Gibbs.
Ocean View Cabins on Route 3 in Seal Harbor
Item:
  • 15547   
Accession #:
  • 2043
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Tourist Cabin
Publisher:
  • Luther S. Phillips, Bangor, Maine
Date:
  • 1959 PM
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Seal Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • David Turner
Description:
According to Earl Brechlin, the location of the cabins appears to be just east of Little Harbor Brook between Seal Harbor and Northeast Harbor. The view is looking towards the southwest from the hill on the north side of Route 3. If you zoom in above the place you can just make out the bridge over the stream which is tidal at that point. The little island fits with topos of the area. There's a large estate there now. The back of the card indicates that the cabins were owned by Arthur and Evelyn Gibbs. [show more]
13258Moore's Garage
Southwest Harbor Motor Company
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Automotive Repair Business
  • Structures, Commercial, Commercial Structures, Automotive Repair
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 19 Clark Point Road
In 1940 Southwest Harbor Motor Co. was the only AAA filling station in Southwest Harbor. Their phone number was 51-2. The brick building was converted to offices to rent in 1986-1987. The U.S. Post Office opened in the building on June 2, 1987. Ralph Warren Stanley (1929-2021) attended school in the elementary school on the present ellipse (behind the Gilley Plumbing building on the left of this photograph) before it was moved across the street to become a fire station and now [2011] the police station/town office. When the bank was housed at the Southwest Harbor Motor Co. Ralph would take his penny bank there to be unlocked and have the money deposited in his bank account. The lady in the bank would show him the big safe where is money would be kept. – Ralph Warren Stanley 01/17/11 Marion E. Newman (1890-1976), Mrs. Frederick Walter Wescott at the time, owned a yellow Stutz Bearcat that was destroyed in the fire. Marion was known for having invested in Coca Cola stock and holding on to it when others thought it worthless and sold their stock. – Ralph Warren Stanley, 03/31/14
Moore's Garage
Southwest Harbor Motor Company
Item:
  • 13258   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Automotive Repair Business
  • Structures, Commercial, Commercial Structures, Automotive Repair
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 19 Clark Point Road
Description:
In 1940 Southwest Harbor Motor Co. was the only AAA filling station in Southwest Harbor. Their phone number was 51-2. The brick building was converted to offices to rent in 1986-1987. The U.S. Post Office opened in the building on June 2, 1987. Ralph Warren Stanley (1929-2021) attended school in the elementary school on the present ellipse (behind the Gilley Plumbing building on the left of this photograph) before it was moved across the street to become a fire station and now [2011] the police station/town office. When the bank was housed at the Southwest Harbor Motor Co. Ralph would take his penny bank there to be unlocked and have the money deposited in his bank account. The lady in the bank would show him the big safe where is money would be kept. – Ralph Warren Stanley 01/17/11 Marion E. Newman (1890-1976), Mrs. Frederick Walter Wescott at the time, owned a yellow Stutz Bearcat that was destroyed in the fire. Marion was known for having invested in Coca Cola stock and holding on to it when others thought it worthless and sold their stock. – Ralph Warren Stanley, 03/31/14 [show more]
13498Freeman Cottage
Freeman Annex
Ashmont Hotel
  • Reference
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Inn
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 371 Main Street
Freeman Cottage
Freeman Annex
Ashmont Hotel
Item:
  • 13498   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Inn
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 371 Main Street
13140A.I. Holmes Stores
The A&P - The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
  • Reference
  • Structures, Commercial, Store
  • Southwest Harbor
  • Main Street
A.I. Holmes Stores
The A&P - The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
Item:
  • 13140   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Store
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • Main Street
13501Franklin Ward Machine Shop
Dockside Motel
XYZ Restaurant
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Restaurant Business
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Motel
  • Structures, Other Structures
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
  • 48 Shore Road
Franklin Ward Machine Shop
Dockside Motel
XYZ Restaurant
Item:
  • 13501   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Restaurant Business
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Motel
  • Structures, Other Structures
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 48 Shore Road
13296Island House Hotel
  • Reference
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 121-127 Clark Point Road
"The Island House, owned by Deacon Henry H. Clark, was the first summer hotel on Mount Desert Island. Deacon Clark began the hotel business by taking into his hospitable home the first occasional tourists who came to the island for a short stay. He gradually enlarged his house until in 1885 it was entirely remodeled and did a thriving business, employing many of the townspeople during the summer season." - Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, p. 174 - 1938.
