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Description
Lemuel Cushing planned to turn this island into a summer resort and built the Ottawa House hotel there.
Lemuel's son, Francis Cushing, formed the Cushing's Island Company in 1883 and hired Frederick Law Olmsted and Charles Eliot to design a summer resort.
The first Ottawa House was destroyed by fire and rebuilt in 1888. The second Ottawa House burned down in 1917 and was not rebuilt.
The US Army began acquiring land on the island in the 1890s to build Fort Levett.
About This Item
- Title: Plan of Cushing Island, ca. 1888
- Creator: Ilsley & Cummings
- Creation Date: circa 1888
- Subject Date: circa 1888
- Location: Cushing Island, Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Ink on paper, map
- Dimensions: 23 cm x 39 cm
- Local Code: Map FF 149
- Object Type: Text and Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Cushing Island (Me.)--Maps.
- Fort Levett (Me.)
- Fortification--Maine--Cushing Island
- Hotels--Maine--Cushing Island
- Islands--Maine--Portland--Maps.
- Ottawa House (Cushing Island, Me.)
- Portland (Me.)--Maps.
- Resorts--Maine--Cushing Island
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