Charles Eliot, renown landscape architect, was the son of Charles W. Eliot, president of Harvard College and one of the first summer resident of Northeast Harbor. Charles Eliot was also a member of the Champlain Society. He died of spinal meningitis at the young age of 38.
Description: Charles Eliot, renown landscape architect, was the son of Charles W. Eliot, president of Harvard College and one of the first summer resident of Northeast Harbor. Charles Eliot was also a member of the Champlain Society. He died of spinal meningitis at the young age of 38.
Description: Blueprint of second floor and exterior elevations of the Gardener's Cottage Group. House is today called Winter Haven. Too fragile to handle.
Ink on parchment drawing, 20x16.5, of the properties of Herbert Smallidge and L. E. Kimball on Smallidge Hill. This site was taken by the Stetson School. House shown on the property was among the original 17 in Northeast Harbor. It was cut in half, moved and turned into two houses.
Description: Ink on parchment drawing, 20x16.5, of the properties of Herbert Smallidge and L. E. Kimball on Smallidge Hill. This site was taken by the Stetson School. House shown on the property was among the original 17 in Northeast Harbor. It was cut in half, moved and turned into two houses.
Rough pencil on parchment sketches (19.5x24") of properties of Harper Sibley and William Frazier on South Shore Road. Relates to GHC 147 (item 2341) and GHC 130 (item 2323).
Description: Rough pencil on parchment sketches (19.5x24") of properties of Harper Sibley and William Frazier on South Shore Road. Relates to GHC 147 (item 2341) and GHC 130 (item 2323).