Island House Hotel
Item:
  • 13296   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 121-127 Clark Point Road
Description:
"The Island House, owned by Deacon Henry H. Clark, was the first summer hotel on Mount Desert Island. Deacon Clark began the hotel business by taking into his hospitable home the first occasional tourists who came to the island for a short stay. He gradually enlarged his house until in 1885 it was entirely remodeled and did a thriving business, employing many of the townspeople during the summer season." - Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, p. 174 - 1938. [show more]
13195Farnsworth's Millinery Shop and Post Office
  • Reference
  • Structures, Commercial, Store
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 406 Main Street
Farnsworth's Millinery Shop and Post Office
Item:
  • 13195   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Store
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 406 Main Street
16271Claremont Hotel renovations 2020
  • Image, Photograph, Digital Photograph
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • Soules - George John Soules
  • 2020-09-30
  • Southwest Harbor
This picture was taken on a foggy morning from the entrance to the construction site during renovations to the hotel shortly after its purchase by Tim Harrington in September 2020. The photo shows the building in the process of being painted white. The top of the tower in the upper right is still painted yellow, the hotel's signature color for many years.
Claremont Hotel renovations 2020
Item:
  • 16271   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Digital Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
Creator:
  • Soules - George John Soules
Date:
  • 2020-09-30
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Description:
This picture was taken on a foggy morning from the entrance to the construction site during renovations to the hotel shortly after its purchase by Tim Harrington in September 2020. The photo shows the building in the process of being painted white. The top of the tower in the upper right is still painted yellow, the hotel's signature color for many years.
16270Kennebunkport hotelier buys the Claremont Hotel
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • Mount Desert Islander
  • 2020-09-24
  • Southwest Harbor
Kennebunkport hotelier buys the Claremont Hotel
Item:
  • 16270   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
Publisher:
  • Mount Desert Islander
Date:
  • 2020-09-24
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
16066Malvern Cottage, Kebo Street, Bar Harbor, Maine
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • 1912-09-03
  • Bar Harbor
Mailed to: Miss Grace E. Gott, McKinley, Maine.
Malvern Cottage, Kebo Street, Bar Harbor, Maine
Item:
  • 16066   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
Date:
  • 1912-09-03
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • The Ward Family Collection
Description:
Mailed to: Miss Grace E. Gott, McKinley, Maine.
5581The Freeman House with Buggy
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Stereograph
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • Allen - Edward Lowe Allen (c. 1830-1914)
  • 1865 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 9 Phillips Lane
The Freeman House with Buggy
Item:
  • 5581   
Accession #:
  • 1032
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Stereograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
Creator:
  • Allen - Edward Lowe Allen (c. 1830-1914)
Date:
  • 1865 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 9 Phillips Lane
Source:
  • Bryant Bradley Collection
16215Green Mountain House, Mt. Desert, Me.
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Stereograph
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • Bradley - Bryant Bradley (1838-1890)
  • Acadia National Park, HCTPR
Green Mountain House, Mt. Desert, Me.
Item:
  • 16215   
Accession #:
  • 2004
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Stereograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
Creator:
  • Bradley - Bryant Bradley (1838-1890)
Place:
  • Acadia National Park, HCTPR
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Gift of Charles Carroll
12852Lawler Paint Co. Building
Sunrise Heating & Coastline Construction
  • Reference
  • Structures, Commercial, Store
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 40 Clark Point Road
Lawler Paint Co. Building
Sunrise Heating & Coastline Construction
Item:
  • 12852   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Store
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 40 Clark Point Road
11442Lobsterland in a Storm
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Restaurant Business
  • Structures, Commercial, Restaurant
  • 1963
  • Southwest Harbor, Seawall
  • 563 Seawall Road
The original Seawall Dining Room is visible at left.
Lobsterland in a Storm
Item:
  • 11442   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Restaurant Business
  • Structures, Commercial, Restaurant
Date:
  • 1963
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Seawall
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 563 Seawall Road
Source:
  • Collection of the David B. Benson Family
Description:
The original Seawall Dining Room is visible at left.
5823Moore's Garage Co. and Bar Harbor Banking & Trust Co.
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Automotive Repair Business
  • Structures, Commercial, Commercial Structures, Automotive Repair
  • 1919 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 19 Clark Point Road
The photograph shows Gilley Plumbing Co. to the left of Moore's Garage, and an early location of the Bar Harbor Banking & Trust Company in the right portion of the building.
Moore's Garage Co. and Bar Harbor Banking & Trust Co.
Item:
  • 5823   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Automotive Repair Business
  • Structures, Commercial, Commercial Structures, Automotive Repair
Date:
  • 1919 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 19 Clark Point Road
Description:
The photograph shows Gilley Plumbing Co. to the left of Moore's Garage, and an early location of the Bar Harbor Banking & Trust Company in the right portion of the building.
