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13485Seawall Motel
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Lodging Business
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Motel
  • 560 Seawall Road
Annabelle owned and operated Seawall Dining Room, Manset, from 1959 to 2000. In 1982 she added the motel.
Seawall Motel
Item:
  • 13485   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Lodging Business
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Motel
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 560 Seawall Road
Description:
Annabelle owned and operated Seawall Dining Room, Manset, from 1959 to 2000. In 1982 she added the motel.
13187Harbor View Motel
  • Reference
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Motel
  • 11 Ocean Way
"Harbor View Motel, Southwest Harbor, Maine 04679, On ocean front - twelve modern, soundproof motel units - continental breakfasts in season - four housekeeping cottages - television - individual thermostatic control heat - five minutes walk to village and restaurants - adjacent to Acadia National Park, boating, lake swimming. Telephone 207-244-6631 - AAA - ALA - MOBIL" The telephone number for the hotel was once listed as Chestnut 43133. “Soon Announcing… The Opening of New Harbor View Motel, Southwest Harbor” - Advertisement, Bar Harbor Times, April 22, 1954
Harbor View Motel
Item:
  • 13187   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Motel
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 11 Ocean Way
Description:
"Harbor View Motel, Southwest Harbor, Maine 04679, On ocean front - twelve modern, soundproof motel units - continental breakfasts in season - four housekeeping cottages - television - individual thermostatic control heat - five minutes walk to village and restaurants - adjacent to Acadia National Park, boating, lake swimming. Telephone 207-244-6631 - AAA - ALA - MOBIL" The telephone number for the hotel was once listed as Chestnut 43133. “Soon Announcing… The Opening of New Harbor View Motel, Southwest Harbor” - Advertisement, Bar Harbor Times, April 22, 1954 [show more]
15524Jonathan Stewart's Neighborhood - Aberdeen, Scotland.
  • Reference
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • Aberdeen, Scotland
Jonathan Stewart's Neighborhood - Aberdeen, Scotland.
Item:
  • 15524   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Address:
  • Aberdeen, Scotland
15341Cobbossee Lake Lighthouse
  • Reference
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
Cobbossee Lake Lighthouse
Item:
  • 15341   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
State:
  • ME
15303Flora Belle (Butler) Murphy Lawton House
  • Reference
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Flora Belle (Butler) Murphy Lawton House
Item:
  • 15303   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
State:
  • ME
15312Mildred G. (Butler) Freeman House
  • Reference
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Mildred G. (Butler) Freeman House
Item:
  • 15312   
Accession #:
  • 1023
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Eleanor R. Mayo Collection
15203Jefferson Torrey House
  • Reference
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Jefferson Torrey House
Item:
  • 15203   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
15146W.H. Thurston Store
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Store Business
  • Structures, Commercial, Store
W.H. Thurston Store
Item:
  • 15146   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Store Business
  • Structures, Commercial, Store
15111Higgins Wharf
  • Reference
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf
Higgins Wharf
Item:
  • 15111   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf
15105The Live Yankee
  • Reference
  • Structures, Commercial, Store
“The Lurvey building [the Freeman J. Lurvey building on Main Street] was built as a general store and was conducted by Liston F. Smith for some years. Mr. Smith came to this vicinity some years previous and went over Mount Desert Island with a pedlar's [Sic] cart, calling himself "The Live Yankee." When he settled down to storekeeping- this was on his sign and by this cognomen he was known to most of the people. Later he moved his goods to one of the stores in the basement of the Masonic Hall where he was in business until failing health forced him to retire.” - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 148-149.
