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12834	The Cedars The Sylvester B. Brown House	Reference	Structures, Dwellings, House	Southwest Harbor	7 Wesley Ave	"The Cedars was built by Sylvester Brown, who lived there for some time before moving to Northeast Harbor and selling to Thomas Savage, who sold to James Scott." - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, p. 151-152 – 1938. The Browns built their house, later called “The Cedars”, before 1900. Sylvester’s father-in-law, John T.R. Freeman had his store just around the corner on Main Street and owned the land from there to what was later called Freeman Ridge so it is probable that he gave or sold the land to the Browns at about the time of their marriage. Nell Thornton says that Sylvester Brown sold the property to Thomas Savage. Thomas was apparently a farmer or farm gardener. The twice widowed Myra Ellen (Barrett) Lord Dresser purchased the house from Thomas and Nellie Savage on March 24, 1904. Nell Thornton’s account of the history of the house omitted Myra’s ownership. She may or may not have lived in the house. Myra sold the house to her daughter and son-in-law, James H. and Lizzie Lord Scott on July 7, 1908. James H. Scott was born to John J. and Rachel K. Scott in January 1872 in Ellsworth, Maine. James married Lizzie J. Lord (1869-1956), daughter of Seth R. and Myra Ellen (Barrett) Lord on December 31, 1900 in Ellsworth, Maine. The property at 7 Wesley Avenue was devised to Lizzie J. (Lord) Scott on September 28, 1921. 7 Wesley Avenue is called “The Cedars” on the Sanborn 1921 map. James H. Scott died in September 1929 and Lizzie, the manager of a “rooming house” in 1930, kept “The Cedars” for thirty-five years. It is reasonable to assume that Lizzie turned the house into a rooming house and named it “The Cedars” as everyone else before Lizzie had other professions. “Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Toomey of Boston have rented furnished housekeeping apartments at The Cedars. Mr. Toomey is employed at the Seawall radio station. Mrs. Scott will continue to let the remainder of her rooms to transients as usual.” – The Bar Harbor Times, Wednesday, June 10, 1925. “Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Harding and children of Gott's Island have taken housekeeping apartments in the garage building belonging to Mrs. James Scott of The Cedars.” – The Bar Harbor Times, Wednesday, June 17, 1925 “Mr. and Mrs. Walter M. Robinson have taken rooms at the Cedars for the remainder of the summer.” – The Bar Harbor Times, Wednesday, August 19, 1925 Lizzie Lord sold “The Cedars” to Richard G. and Barbara Wallace Robinson on July 10, 1956. Brendon Herbert Thurston was born on July 10, 1915 to Herbert W. and Gertrude E. (Kelley) Thurston in Tremont, Maine. Brendon married Effie Florence Murphy (1921-1988), daughter of Forest Emery and Lottie Frances (Conary) Murphy, on October 15, 1935 in Maine. Brendon Herbert Thurston died on October 31, 1980 in Seal Cove, Maine. “The Cedars” was sold to Juanita Dorr Wilson on August 8, 1967. Juanita Esther Dorr was born on July 19, 1929 to Sylvester Warren and Nellie Myra (Robinson) Dorr in Southwest Harbor, Maine. Juanita married Howard Edwin Wilson (1928-1966). “The Cedars” was devised to Juanita’s son, Michael E. Wilson on November 27, 1995. Juanita Esther (Dorr) Wilson died on December 18, 1997 in Southwest Harbor, Maine.	The Cedars The Sylvester B. Brown House Item: 12834 Type: Reference Subject: Structures, Dwellings, House Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Address: 7 Wesley Ave Description: "The Cedars was built by Sylvester Brown, who lived there for some time before moving to Northeast Harbor and selling to Thomas Savage, who sold to James Scott." - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, p. 151-152 – 1938. The Browns built their house, later called “The Cedars”, before 1900. Sylvester’s father-in-law, John T.R. Freeman had his store just around the corner on Main Street and owned the land from there to what was later called Freeman Ridge so it is probable that he gave or sold the land to the Browns at about the time of their marriage. Nell Thornton says that Sylvester Brown sold the property to Thomas Savage. Thomas was apparently a farmer or farm gardener. The twice widowed Myra Ellen (Barrett) Lord Dresser purchased the house from Thomas and Nellie Savage on March 24, 1904. Nell Thornton’s account of the history of the house omitted Myra’s ownership. She may or may not have lived in the house. Myra sold the house to her daughter and son-in-law, James H. and Lizzie Lord Scott on July 7, 1908. James H. Scott was born to John J. and Rachel K. Scott in January 1872 in Ellsworth, Maine. James married Lizzie J. Lord (1869-1956), daughter of Seth R. and Myra Ellen (Barrett) Lord on December 31, 1900 in Ellsworth, Maine. The property at 7 Wesley Avenue was devised to Lizzie J. (Lord) Scott on September 28, 1921. 