Maine Memory Network

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

"… Library Sam Savage McGee inherited the Old Ell from his mother Marcia in 2003 and continued to rent the Old Ell out seasonally as his mother had…"

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

"The Old Ell is Born Old Ell, Rye Field Lane, Northeast Harbor 1939Northeast Harbor Library By the year 1898, despite having previously built…"

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

"Harbor Cottage, The Old Ell (“Mame’s House”), and the Big Barn Harbor Cottage at Asticou Northeast Harbor Maine ca."

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

"… House, Harbor Cottage, The Big Barn and the Old Ell were not the only structures in Asticou to move, expand, or morph into new uses or entirely new…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The John Ruggles House

"… rooms on each floor flank a central hall, and an ell extends from the back of the house. The entry, decorated with pilasters and keystone arches…"

Lovell Historical Society

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Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 1 of 2

"… the first of two daguerreotypes were taken, the ell and the barn had already sprouted medieval pinnacles, and the house was awaiting a similar…"

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

"The Old House built by John Savage II ca. 1820, torn down on February 22, 2013Northeast Harbor Library Harbor Cottage, The Old Ell..."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Skyline Farm - Making and Preserving History

"An ell and large dairy barn were added in the 1860s creating a connected farm, which was a typical New England architectural style."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War

"It is a typical connected farmhouse. The house’s ell, built c. 1863, was of the most modern and efficient designs of that time."