Maine Memory Network

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahock House and The Sagadahoc Block

"In the later years of the hotel, there were a few different businesses, such as the J.L. Douglas clothing store, and John O."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Inns

"Inns Louisburg Hotel, Bar Harbor, ca. 1900Jesup Memorial Library The list of Mount Desert Island inns is long and legendary."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Columbian Block

"This block was built on the site of the Columbian Hotel and the Columbian Hall, which burned in 1893."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Green Mountain Railway

"Green Mountain had been the site of a hotel since about 1866 when Daniel Brewer create a carriage trail to the top and built a hotel."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Intersection of Centre and Washington

"Typical of this era, a railroad and hotel built in 1816 named the Commercial Hotel were present on the northwest corner of the intersection."

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… House, locally considered one of the finest hotels in the state, was built in 1849. At the north end of downtown, along Front Street just north of…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Cottagers

"Overall, their homes and hotels were less extravagant than those in Bar Harbor. But there were monumental exceptions, such as John D."

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

"Depression, War, and Fire Belmont Hotel, Bar Harbor, ca. 1910Jesup Memorial Library The Bar Harbor summer colony reached its peak after the…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Arriving in Bar Harbor

"… place “alive with vehicles and tooters for the hotels, who swept them up in buckboards and whirled them at a gallop to their hotels.” -Harper’s New…"

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

"… restaurant and meals being served in the various hotels. There was a physician (three in the summer), two dentists, an attorney and an architect."

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

"… numbers of “agreeable luxuries” offered by hotels, in fashionable changes of clothing, masquerade balls, musicales and lectures, yachting parties…"

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

"Eight hotels were built. They included the Asticou Inn (1883), Indian Head (1887), Kimball House (1886), Rock End Hotel (1884), Roberts House (1883)…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Activities for Rusticators

"… increased with each new summer season as many hotels offered more amenities and entertainments, and as cottagers initiated new activities, events…"

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

"Rock End Hotel, Northeast Harbor, ca. 1917Northeast Harbor Library In the 21st century, these trends have been exacerbated."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 22-71

"Hinckley Hannibal Hamlin Rufus Prince Annie Martin Mabelle Martin Silver Lake Hotel parlors illustrations"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Caring For Our Families and Friends

"Town reports from the early 20th century record payment of care for those that boarded the sick and infirmed, transported to the mainland those who…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Customs House

"… home was moved to Vine Street where it became a hotel. The primary purpose of the Customs House in 1858 was to house the Collector of Customs for…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Sports

"… Dodger's "boys of summer" the late 1970s and early 1980s on Swan's Island were the "golden years" for the Swan's Island softball team."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Odd Fellows Hall

"… that became popular on Swan's Island in the early 1900s. The Odd Fellows met in Epworth Hall, across from the current Methodist Church, until the…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Stores

"1940Swan's Island Historical Society During the early 1900s the population in each separate village grew and so did the number of stores."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Redmen's Hall

"… that became popular on Swan's Island in the early 1900s. Redmen’s Hall was a two-story building constructed around 1905 in Swan’s Island village…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Farming

"Cattle and sheep were brought to the island at an early date. Community members raised their own farm animals."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - 1870 to 1915

"Both the Watts Block and Knox Hotel were immediately rebuilt, the former being enlarged and today housing the Town Offices, the Town Police…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Lobstering

"Islanders caught lobsters as early as the homesteading times, but most of the lobsters caught were to keep food on their tables."