Sketches, elevations, schemes Roc's comments: Old Mr. Coston was dying. He asked me to design a motel for a vacant lot on Main Street in Bar Harbor. This great solution describes a "shingled Rusticator's Carriage House" row of shops and offices facing Main Street with a "No tell motel" along the north side of the parking lot beyond. We presented it to him on Christmas. He was delighted. He died soon after the Holidays. Nice man.
Description: Sketches, elevations, schemes Roc's comments: Old Mr. Coston was dying. He asked me to design a motel for a vacant lot on Main Street in Bar Harbor. This great solution describes a "shingled Rusticator's Carriage House" row of shops and offices facing Main Street with a "No tell motel" along the north side of the parking lot beyond. We presented it to him on Christmas. He was delighted. He died soon after the Holidays. Nice man. [show more]
Color Postal card showing Southwest aspect of the hotel. Shows 1950's and early 1960's automobiles. 1962 De Soto helps establish date of photograph. Kimball House: L. E. Kimball, President, J. B. Kelley, Resident Manager.
Description: Color Postal card showing Southwest aspect of the hotel. Shows 1950's and early 1960's automobiles. 1962 De Soto helps establish date of photograph. Kimball House: L. E. Kimball, President, J. B. Kelley, Resident Manager.
Copies of newspaper articles (Parts I and II) about the history of the Kimball House prior to before being demolished in the fall of 1966. Also a copy of the public auction flyer listing furnishings for sale in Aug. 1966. Nancy Ho has the originals.
Description: Copies of newspaper articles (Parts I and II) about the history of the Kimball House prior to before being demolished in the fall of 1966. Also a copy of the public auction flyer listing furnishings for sale in Aug. 1966. Nancy Ho has the originals.
Kimball House on the corner of South Shore Road and Kimball Rd., Northeast Harbor. The Rock End Hotel is down the road (center). St. Mary's bell tower is at lower right.
Description: Kimball House on the corner of South Shore Road and Kimball Rd., Northeast Harbor. The Rock End Hotel is down the road (center). St. Mary's bell tower is at lower right.
B/W photograph of the Rock End Hotel viewed from Smallidge Point. