Item	Title	Type	Subject	Creator	Publisher	Date	Place	Address	Description
13383	Southwest Harbor Fire Department	Reference	Organizations, Civic Structures, Civic, Fire House				Southwest Harbor	250 Main Street		Southwest Harbor Fire Department Item: 13383    Type: Reference Subject: Organizations, Civic Structures, Civic, Fire House Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Address: 250 Main Street
13566	Southwest Harbor Post Office at 30 Clark Point Road	Reference	Organizations, Civic Structures, Civic, Public, Post Office				Southwest Harbor	30 Clark Point Road	"At Southwest Harbor after J. T. R. Freeman, Mrs. Emily Robinson Farnsworth had the [post] office for some time; then J. A. Freeman and William J. Tower held it alternately according to change of political administration for several terms. Then E. S. Thurston was appointed and held office for twelve years until Earll W. Gott was appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt. The office has changed location with every new postmaster…" - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 105. "William J. Tower built the building east of the Jackson lot and he kept the post-office there for a number of years. He sold to E. S. Thurston when Mr. Thurston took over the duties of postmaster and after his services of twelve years were past, the property was sold in 1936 to Mrs. Fred A. Birlem whose son, Wallace Birlem, built the double garage behind it with living rooms above which he occupies [1938]." - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 157.	Southwest Harbor Post Office at 30 Clark Point Road Item: 13566    Type: Reference Subject: Organizations, Civic Structures, Civic, Public, Post Office Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Address: 30 Clark Point Road Description: "At Southwest Harbor after J. T. R. Freeman, Mrs. Emily Robinson Farnsworth had the [post] office for some time; then J. A. Freeman and William J. Tower held it alternately according to change of political administration for several terms. Then E. S. Thurston was appointed and held office for twelve years until Earll W. Gott was appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt. The office has changed location with every new postmaster…" - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 105. "William J. Tower built the building east of the Jackson lot and he kept the post-office there for a number of years. He sold to E. S. Thurston when Mr. Thurston took over the duties of postmaster and after his services of twelve years were past, the property was sold in 1936 to Mrs. Fred A. Birlem whose son, Wallace Birlem, built the double garage behind it with living rooms above which he occupies [1938]." - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 157. [show more]
3487	Southwest Harbor Public Library	Reference	Organizations, Civic, Public Library Structures, Civic, Library				Southwest Harbor	338 Main Street	Nell Thornton famously said, in her book, The Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor, “The Southwest Harbor Public Library had its beginning [as the Tremont Public Library] in 1884 when Mrs. Annie Sawyer Downs gathered a number of discarded books from the hotels, mostly paper covered volumes, and placed them on a shelf in one corner of Dr. R. J. Lemont's drug store…” The library was, as were many small libraries on the coast of Maine, started by “people from away,” in other words, summer people. This small library, however, was quickly adopted by native Southwest Harborians, and has grown, in the almost one and a half centuries since its founding, to be one of Maine’s very few five-star libraries, according to the Library Journal Index of Public Library Service. Thornton, Nellie C., Traditions and records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine (Merrill & Webber Company, 1938, The Southwest Harbor Public Library, 1988)	Southwest Harbor Public Library Item: 3487    Type: Reference Subject: Organizations, Civic, Public Library Structures, Civic, Library Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Address: 338 Main Street Description: Nell Thornton famously said, in her book, The Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor, “The Southwest Harbor Public Library had its beginning [as the Tremont Public Library] in 1884 when Mrs. Annie Sawyer Downs gathered a number of discarded books from the hotels, mostly paper covered volumes, and placed them on a shelf in one corner of Dr. R. J. Lemont's drug store…” The library was, as were many small libraries on the coast of Maine, started by “people from away,” in other words, summer people. This small library, however, was quickly adopted by native Southwest Harborians, and has grown, in the almost one and a half centuries since its founding, to be one of Maine’s very few five-star libraries, according to the Library Journal Index of Public Library Service. Thornton, Nellie C., Traditions and records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine (Merrill & Webber Company, 1938, The Southwest Harbor Public Library, 1988) [show more]
14670	Southwest Harbor Post Office at 340 Main Street	Reference	Organizations, Civic, Municipal Structures, Civic, Public, Post Office				Southwest Harbor	340 Main Street		Southwest Harbor Post Office at 340 Main Street Item: 14670    Type: Reference Subject: Organizations, Civic, Municipal Structures, Civic, Public, Post Office Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Address: 340 Main Street
15936	James Albert Freeman Post Office	Reference	Organizations, Civic, Municipal Structures, Civic, Public, Post Office Structures, Dwellings, House				Southwest Harbor	8 Brook Passage	This building was used by James Albert Freeman as a Post Office from 1905 to 1914.	James Albert Freeman Post Office Item: 15936    Type: Reference Subject: Organizations, Civic, Municipal Structures, Civic, Public, Post Office Structures, Dwellings, House Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Address: 8 Brook Passage Description: This building was used by James Albert Freeman as a Post Office from 1905 to 1914.
14679	Wendell Gilley Museum	Reference	Structures, Civic, Exhibition, Museum				Southwest Harbor	4 Herrick Road	The Wendell Gilley Museum is a community center that celebrates the life and work of Wendell Gilley, a pioneer in the field of decorative bird carving. It teaches the art of bird carving and presents art exhibitions and educational programs with a special focus on people, nature and art. The Museum endeavors to inspire appreciation of the visual arts, engagement in artistic creativity, and respect and care for the natural world.	Wendell Gilley Museum Item: 14679    Type: Reference Subject: Structures, Civic, Exhibition, Museum Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Address: 4 Herrick Road Description: The Wendell Gilley Museum is a community center that celebrates the life and work of Wendell Gilley, a pioneer in the field of decorative bird carving. It teaches the art of bird carving and presents art exhibitions and educational programs with a special focus on people, nature and art. The Museum endeavors to inspire appreciation of the visual arts, engagement in artistic creativity, and respect and care for the natural world.
12922	Park Theater, Southwest Harbor Mayo Picture Theater	Reference	Businesses, Theater Business Structures, Civic, Performing Arts, Theater				Southwest Harbor	345 Main Street		Park Theater, Southwest Harbor Mayo Picture Theater Item: 12922    Type: Reference Subject: Businesses, Theater Business Structures, Civic, Performing Arts, Theater Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Address: 345 Main Street Tags: theater

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