The Live Yankee
Item:
  • 15105   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Store
Description:
“The Lurvey building [the Freeman J. Lurvey building on Main Street] was built as a general store and was conducted by Liston F. Smith for some years. Mr. Smith came to this vicinity some years previous and went over Mount Desert Island with a pedlar's [Sic] cart, calling himself "The Live Yankee." When he settled down to storekeeping- this was on his sign and by this cognomen he was known to most of the people. Later he moved his goods to one of the stores in the basement of the Masonic Hall where he was in business until failing health forced him to retire.” - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 148-149. [show more]
15106The Captain's Walk
  • Reference
  • Structures, Commercial, Store
The Captain's Walk
Item:
  • 15106   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Store
14947Echo Vista Restaurant
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Restaurant Business
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Otmar “Otto” Franz Karban bought Echo Vista from Clarence N. Reddish on November 21, 1955. Clarence apparently bought the land and / or the business from Omar Tapley. The part of the land on the edge of the lake had belonged to Ernest T. Richardson and Vina E. (Ray) Richardson before it was sold it to Clarence Reddish. The Richardsons had a business, The Maplewood Lunch, just down the road from Echo Vista on the water side of the road.
Echo Vista Restaurant
Item:
  • 14947   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Restaurant Business
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Description:
Otmar “Otto” Franz Karban bought Echo Vista from Clarence N. Reddish on November 21, 1955. Clarence apparently bought the land and / or the business from Omar Tapley. The part of the land on the edge of the lake had belonged to Ernest T. Richardson and Vina E. (Ray) Richardson before it was sold it to Clarence Reddish. The Richardsons had a business, The Maplewood Lunch, just down the road from Echo Vista on the water side of the road.
14844Isaac Marshall Lurvey House
  • Reference
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
"…the house on the corner [of Seal Cove Road and Main Street] was built by Marshall Lurvey, sold to Capt. Thomas Milan, who sold it to Ezra D. Lurvey, whose son, Ezra W. Lurvey, now owns it." - Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, p. 140 - 1938
Isaac Marshall Lurvey House
Item:
  • 14844   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Description:
"…the house on the corner [of Seal Cove Road and Main Street] was built by Marshall Lurvey, sold to Capt. Thomas Milan, who sold it to Ezra D. Lurvey, whose son, Ezra W. Lurvey, now owns it." - Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, p. 140 - 1938
14851Echo Lake Girl Scout Camp
  • Reference
  • Places, Camp
  • Structures, Other Structures
Echo Lake Girl Scout Camp
Item:
  • 14851   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Places, Camp
  • Structures, Other Structures
14854The Old Narraguagus House, Cherryfield, Maine
  • Reference
  • Structures, Other Structures
The Old Narraguagus House, Cherryfield, Maine
Item:
  • 14854   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Other Structures
State:
  • ME
14782The J. Austin Gott House
  • Reference
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
The J. Austin Gott House
Item:
  • 14782   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
14377Jonah Corson House, Northeast Harbor
  • Reference
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Jonah Corson House, Northeast Harbor
Item:
  • 14377   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
13862A Southwest Harbor Post Office as a Maud E. (Gooch) Phillips House on Phillips Lane
  • Reference
  • Structures, Civic, Public, Post Office
A Southwest Harbor Post Office as a Maud E. (Gooch) Phillips House on Phillips Lane
Item:
  • 13862   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Public, Post Office
13793Eleazer Bartlett Homer House in Belmont, Massachusetts
  • Reference
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Eleazer Bartlett Homer House in Belmont, Massachusetts
Item:
  • 13793   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
13518Leslie C. Ober House
  • Reference
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Leslie C. Ober House
Item:
  • 13518   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
13464Maine Central Steamboat Wharf, Hancock
  • Reference
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf, Steamboat Wharf
Maine Central Steamboat Wharf, Hancock
Item:
  • 13464   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf, Steamboat Wharf
State:
  • ME
12981Painting of Clark's Wharf by Charles Morris Young
  • Reference
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf
  • Young - Charles Morris Young (1869-1964)
 The painting. "Clark's Wharf" (Southwest Harbor) was given to the Library by Mr. Young and hangs above the fireplace in the Holmes Reading Room in the Southwest Harbor Public Library. It was painted in October 1923.
Painting of Clark's Wharf by Charles Morris Young
Item:
  • 12981   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf
Creator:
  • Young - Charles Morris Young (1869-1964)
Description:
The painting. "Clark's Wharf" (Southwest Harbor) was given to the Library by Mr. Young and hangs above the fireplace in the Holmes Reading Room in the Southwest Harbor Public Library. It was painted in October 1923.