Maine Memory Network

The Summit House Hotel in South Bristol Village, ca. 1910

Contributed by: South Bristol Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Location: South Bristol Media: Postcard

Lincoln School and Union Church, South Bristol, ca. 1915

Contributed by: South Bristol Historical Society Date: circa 1915 Location: South Bristol Media: Photographic print

Luxurious Leisure

From the last decades of the nineteenth century through about the 1920s, vacationers were attracted to large resort hotels that promised a break from the noise, crowds, and pressures of an ever-urbanizing country.

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 - Green Mountain Railway

"Clerque also built a hotel, named the Summit House, on Green Mountain. Clerque’s railway ran for about 10 years."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 2 of 3

"… Wallace’s Garage on the corner of Main Street and Summit Road. Five major buildings, and several smaller ones, burned."