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12905Otter Cliff Radio Station
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  • Places
  • Structures, Other Structures, Radio Station
  • Acadia National Park
  • Otter Point
12913United States Coast Guard Base in Southwest Harbor
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  • Structures, Other Structures, Coast Guard Base
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 184 Clark Point Road
12949Lawton Block
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  • Businesses, Store Business
  • Structures, Other Structures
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 344 Main Street
12973Village Improvement Association Hall (V.I.A. Hall)
Community Hall
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  • Structures, Other Structures, Civic Structures
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
  • 237 Seawall Road
12974US Naval Radio Station at Seawall
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  • Structures, Other Structures, Radio Station
  • Acadia National Park
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.
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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. [show more]
12982H.R. Beal & Sons
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  • Structures, Other Structures
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 172 Clark Point Road
13020Bar Harbor Casino
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  • Structures, Other Structures
  • Bar Harbor
13051The Ocean House, Eden
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  • Structures, Other Structures
  • Bar Harbor, Eden
13053Hancock County Jail and Court House
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  • Structures, Other Structures, Civic Structures
  • Ellsworth ME
  • 50 State Street
13120Longfellow Park
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  • Places, Park
  • Structures, Other Structures
  • Boston MA area, Cambridge
13131Peaked Hill Bar Life Saving Station
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  • Structures, Other Structures, Life Saving Station
  • Provincetown MA
The Peaked Hill Bar station was one of the original nine stations which were erected on Cape Cod in 1872. The first keeper, David H. Atkins, was appointed in 1872 at the age of 34, with 22 years experience as a surfman. Located on the outer shore of Cape Cod near Provincetown the station provided sent out many crews to perform dramatic rescues of ships that foundered on the Peaked Hill Bar. Among the crews they saved was the three masted schooner, "Carrie M. Richardson." The final 's' was added to the station's name in 1886. Until that time it was known as Peaked Hill Bar. In 1888 the station received extensive repairs and improvements. By 1914 a new station was built to replace this original station when the government thought it was in imminent danger of falling into the Atlantic Ocean. The new station was built about a quarter of a mile southeast of the first station. The United States Life Saving Service and the Revenue Cutter Service merged and became the Coast Guard in 1915, just as the second station was established. Eugene O'Neill (1888-1953) and his second wife, Agnes Boulton, moved into the abandoned life Saving Station at Peaked Hill Bars in May, 1919. Eugene's father, James O'Neill, bought the building for them as a wedding present. O'Neill is said to have written the "S.S. Glencairn," "The Hairy Ape," and the preliminary draft of "Anna Christie" at Peaked Hill Bar. The building slid from the sand dune into the sea on January 10, 1931.
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The Peaked Hill Bar station was one of the original nine stations which were erected on Cape Cod in 1872. The first keeper, David H. Atkins, was appointed in 1872 at the age of 34, with 22 years experience as a surfman. Located on the outer shore of Cape Cod near Provincetown the station provided sent out many crews to perform dramatic rescues of ships that foundered on the Peaked Hill Bar. Among the crews they saved was the three masted schooner, "Carrie M. Richardson." The final 's' was added to the station's name in 1886. Until that time it was known as Peaked Hill Bar. In 1888 the station received extensive repairs and improvements. By 1914 a new station was built to replace this original station when the government thought it was in imminent danger of falling into the Atlantic Ocean. The new station was built about a quarter of a mile southeast of the first station. The United States Life Saving Service and the Revenue Cutter Service merged and became the Coast Guard in 1915, just as the second station was established. Eugene O'Neill (1888-1953) and his second wife, Agnes Boulton, moved into the abandoned life Saving Station at Peaked Hill Bars in May, 1919. Eugene's father, James O'Neill, bought the building for them as a wedding present. O'Neill is said to have written the "S.S. Glencairn," "The Hairy Ape," and the preliminary draft of "Anna Christie" at Peaked Hill Bar. The building slid from the sand dune into the sea on January 10, 1931. [show more]
13197American Legion and Auxiliary, Eugene M. Norwood Post 69
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  • Organizations, Civic
  • Structures, Other Structures, Civic Structures
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 22 Village Greenway
The Naval Radio Station was established at Seawall in September, 1942. It was disestablished in 1951. Between 1951 and 1953 the government transferred the building to the American Legion and Auxiliary, Eugene M. Norwood Post 69, Southwest Harbor. The building was then moved to 22 Village Green Way, Map 6 – Lot 40, Southwest Harbor. The building has been enlarge twice since it was moved to its present location.
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The Naval Radio Station was established at Seawall in September, 1942. It was disestablished in 1951. Between 1951 and 1953 the government transferred the building to the American Legion and Auxiliary, Eugene M. Norwood Post 69, Southwest Harbor. The building was then moved to 22 Village Green Way, Map 6 – Lot 40, Southwest Harbor. The building has been enlarge twice since it was moved to its present location.