7 Wesley Avenue is called “The Cedars” on the Sanborn 1921 map. James H. Scott died in September 1929 and Lizzie, the manager of a “rooming house” in 1930, kept “The Cedars” for thirty-five years. It is reasonable to assume that Lizzie turned the house into a rooming house and named it “The Cedars” as everyone else before Lizzie had other professions. “Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Toomey of Boston have rented furnished housekeeping apartments at The Cedars. Mr. Toomey is employed at the Seawall radio station. Mrs. Scott will continue to let the remainder of her rooms to transients as usual.” – The Bar Harbor Times, Wednesday, June 10, 1925. “Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Harding and children of Gott's Island have taken housekeeping apartments in the garage building belonging to Mrs. James Scott of The Cedars.” – The Bar Harbor Times, Wednesday, June 17, 1925 “Mr. and Mrs. Walter M. Robinson have taken rooms at the Cedars for the remainder of the summer.” – The Bar Harbor Times, Wednesday, August 19, 1925 Lizzie Lord sold “The Cedars” to Richard G. and Barbara Wallace Robinson on July 10, 1956. Brendon Herbert Thurston was born on July 10, 1915 to Herbert W. and Gertrude E. (Kelley) Thurston in Tremont, Maine. Brendon married Effie Florence Murphy (1921-1988), daughter of Forest Emery and Lottie Frances (Conary) Murphy, on October 15, 1935 in Maine. Brendon Herbert Thurston died on October 31, 1980 in Seal Cove, Maine. “The Cedars” was sold to Juanita Dorr Wilson on August 8, 1967. Juanita Esther Dorr was born on July 19, 1929 to Sylvester Warren and Nellie Myra (Robinson) Dorr in Southwest Harbor, Maine. Juanita married Howard Edwin Wilson (1928-1966). “The Cedars” was devised to Juanita’s son, Michael E. Wilson on November 27, 1995. Juanita Esther (Dorr) Wilson died on December 18, 1997 in Southwest Harbor, Maine. [show more]
13290	Elisha Crane House Thomas Clark House	Reference	Structures, Dwellings, House	Southwest Harbor	345 Main Street	The house had been moved from a property just south of 21 Forest Avenue. Archivists are researching the original site.	Elisha Crane House Thomas Clark House Item: 13290 Type: Reference Subject: Structures, Dwellings, House Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Address: 345 Main Street Description: The house had been moved from a property just south of 21 Forest Avenue. Archivists are researching the original site.
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]
12857	Cove's End - The John C. Harmon House - The Grace M. Simmons House	Reference	Structures, Dwellings, House	Southwest Harbor	253 Main Street		Cove's End - The John C. Harmon House - The Grace M. Simmons House Item: 12857 Type: Reference Subject: Structures, Dwellings, House Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Address: 253 Main Street
13552	William Doane Stanley House Ralph Warren Stanley House	Reference	Structures, Dwellings, House	Southwest Harbor	102 Clark Point Road		William Doane Stanley House Ralph Warren Stanley House Item: 13552 Type: Reference Subject: Structures, Dwellings, House Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Address: 102 Clark Point Road
16561	Frederick Allen House	Reference	Structures, Dwellings, House	Bar Harbor, Eden	Spruce Point	The property at Spruce Point was purchased by Frederick Allen in 1841. He was the first person of African descent to own land in the area. His family of 12 lived on this property until the 1890s. Spruce Point was also referred to as Negro Point.	Frederick Allen House Item: 16561 Type: Reference Subject: Structures, Dwellings, House Place: Bar Harbor, Eden State: ME Address: Spruce Point Description: The property at Spruce Point was purchased by Frederick Allen in 1841. He was the first person of African descent to own land in the area. His family of 12 lived on this property until the 1890s. Spruce Point was also referred to as Negro Point.
