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Description
In 1892 Edgar F. Hanson built his lavish mansion, "Colonia Villa," on Northport Avenue, opposite what later became City Park. He was a newspaper and magazine publisher, general manager of Dana Sarsaparilla, and ten-term mayor of Belfast.
George Barber & Co., a mail order architectural firm specializing in homes for the rural wealthy drew the plans for the house. It reportedly cost $40,000, a large sum for the time.
The house changed hands several times in the early years of the 20th century and succumbed to a fire in 1923. The house lot remained vacant until 1930, when two Belfast restaurateurs purchased it and built the Bluebird Terrace cafe, which catered to tourists motoring into town on Route 1.
In 2010 the Waldo County Shrine Club owned the former cafe.
About This Item
- Title: Mayor Hanson residence, Belfast, ca. 1910
- Creator: Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Co.
- Creation Date: circa 1910
- Subject Date: circa 1910
- Location: Belfast, Waldo County, ME
- Media: Glass Plate Negative
- Dimensions: 12.7 cm x 17.8 cm
- Local Code: LB2007.24.114624
- Collection: Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Co.
- Object Type: Image
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