Maine Memory Network

Asticou Azalea Garden, Northeast Harbor, ca. 1958

Contributed by: Mount Desert Island Historical Society Date: circa 1958 Location: Mount Desert Media: Photographic print

Charles K. Savage, Asticou Azalea Garden, ca. 1960

Contributed by: Mount Desert Island Historical Society Date: circa 1960 Location: Mount Desert Media: Photographic print

Asticou Azalea Garden, Mount Desert, 1982-1992

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1982–1992 Location: Mount Desert Client: The Island Foundation Architect: Patrick Chasse; Landscape Design Associates
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Heckscher residence, Seal Harbor, 1992

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1992 Location: Bar Harbor Clients: August Heckscher; Claude Heckscher Architect: Patrick Chasse; Landscape Design Associates

Designing Acadia

For one hundred years, Acadia National Park has captured the American imagination and stood as the most recognizable symbol of Maine’s important natural history and identity. This exhibit highlights Maine Memory content relating to Acadia and Mount Desert Island.

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 6 of 6

"… Savage and his relationships with the Asticou Azalea Garden, Asticou Terraces Trust, and Thuya Garden."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 5 of 6

"… the unique design and completion of the Asticou Azalea Garden. Lesser known, perhaps, is the aforementioned 1953-54 story of Charles, boarding the…"