16512	George Lyman Hinckley House	Reference	Structures, Dwellings, House			George, Mary Louise, and their four daughters lived in this house in Melrose, Mass. before moving to Mount Desert Island.	George Lyman Hinckley House Item: 16512 Type: Reference Subject: Structures, Dwellings, House Description: George, Mary Louise, and their four daughters lived in this house in Melrose, Mass. before moving to Mount Desert Island.
16282	The Benjamin Herrick Dodge House The Charlotte Rhoades House and Park	Reference	Places, Park Structures, Dwellings, House	Southwest Harbor	185 Main St.		The Benjamin Herrick Dodge House The Charlotte Rhoades House and Park Item: 16282 Type: Reference Subject: Places, Park Structures, Dwellings, House Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Address: 185 Main St.
16356	Colvin Family Home William Samuel Colvin House	Reference	Structures, Dwellings, House	Brooklyn NY	167 New York Ave.		Colvin Family Home William Samuel Colvin House Item: 16356 Type: Reference Subject: Structures, Dwellings, House Place: Brooklyn NY State: NY Address: 167 New York Ave.
15877	Arthur Millis and Leone Marie (Wemmert) Kellam Home Homewood	Reference	Structures, Dwellings, House	Frenchboro, Placentia Island			Arthur Millis and Leone Marie (Wemmert) Kellam Home Homewood Item: 15877 Type: Reference Subject: Structures, Dwellings, House Place: Frenchboro, Placentia Island State: ME
16249	W. H. Ward Store & Wharf	Reference	Businesses, Store Business Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf	Southwest Harbor, Manset	55 Shore Road		W. H. Ward Store & Wharf Item: 16249 Type: Reference Subject: Businesses, Store Business Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf Place: Southwest Harbor, Manset State: ME Address: 55 Shore Road
16205	John Dix House	Reference	Structures, Dwellings, House	Mount Desert, Bartletts Island			John Dix House Item: 16205 Type: Reference Subject: Structures, Dwellings, House Place: Mount Desert, Bartletts Island State: ME
12852	Lawler 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
12863	Edwin Lemuel Higgins House	Reference	Structures, Dwellings, House		39 Clark Point Road		Edwin Lemuel Higgins House Item: 12863 Type: Reference Subject: Structures, Dwellings, House State: ME Address: 39 Clark Point Road
14952	William Wallace House Edwin Albert and Vienna Dix Lawler House	Reference	Structures, Dwellings, House	Southwest Harbor	29 Clark Point Road		William Wallace House Edwin Albert and Vienna Dix Lawler House Item: 14952 Type: Reference Subject: Structures, Dwellings, House Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Address: 29 Clark Point Road
16158	William W. King House Tremont Baptist Parsonage	Reference	Structures, Ceremonial, Church Structures, Dwellings, House	Southwest Harbor, Manset	126 Seawall Road		William W. King House Tremont Baptist Parsonage Item: 16158 Type: Reference Subject: Structures, Ceremonial, Church Structures, Dwellings, House Place: Southwest Harbor, Manset State: ME Address: 126 Seawall Road
15296	Hard Wood Factory, Ellsworth, Maine	Reference	Structures, Factory	Ellsworth ME			Hard Wood Factory, Ellsworth, Maine Item: 15296 Type: Reference Subject: Structures, Factory Place: Ellsworth ME State: ME
3567	Herman Farley's Barn	Reference	Structures, Agricultural, Barn	Tremont			Herman Farley's Barn Item: 3567 Type: Reference Subject: Structures, Agricultural, Barn Place: Tremont State: ME
3613	Brown 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]
3614	Jordan Pond Gate Lodge	Reference	Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Lodge	Bar Harbor		One of two gate lodges (the other being the Brown Mountain 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. They were built in 1931-1932. The Jordan Pond Gate Lodge is located just south of Jordan Pond on the Loop Road. It is the smaller of the two lodges. 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. While the exteriors appear castle-like, the interiors are modest and were clearly designed with the needs of the residents in mind. 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.	