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Item Title Type Subject Creator Publisher Date Place Address Description
13798Simeon Holden Mayo's Boatshop and Wharf
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 168 Clark Point Road
Simeon Holden Mayo's Boatshop and Wharf
Item:
  • 13798   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 168 Clark Point Road
3602R.M. Norwood Company
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Building Business
  • Southwest Harbor
  • Clark Point Road
The R.M. Norwood Company did the original construction of the Wendell Gilley Museum.
R.M. Norwood Company
Item:
  • 3602   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Building Business
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • Clark Point Road
Description:
The R.M. Norwood Company did the original construction of the Wendell Gilley Museum.
13234R.J. Lemont's Drug Store
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Store Business
  • Southwest Harbor
Dr. Lemont’s first Drug Store was on the second floor of the large barn of Deacon Henry Higgins Clark’s original house. The house was by that time the Island House Hotel before it was greatly enlarged in 1885.
R.J. Lemont's Drug Store
Item:
  • 13234   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Store Business
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Description:
Dr. Lemont’s first Drug Store was on the second floor of the large barn of Deacon Henry Higgins Clark’s original house. The house was by that time the Island House Hotel before it was greatly enlarged in 1885.
3653Mrs. Lawton's Tea Room and Candy Shop
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Store Business
Mrs. Lawton's Tea Room and Gift Shop offered souvenirs, post cards, home made ice cream and "all kinds of cut flowers in season."
Mrs. Lawton's Tea Room and Candy Shop
Item:
  • 3653   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Store Business
Description:
Mrs. Lawton's Tea Room and Gift Shop offered souvenirs, post cards, home made ice cream and "all kinds of cut flowers in season."
15902Mount Desert Yacht Yard Inc.
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Mount Desert, Sound
  • 20 Butler Road
Mount Desert Yacht Yard began as a yacht storage and repair business, but became a design and building yard, particularly during the late 1940s and 1950s because of Butler and associates, Ted Earl and Cy Hamlin.
Mount Desert Yacht Yard Inc.
Item:
  • 15902   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Sound
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 20 Butler Road
Description:
Mount Desert Yacht Yard began as a yacht storage and repair business, but became a design and building yard, particularly during the late 1940s and 1950s because of Butler and associates, Ted Earl and Cy Hamlin.
3662McEachern & Hutchins Hardware Store
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Store Business
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 345 Main St.
Started as a contracting business in 1949, Archie McEachern bought out his uncle Jasper Hutchins in 1957 and transitioned the business to a lumber and hardware supply. The store expanded to multiple locations and was taken over by Archie's son, Les.
McEachern & Hutchins Hardware Store
Item:
  • 3662   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Store Business
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 345 Main St.
Description:
Started as a contracting business in 1949, Archie McEachern bought out his uncle Jasper Hutchins in 1957 and transitioned the business to a lumber and hardware supply. The store expanded to multiple locations and was taken over by Archie's son, Les.
13175Manset Marine Supply Company
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Store Business
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 172 Clark Point Road
Manset Marine Supply Company
Item:
  • 13175   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Store Business
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 172 Clark Point Road
15864Jimmy’s Lunch Room, Lobster Pound and Gas Station
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Store Business
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 173 Clark Point Road
The business started when Jimmy moved an old building he had been using to house chickens from his property on Clark Point Road, to the end of Clark Point and began to sell lobsters from it. He then expanded it in to a lunch room and installed gas pumps out front.
Jimmy’s Lunch Room, Lobster Pound and Gas Station
Item:
  • 15864   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Store Business
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 173 Clark Point Road
Description:
The business started when Jimmy moved an old building he had been using to house chickens from his property on Clark Point Road, to the end of Clark Point and began to sell lobsters from it. He then expanded it in to a lunch room and installed gas pumps out front.
13562Jarvis Newman Boat Yard
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
  • 14 Spar Lane
Jarvis Newman Boat Yard
Item:
  • 13562   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 14 Spar Lane
13527James Parker's Wharf
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
  • 127 Shore Road
James Parker's Wharf
Item:
  • 13527   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 127 Shore Road
12884J.N. Mills & Co. Cash Store
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Store Business
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 172 Clark Point Road
In 1914 Jesse Newell Mills and his sister, Cora Enola Mills opened a hardware and grocery store, the J.N. Mills Cash Store, on Clark Point in the second old Clark & Parker store at 172 Clark Point Road, Southwest Harbor, Maine across the road from what would later be the site of the J.N. Mills Co., Inc. fuel oil business.
J.N. Mills & Co. Cash Store
Item:
  • 12884   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Store Business
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 172 Clark Point Road
Description:
In 1914 Jesse Newell Mills and his sister, Cora Enola Mills opened a hardware and grocery store, the J.N. Mills Cash Store, on Clark Point in the second old Clark & Parker store at 172 Clark Point Road, Southwest Harbor, Maine across the road from what would later be the site of the J.N. Mills Co., Inc. fuel oil business.
