Item	Title	Type	Subject	Creator	Publisher	Date	Place	Address	Description
13681	Southwest Harbor Schoolhouse	Reference	Organizations, School Institution				Southwest Harbor	329 Main Street	The one room schoolhouse used from 1862 to 1906. "[The Free High School, built c. 1862] was still a one-room school with but one teacher and every year more students came to study. The interests of the widely separated parts of the town were so different that it was impossible to come to an agreement and when the building of a new schoolhouse was suggested it was impossible to agree on a new location. Finally, when the Southwest Harbor citizens demanded new buildings at the village and at Manset, those in the western part of the town decided to separate themselves from Southwest Harbor. This was agreed upon by both sides and the town of Southwest Harbor was incorporated February 21, 1905 [this dividing the Southwest Harbor area from Tremont.] The new town voted to build a new schoolhouse at the village and raised the sum of $4500 to do so. This sum included the purchase of additional land. The old building stood close to the main road and had but little land surrounding it, and the new one was to be set farther back with a playground in front of it. The old building was sold to George Harmon and moved to the lot south of the school lot where it is now used for stores and apartments." The Harmon Block at 339 Main Street. - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, p. 84-85 & p. 148 - 1938	Southwest Harbor Schoolhouse Item: 13681    Type: Reference Subject: Organizations, School Institution Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Address: 329 Main Street Description: The one room schoolhouse used from 1862 to 1906. "[The Free High School, built c. 1862] was still a one-room school with but one teacher and every year more students came to study. The interests of the widely separated parts of the town were so different that it was impossible to come to an agreement and when the building of a new schoolhouse was suggested it was impossible to agree on a new location. Finally, when the Southwest Harbor citizens demanded new buildings at the village and at Manset, those in the western part of the town decided to separate themselves from Southwest Harbor. This was agreed upon by both sides and the town of Southwest Harbor was incorporated February 21, 1905 [this dividing the Southwest Harbor area from Tremont.] The new town voted to build a new schoolhouse at the village and raised the sum of $4500 to do so. This sum included the purchase of additional land. The old building stood close to the main road and had but little land surrounding it, and the new one was to be set farther back with a playground in front of it. The old building was sold to George Harmon and moved to the lot south of the school lot where it is now used for stores and apartments." The Harmon Block at 339 Main Street. - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, p. 84-85 & p. 148 - 1938 [show more]
3102	Southwest Harbor Schoolhouse	Document, MHPC Survey	Structures, Institutional, School	Thompson - Deborah Thompson		1998	Southwest Harbor	339 Main Street	Maine Historic Preservation Commission, Historic Building/Structure Survey #405-0081 This structure was moved to its current location in 1906 to make room for the construction of the Freeman Grammar School. Originally, it was just north of the present site on the location of what is now the Harbor House.	Southwest Harbor Schoolhouse Item: 3102    Type: Document, MHPC Survey Subject: Structures, Institutional, School Creator: Thompson - Deborah Thompson Date: 1998 Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Address: 339 Main Street Source: MHPC Description: Maine Historic Preservation Commission, Historic Building/Structure Survey #405-0081 This structure was moved to its current location in 1906 to make room for the construction of the Freeman Grammar School. Originally, it was just north of the present site on the location of what is now the Harbor House.

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