Maine Memory Network

Western Maine Foothills Region - A Man's Life in a Suitcase

"… an old suitcase while renovating the Rangeley Inn. The battered suitcase was packed with keepsakes relating to someone named John Barry, who had…"

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 - 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 - 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…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 3 of 4

"The panoramic view of the harbor was spectacular. The Inn was designed by William R. Emerson, who figured importantly in the development of the…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication

"At Asticou, Chase Savage, who in 1870 had begun taking summer boarders, built the Asticou Inn. Soon other hotels followed in Northeast Harbor."

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)…"

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."

Blue Hill Historical Society

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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 - 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…"

Surry by the Bay - Sawmills of Cunningham Ridge

"… Hollis bought a steam engine from the Blue Hill Inn. The engine was no longer needed to power the building's lights due to electricity becoming…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico Corner

"The Bob Cat Inn and Reed Livery Stables stood across the street from the stores of Charles Stanley and Thomas Stevens."

Architecture & Landscape database - Maine Architectural Renderings

"… designed changes to the Mansion House, the first inn at the Ricker family’s famous Poland Spring resort."

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 - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 4 of 6

"… (1903-1979): The View from Asticou Asticou Inn employees, Northeast Harbor, ca. 1910Mount Desert Island Historical Society Maintaining…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - New Portland Community Library

"… musicales at the Herbert Hotel and Winter’s Inn in Kingfield, and activities at the New Portland Fair."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 1 of 2

"… large, garage-like structure behind the Pillsbury Inn, which was next door to his house. He built his last powerboat in 1959 for Cecil Pinkham."

Winter Harbor Historical Society

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Porter Family

"His home is now known as the Copper Horse Inn. He operated a grist mill and lumber mill. Elias's home was built across from the Veterans’ Monument."

Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 3 of 3

"… of Miles Standish, and Tales of a Wayside Inn. Rev. Samuel Longfellow, ca.1850Maine Historical Society Reverend Samuel Longfellow…"

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…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 1 of 4

"… tourist population that stayed at hotels and inns of Scarborough and Higgins Beach and Prouts Neck."

John Martin: Expert Observer - "Representing every particular:" John Martin's Reflections, Illustrations, and Commentary - Page 2 of 2

"… in another Sanger interest, the Hampden House, an inn and bar, for which young Martin had many responsibilities."