13228Cranberry Isles Life Saving Station
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  • Cranberry Isles, Little Cranberry Island, Islesford
  • 141 Bar Point Road
"The first Coast Guard presence in the Mt. Desert Island area was a Life Saving Station located on Little Cranberry Island, established by an act of congress on June 18th, 1878. In 1937, the Southwest Harbor complex was created and used as a lighthouse depot by the U.S. Light House Service. By 1945, the Coast Guard Station on Little Cranberry Island was moved to the facility in Southwest Harbor.” - “Sector Field Office (SFO) Southwest Harbor, Southwest Harbor, Maine – History,” United States Coast Guard site, 06/28/13, Accessed online 07/20/10; http://www.uscg.mil/d1/sfoSouthwestHarbor/history.asp.
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"The first Coast Guard presence in the Mt. Desert Island area was a Life Saving Station located on Little Cranberry Island, established by an act of congress on June 18th, 1878. In 1937, the Southwest Harbor complex was created and used as a lighthouse depot by the U.S. Light House Service. By 1945, the Coast Guard Station on Little Cranberry Island was moved to the facility in Southwest Harbor.” - “Sector Field Office (SFO) Southwest Harbor, Southwest Harbor, Maine – History,” United States Coast Guard site, 06/28/13, Accessed online 07/20/10; http://www.uscg.mil/d1/sfoSouthwestHarbor/history.asp. [show more]
13260Masonic Hall
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  • Southwest Harbor
  • 353 Main Street
The “Masonic Hall was built in 1875 by a stock company formed for the purpose. John D. Lurvey was the builder. The land was purchased from the Freeman family and John T.R. Freeman held the majority of the shares. In 1881 the building was sold to the Masonic lodge and the name of Tremont Hall changed to Masonic Hall. The lodge had the building raised and stores made in the basement with other additions and improvements.” - Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton p. 151 - 1938. The front entrance was on Main Street. A lobby and auditorium with stage were on that floor. Town meetings and other gatherings were held in the auditorium for many years. The top floor held the lodge hall. The Old Masonic Hall, then known as Tremont Hall, appears in the History of the Southwest Harbor Public Library in 1895. After the dedication of the new (first) Library building the attendees repaired to Tremont Hall for supper. September 1, 1916 - Grace Clark Carroll Clark noted in the Baby Book for her new daughter, Rebecca Carroll Clark, that Rebecca's aunt, Anna Beatrice (Carroll) Kelley, stayed with Rebecca while Grace "went out to hear Fritz Kreisler at the Masonic Hall." Thornton goes on to say that Masonic Hall “was saved during the fire of 1922 by almost superhuman efforts of the young men who fought the flames from the roof until the danger was past.” The Old Masonic Hall burned on January 27, 1939 and a new building was erected in 1940. R.M. Norwood was the builder. “The [Freeman J.] Lurvey building 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 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 Arther Allen purchased the store. Mr. Smith] 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, p. 148-149 – 1938 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 here. – See the Bar Harbor Times, April 20, 1927, p. 7.
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The “Masonic Hall was built in 1875 by a stock company formed for the purpose. John D. Lurvey was the builder. The land was purchased from the Freeman family and John T.R. Freeman held the majority of the shares. In 1881 the building was sold to the Masonic lodge and the name of Tremont Hall changed to Masonic Hall. The lodge had the building raised and stores made in the basement with other additions and improvements.” - Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton p. 151 - 1938. The front entrance was on Main Street. A lobby and auditorium with stage were on that floor. Town meetings and other gatherings were held in the auditorium for many years. The top floor held the lodge hall. The Old Masonic Hall, then known as Tremont Hall, appears in the History of the Southwest Harbor Public Library in 1895. After the dedication of the new (first) Library building the attendees repaired to Tremont Hall for supper. September 1, 1916 - Grace Clark Carroll Clark noted in the Baby Book for her new daughter, Rebecca Carroll Clark, that Rebecca's aunt, Anna Beatrice (Carroll) Kelley, stayed with Rebecca while Grace "went out to hear Fritz Kreisler at the Masonic Hall." Thornton goes on to say that Masonic Hall “was saved during the fire of 1922 by almost superhuman efforts of the young men who fought the flames from the roof until the danger was past.” The Old Masonic Hall burned on January 27, 1939 and a new building was erected in 1940. R.M. Norwood was the builder. “The [Freeman J.] Lurvey building 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 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 Arther Allen purchased the store. Mr. Smith] 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, p. 148-149 – 1938 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 here. – See the Bar Harbor Times, April 20, 1927, p. 7. [show more]
14699White Head Life Saving Station
