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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Inns

"… Memorial Library The list of Mount Desert Island inns is long and legendary. It begins modestly with the island’s first public house established…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication

"Asticou Inn employees, Northeast Harbor, ca. 1910Mount Desert Island Historical Society Bar Harbor was not alone in its development -- other…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Community and Commerce

"They built a cabin where the Asticou Inn now stands. Nearby Seal Harbor was settled six years later, when carpenter William Roberts built a log cabin…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Depression, War, and Fire

"… this time they were hotels and motels and small inns, built in time to ride a wave of economic prosperity and the rise of the American car culture."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rusticators on the Rise

"… Bring half-worn winter garments, with boots ditto, to be prepared for tramping and excursions. -Eliza Brown Chase, 1884 Continue to Inns"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Postscript: More Moving Buildings

"… general store and post office serving the Asticou Inn and neighborhood. John sold this store business and building to his brother George in 1898…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Early Settlement

"… cemetery near the site of the present day Asticou Inn, and later moved with their gravestones along with other family members up the hill to Forest…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 2 of 6

"1885Mount Desert Island Historical Society Charles was thrown into managing the family hotel business with his mother, Mabelle Strout Savage…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 3 of 6

"Garden Party at the Asticou Inn, Northeast Harbor, ca. 1935Mount Desert Island Historical Society The summer community bustled with leisure…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Old House (circa 1820-2013)

"… around 1900 at the time the original Asticou Inn burned in early September 1900 and the “new” Asticou Inn, which still stands today in 2013…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 4 of 6

"1910Mount Desert Island Historical Society Maintaining Asticou After World War II, more people came to Mount Desert Island than had in previous…"

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

"Curtis was also a regular at the Asticou Inn dining table, taking evening meals at the Asticou Inn many of the nights he was at his cottage until his…"

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

"… By 1965 when Charles neither owned the Asticou Inn nor managed the Asticou Terraces Trust, much of his impressive conservation and preservation…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Harbor Cottage, The Old Ell (“Mame’s House”), and the Big Barn

"and is known as Cranberry Lodge, located at 20 Peabody Drive, on a corner of Peabody Drive above the Asticou Inn where the main road of Route 3 meets…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - More on the Old Ell

"… in Asticou spanning from Route 3 across from the Inn to northward as far as Forest Hill Cemetery, came into the joint ownership of Mame and her two…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 1 of 3

"They included the Asticou Inn (1883), Indian Head (1887), Kimball House (1886), Rock End Hotel (1884), Roberts House (1883), Harbourside Inn (1889)…"

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Explore photos from the "Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold" documentary

"… Meadows River area around Malaga ripe for spas, inns, and second homes. “From the mouth of this pleasant river throughout its entire length, its…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Lodging and Hotels: A Savage Family Business

"UNDER CONSTRUCTION Asticou Inn Owned by family members Augustus Chase Savage, George A. Savage, and Charles K. Savage from 1883-1964."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Old Ell is Born

"According to family legend, after the 1900 fire burned the original Asticou Inn, A.C. Savage was concerned a future fire might engulf this nearby…"

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

"Asticou Inn, Northeast Harbor, ca. 1945Great Harbor Maritime Museum During the 1930s, Northeast Harbor’s economy was not immune from the Great…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Summer Resorts

"The Islesboro Inn, ca. 1913Islesboro Historical Society DARK HARBOR In 1888, the Islesboro Land and Improvement Company was formed to sell plots for…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"The island switchboard was located in the rear of the Dark Harbor Post Office from 1902 to c. 1915. The switchboard moved to a small house on…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"… then “Longue Island Plantation” and then “Long Island.” In 1789, this island and the adjacent islands including Seven Hundred Acre, Job’s and Lime…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Schools

"District Number Two was located on the southern part of the island, called Dark Harbor School. Number Three was the Creek School located near Mill…"