"Mr. Lawler built his own residence about 1897." - Thornton, Nellie [Mrs. Seth]. Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine (Southwest Harbor Public Library, 1938, 1988 Reprint), p. 156.
Allen's wife, Ina Caroline (Robinson) Lawler, is seated on the steps. Their son, Christopher Wendell Lawler, is standing on the lawn at the left.