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  • Structures, Other Structures, Life Saving Station
  • St George ME, Tenants Harbor, Whitehead Island
Town - Tenants Harbor, Maine Geographic Location - built on "White Head Island, one-half mile west of White Head Light" Longitude & Latitude - USLSS Station #5 - First District Coast Guard Station #6 Station Established - 1874 1874-June 1883 - called Whitehead Island Station. 1883 - called White Head Station 1889 - Repaired and improved. Dwelling Constructed - 1921 Disposition - July 1955 - dropped from station lists. 1956 - turned over to the General Service Administration. NRHP - White Head Life Saving Station Keepers: October 16,1874-June 30, 1882 - Horace F. Norton September 5, 1882- August 5, 1911 - Freeman Shea August 23, 1911 - October 23, 1917 - Alonzo Maker October 1917 - November 1918 or later - Rollo A. Morton June 24, 1919 - November 23, 1925 - Everett M. Mills and Lee R. Dunn November 22, 1925 - October 1, 1926 - Alan R. Tabbutt November 11, 1925 - April 25, 1929 - Wallace I. Brown July 21, 1929 - July 12, 1935 - Everett M. Mills July 10, 1935 - January 1. 1939 - Lee R. Dunn
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Town - Tenants Harbor, Maine Geographic Location - built on "White Head Island, one-half mile west of White Head Light" Longitude & Latitude - USLSS Station #5 - First District Coast Guard Station #6 Station Established - 1874 1874-June 1883 - called Whitehead Island Station. 1883 - called White Head Station 1889 - Repaired and improved. Dwelling Constructed - 1921 Disposition - July 1955 - dropped from station lists. 1956 - turned over to the General Service Administration. NRHP - White Head Life Saving Station Keepers: October 16,1874-June 30, 1882 - Horace F. Norton September 5, 1882- August 5, 1911 - Freeman Shea August 23, 1911 - October 23, 1917 - Alonzo Maker October 1917 - November 1918 or later - Rollo A. Morton June 24, 1919 - November 23, 1925 - Everett M. Mills and Lee R. Dunn November 22, 1925 - October 1, 1926 - Alan R. Tabbutt November 11, 1925 - April 25, 1929 - Wallace I. Brown July 21, 1929 - July 12, 1935 - Everett M. Mills July 10, 1935 - January 1. 1939 - Lee R. Dunn [show more]
14851Echo Lake Girl Scout Camp
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14854The Old Narraguagus House, Cherryfield, Maine
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6717The Old Narraguagus House, Cherryfield, Maine
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  • Structures, Other Structures
  • Hutchinson - S.S. Hutchinson
12593Pemetic High School Lawn - Site of the Old Primary School
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  • Structures, Other Structures
  • Soules - George John Soules
  • 2015-05-03
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 329 Main Street
12594Old Primary School as Southwest Harbor Town Office
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  • Structures, Other Structures, Civic Structures
  • Soules - George John Soules
  • 2015-04-05
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 26 Village Green Way
12595Old Primary School as Southwest Harbor Police Department
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  • Structures, Other Structures, Civic Structures
  • Soules - George John Soules
  • 2015-04-05
12603The Village Green and the First National Bank in 2015
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  • Structures, Other Structures
  • Soules - George John Soules
  • 2015-04-19
  • Southwest Harbor
The photograph shows the Carroll building on the left, the Village Green, and the First National Bank which all occupy sites leveled by the 1922 Southwest Harbor fire. The Village Green is about where the Hotel Holmes and its stables stood.
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The photograph shows the Carroll building on the left, the Village Green, and the First National Bank which all occupy sites leveled by the 1922 Southwest Harbor fire. The Village Green is about where the Hotel Holmes and its stables stood.
12606Freeman’s Store as Southwest Cycle Shop
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  • Structures, Other Structures
  • Soules - George John Soules
  • 2015-04-19
Freeman's Store was the building on the left which in 2017 was the Southwest Cycle Shop. The Moody Mermaid and the Carroll Building are on the right.
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Freeman's Store was the building on the left which in 2017 was the Southwest Cycle Shop. The Moody Mermaid and the Carroll Building are on the right.
12617Edwin L. Higgins Blacksmith Shop Site - Clark Point Gallery
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  • Structures, Other Structures
  • Soules - George John Soules
  • 2015-04-05
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 46 Clark Point Road
5164Second Masonic Hall Building and Whitney's Electric Shop
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  • Structures, Other Structures
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1956-01-17
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 353 Main Street
This building was erected after the 1939 fire from the remains of the First Masonic Hall.
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This building was erected after the 1939 fire from the remains of the First Masonic Hall.