14140Hot Flash Anny
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Business Shop
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 4 Clark Point Road
Hot Flash Anny
Item:
  • 14140   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Business Shop
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 4 Clark Point Road
3592Freeman's Wharf
Farnsworth Fish Factory
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Cannery Business
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf
  • Southwest Harbor
Built by John T.R. Freeman around 1885. The wharf was occupied by several canning businesses at various times
Freeman's Wharf
Farnsworth Fish Factory
Item:
  • 3592   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Cannery Business
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Description:
Built by John T.R. Freeman around 1885. The wharf was occupied by several canning businesses at various times
3467Beal's Fish Wharf
Fred Fernald Lobster Business
B.R. Simmons Lobster Business
H.R. Beal & Sons
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 182 Clark Point Road
Beal's Fish Wharf
Fred Fernald Lobster Business
B.R. Simmons Lobster Business
H.R. Beal & Sons
Item:
  • 3467   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 182 Clark Point Road
13288Clark and Parker Original Store
Pier One - Dock End
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Store Business
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 164 Clark Point Road
Clark and Parker Original Store
Pier One - Dock End
Item:
  • 13288   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Store Business
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 164 Clark Point Road
13287Clark and Parker 2nd Store
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Store Business
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 172 Clark Point Road
Clark and Parker 2nd Store
Item:
  • 13287   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Store Business
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 172 Clark Point Road
14238Bunker and Ellis Boat Company
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
Founded by Ralph Ellis and Raymound Adelbert Bunker in 1947 The company passed to Ralph Ellis' son Don and continues today as Ellis Boats
Bunker and Ellis Boat Company
Item:
  • 14238   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
Description:
Founded by Ralph Ellis and Raymound Adelbert Bunker in 1947 The company passed to Ralph Ellis' son Don and continues today as Ellis Boats
3558Bryant Bradley Studio, Bar Harbor
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Photography Business
  • Bar Harbor
  • Main Street
The photography studio of Bryant Bradley in Bar Harbor. Bradley built a three-story office building on Main Street to house his business. He developed and printed his photos on site.
Bryant Bradley Studio, Bar Harbor
Item:
  • 3558   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Photography Business
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • Main Street
Description:
The photography studio of Bryant Bradley in Bar Harbor. Bradley built a three-story office building on Main Street to house his business. He developed and printed his photos on site.
15863Augustus Clark’s Store, Barn & Bowling Alley
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Store Business
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 10 Town Wharf Way
Augustus Clark’s Store, Barn & Bowling Alley
Item:
  • 15863   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Store Business
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 10 Town Wharf Way
13653A.E. Parker Wharf and Boat Shop
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 168 Clark Point Road
A.E. Parker Wharf and Boat Shop
Item:
  • 13653   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 168 Clark Point Road
15908Smallidge Farm
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Farming
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Smallidge Farm
Item:
  • 15908   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Farming
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
State:
  • ME
3479Bass Harbor Boat Shop
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Tremont, Bernard
  • 25 Columbia Avenue
Bass Harbor Boat Shop
Item:
  • 3479   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
Place:
  • Tremont, Bernard
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 25 Columbia Avenue
13266Rich & Grindle Boatbuilders
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 50 Clark Point Road
Rich & Grindle Boatbuilders was founded in December 1946 when Roger Clifton Rich (1913-1996) and Ralph Merrill Grindle (1915-2005) formed a partnership to build boats in Roger's barn at Tracy Cove on Clark Point Road. The barn was next to Roger's house at 50 Clark Point Road.
Rich & Grindle Boatbuilders
Item:
  • 13266   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 50 Clark Point Road
Description:
Rich & Grindle Boatbuilders was founded in December 1946 when Roger Clifton Rich (1913-1996) and Ralph Merrill Grindle (1915-2005) formed a partnership to build boats in Roger's barn at Tracy Cove on Clark Point Road. The barn was next to Roger's house at 50 Clark Point Road.
15868William Cramp & Sons Shipbuilding Company
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Philadelphia PA
William Cramp & Sons Shipbuilding Company
Item:
  • 15868   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
Place:
  • Philadelphia PA
State:
  • PA
14386McKinley Fish & Freezer Co.
The Cold Storage
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • Tremont, Bass Harbor, McKinley
  • 53 Grandville Road
“Maine – McKinley - The McKinley Fish & Freezer Co., recently organized, with S.S. Nickerson, president, is building a modern fish freezing and cold storage plant, the latter to have storage space for about 10,000 barrels of fish. Two 30-ton Palson absorption refrigerating machines will be installed. The sharp freezer, with capacity for about 200 barrels of fish per day, will be located on the third floor, all of which it will occupy, and will be piped with 25,000 feet of 1¼-inch d.e. piping. The two lower floors will be cooled by air circulation from the sharp freezer. A small ice making system will also be added. Plant is to be ready for operation in May. 1911.” – “Ice and Refrigeration” Vol. 39, by Southern Ice Exchange, published by H.S. Rich & Co., p. 317, 1910. The building, always known simply as the "Cold Storage," became Sim Davis' boat shop, later was owned by the Hinckley Co., part of the Morris Yachts property in 2008. Perry Warrington Richardson (1839-1918) was an early President (1915) of the McKinley Fish & Freezer Co. His son, Herbert Perry Richardson (1863-1938) was the Treasurer.
McKinley Fish & Freezer Co.
The Cold Storage
Item:
  • 14386   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
Place:
  • Tremont, Bass Harbor, McKinley
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 53 Grandville Road
Description:
“Maine – McKinley - The McKinley Fish & Freezer Co., recently organized, with S.S. Nickerson, president, is building a modern fish freezing and cold storage plant, the latter to have storage space for about 10,000 barrels of fish. Two 30-ton Palson absorption refrigerating machines will be installed. The sharp freezer, with capacity for about 200 barrels of fish per day, will be located on the third floor, all of which it will occupy, and will be piped with 25,000 feet of 1¼-inch d.e. piping. The two lower floors will be cooled by air circulation from the sharp freezer. A small ice making system will also be added. Plant is to be ready for operation in May. 1911.” – “Ice and Refrigeration” Vol. 39, by Southern Ice Exchange, published by H.S. Rich & Co., p. 317, 1910. The building, always known simply as the "Cold Storage," became Sim Davis' boat shop, later was owned by the Hinckley Co., part of the Morris Yachts property in 2008. Perry Warrington Richardson (1839-1918) was an early President (1915) of the McKinley Fish & Freezer Co. His son, Herbert Perry Richardson (1863-1938) was the Treasurer. [show more]