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| J. T. R. Freeman House Penury Hall Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Description: J. T. R. Freeman purchased the discarded schoolhouse about 1865, moved it to his lot, remodeled and added to it as his residence. He built a small building to the north which was used for a long time as a post-office while Mr. Freeman was postmaster. This building is now a part of the Freeman Store. About 1887 he built the present store building and enlarged his business which is now [1938] carried on by his daughter, Mrs. Fred A. Walls. | ||
| The Cedars The Sylvester B. Brown House Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  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] | ||
| Elisha Crane House Thomas Clark House Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Description: The house had been moved from a property just south of 21 Forest Avenue. Archivists are researching the original site. | ||
| Southwest Harbor Public Library Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Southwest Harbor Public Library Southwest Harbor Public Library 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] | ||
| Cove's End - The John C. Harmon House - The Grace M. Simmons House Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Cove's End - The John C. Harmon House - The Grace M. Simmons House Southwest Harbor Public Library | ||
| William Doane Stanley House Ralph Warren Stanley House Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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| Bear Island Lighthouse Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Bear Island Lighthouse Northeast Harbor Library Description: Bear Island Light is a lighthouse on Bear Island (the smallest of the Cranberry Isles) near Mount Desert Island, at the entrance to Northeast Harbor. It was first established in 1839. The present structure was built in 1889. It was deactivated in 1981 and relit as a private aid to navigation in 1989. (Text adapted from Wikipedia) | |||
| Magnum Donum Northeast Harbor Library |
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| Frederick Allen House Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Frederick Allen House Southwest Harbor Public Library 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. | ||
| Union Church, Northeast Harbor Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Union Church, Northeast Harbor Northeast Harbor Library | |||
| Neighborhood House, Northeast Harbor Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Neighborhood House, Northeast Harbor Northeast Harbor Library | |||
| George Lyman Hinckley House Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  George Lyman Hinckley House Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: George, Mary Louise, and their four daughters lived in this house in Melrose, Mass. before moving to Mount Desert Island. | |||
| Mount Desert High School Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Mount Desert High School Northeast Harbor Library | |||
| Gilman High School Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Gilman High School Northeast Harbor Library | |||
| Petite Plaisance Northeast Harbor Library |
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| Seaside Inn, Seal Harbor Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Seaside Inn, Seal Harbor Northeast Harbor Library | ||||
| The Benjamin Herrick Dodge House The Charlotte Rhoades House and Park Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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| Asticou Inn Northeast Harbor Library |
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| St. Mary's-by-the-Sea, Northeast Harbor Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  St. Mary's-by-the-Sea, Northeast Harbor Northeast Harbor Library | |||
| Kimball House, Northeast Harbor Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Kimball House, Northeast Harbor Northeast Harbor Library | |||
| Rock End Hotel, Northeast Harbor Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Rock End Hotel, Northeast Harbor Northeast Harbor Library | |||
| Jordan Pond House Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Jordan Pond House Northeast Harbor Library | ||||
| Colvin Family Home William Samuel Colvin House Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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| Arthur Millis and Leone Marie (Wemmert) Kellam Home Homewood Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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| W. H. Ward Store & Wharf Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  W. H. Ward Store & Wharf Southwest Harbor Public Library |