5556J.C. Ralph Studio on Main Street Looking South, Southwest Harbor
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Commercial, Store
  • 1898 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
The First Masonic Hall, now 353 Main Street, Southwest Harbor - at the corner of Clark Point Road, - The Hall, built c. 1877 as Tremont Hall, was sold to the Masonic lodge around 1902. The lodge members renamed the building, raised it, and rebuilt the first and second floors to achieve the building shown in all the pictures as the First Masonic Hall – See the Bar Harbor Times, April 20, 1927, p. 7. The building shown here is the Tremont Hall as it originally looked. One of the old street lights is visible on the right. - “In 1897, the different societies in the village combined to raise funds for street lights. The lamps were bought and placed near those houses whose owners were willing to furnish the kerosene and keep the lamps trimmed and lighted. These lamps did duty until the installation of electricity in the summer of 1917.” - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 124. The building on the right is John C. Ralph's Studio - Optician and Jewelry. John C. Ralph was Postmaster at Southwest Harbor from July 19, 1897 to November 1, 1905 and the Post Office is in the same building at far right. - Note wooden sidewalks.
J.C. Ralph Studio on Main Street Looking South, Southwest Harbor
Item:
  • 5556   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Commercial, Store
Date:
  • 1898 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Copies Collection
Description:
The First Masonic Hall, now 353 Main Street, Southwest Harbor - at the corner of Clark Point Road, - The Hall, built c. 1877 as Tremont Hall, was sold to the Masonic lodge around 1902. The lodge members renamed the building, raised it, and rebuilt the first and second floors to achieve the building shown in all the pictures as the First Masonic Hall – See the Bar Harbor Times, April 20, 1927, p. 7. The building shown here is the Tremont Hall as it originally looked. One of the old street lights is visible on the right. - “In 1897, the different societies in the village combined to raise funds for street lights. The lamps were bought and placed near those houses whose owners were willing to furnish the kerosene and keep the lamps trimmed and lighted. These lamps did duty until the installation of electricity in the summer of 1917.” - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 124. The building on the right is John C. Ralph's Studio - Optician and Jewelry. John C. Ralph was Postmaster at Southwest Harbor from July 19, 1897 to November 1, 1905 and the Post Office is in the same building at far right. - Note wooden sidewalks. [show more]
5579The Freeman House with People on Porch and Balcony
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • 1886
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 9 Phillips Lane
The Freeman House with People on Porch and Balcony
Item:
  • 5579   
Accession #:
  • 2004
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
Date:
  • 1886
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 9 Phillips Lane
Source:
  • Gift of Charles Carroll
5184William E. Murphy and His Livery Stable
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • Structures, Commercial, Livery Stable
  • Southwest Harbor
The white house on the right at 29 Clark Point Road is the Edwin Albert Lawler House The men listed on the back of one copy of this photograph as being in the picture are: Warren Norwood, probably Warren M. Norwood (1889-1927) Harlan Harper, probably Harlan Page Harper (1884-1951) Everett Carson Murphy (1879-1958) - William E. Murphy's brother William E. Murphy (1877-?)
William E. Murphy and His Livery Stable
Item:
  • 5184   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • People
  • Structures, Commercial, Livery Stable
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Description:
The white house on the right at 29 Clark Point Road is the Edwin Albert Lawler House The men listed on the back of one copy of this photograph as being in the picture are: Warren Norwood, probably Warren M. Norwood (1889-1927) Harlan Harper, probably Harlan Page Harper (1884-1951) Everett Carson Murphy (1879-1958) - William E. Murphy's brother William E. Murphy (1877-?)
7213Letter from Lawrence Phillips to William E. Rhoads
  • Document, Correspondence
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • 1942-05-21
  • Southwest Harbor
This letter and its envelope are on stationary from the Claremont Hotel in Southwest Harbor.
Letter from Lawrence Phillips to William E. Rhoads
Item:
  • 7213   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
Date:
  • 1942-05-21
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of the Obbard Family
Description:
This letter and its envelope are on stationary from the Claremont Hotel in Southwest Harbor.
11731Brown Mountain Gate Lodge, Acadia National Park
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Lodge
  • The Albertype Company, Brooklyn, NY
  • 1932 c.
  • Acadia National Park
Brown Mountain Gate Lodge, Acadia National Park
Item:
  • 11731   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Lodge
Publisher:
  • The Albertype Company, Brooklyn, NY
Date:
  • 1932 c.
Place:
  • Acadia National Park
State:
  • ME
3613Brown Mountain Gate Lodge
  • Reference
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Lodge
  • Acadia National Park
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.
Brown Mountain Gate Lodge
Item:
  • 3613   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Lodge
Place:
  • Acadia National Park
State:
  • ME
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]