Jordan Pond Gate Lodge Item: 3614 Type: Reference Subject: Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Lodge Place: Bar Harbor State: ME Description: One of two gate lodges (the other being the Brown Mountain 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. They were built in 1931-1932. The Jordan Pond Gate Lodge is located just south of Jordan Pond on the Loop Road. It is the smaller of the two lodges. 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. While the exteriors appear castle-like, the interiors are modest and were clearly designed with the needs of the residents in mind. 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]
13482	Seawall Hotel	Reference	Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel	Southwest Harbor, Seawall			Seawall Hotel Item: 13482 Type: Reference Subject: Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel Place: Southwest Harbor, Seawall State: ME
12927	Eastern Maine Insane Hospital Bangor Mental Health Institute Dorothea Dix Psychiatric Center	Reference	Structures, Institutional, Health Facility, Hospital	Bangor ME	656 State Street		Eastern Maine Insane Hospital Bangor Mental Health Institute Dorothea Dix Psychiatric Center Item: 12927 Type: Reference Subject: Structures, Institutional, Health Facility, Hospital Place: Bangor ME State: ME Address: 656 State Street
13271	Islesford Historial Museum	Reference	Organizations, Civic Structures, Civic, Exhibition, Museum	Cranberry Isles, Little Cranberry Island, Islesford		William Otis Sawtelle (1874-1939), physicist, historian, genealogist, author founded the museum in 1919. Architect Edmund B. Gilchrist designed the Colonial Revival building, built in 1927. The building, Sawtelle’s Edwin Hadlock’s ship chandlery (The Blue Duck Ships’ Store) the Sawtelle gravesite, and 1.3 acres were acquired by the National Park Service in 1948. The Islesford Historical Museum built in 1927 contains deeds, maps, engravings, papers, and artifacts related to the early history of the Acadia region. The collection also includes artifacts of the region's cultural history including fur- nishings, tools, photographs and scrapbooks. The records of the active schooner which carried cargoes from the Cranberry Isles to ports all over the world cover about one hundred years beginning in 1796.	Islesford Historial Museum Item: 13271 Type: Reference Subject: Organizations, Civic Structures, Civic, Exhibition, Museum Place: Cranberry Isles, Little Cranberry Island, Islesford State: ME Description: William Otis Sawtelle (1874-1939), physicist, historian, genealogist, author founded the museum in 1919. Architect Edmund B. Gilchrist designed the Colonial Revival building, built in 1927. The building, Sawtelle’s Edwin Hadlock’s ship chandlery (The Blue Duck Ships’ Store) the Sawtelle gravesite, and 1.3 acres were acquired by the National Park Service in 1948. The Islesford Historical Museum built in 1927 contains deeds, maps, engravings, papers, and artifacts related to the early history of the Acadia region. The collection also includes artifacts of the region's cultural history including fur- nishings, tools, photographs and scrapbooks. The records of the active schooner which carried cargoes from the Cranberry Isles to ports all over the world cover about one hundred years beginning in 1796. [show more]
13415	Harding's Wharf	Reference	Businesses, Transportation Business Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf	Tremont, Bernard	30 Steamboat Wharf Road		Harding's Wharf Item: 13415 Type: Reference Subject: Businesses, Transportation Business Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf Place: Tremont, Bernard State: ME Address: 30 Steamboat Wharf Road
13083	Eastern Steamship Company and Wharf at Belfast	Reference	Businesses, Transportation Business Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf, Steamboat Wharf	Belfast ME			Eastern Steamship Company and Wharf at Belfast Item: 13083 Type: Reference Subject: Businesses, Transportation Business Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf, Steamboat Wharf Place: Belfast ME State: ME

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