“At the head of Northeast Harbor, about a mile from the Kimball House, on a high terrace looking out to sea, stand the Roberts House and Savage’s boarding-house and Harbor Cottages, a charming sequestered neighborhood, haunted through the livelong summer by bright tennis-suits and vivacious exiles from the cities.” – “Chisholm’s Mount-Desert Guide-Book” by Moses Foster Sweetser, p. 65-6, published by Chisholm Brothers, 1888
William Roberts built the Roberts House in Northeast Harbor in 1883. In 1893 the Roberts House, with accommodations for 40 guests, was run by H.D. Roberts.
Horace D. Roberts was born to William and Deborah (Robbins) Roberts on March 18, 1834 in Northeast Harbor, Maine. Horace married Catharine Gilpatrick Stanley (1835-1918), daughter of William and Hannah (Manchester) Stanley in Southwest Harbor. Horace D. Roberts died on December 7, 1886 in Boston, Massachusetts.
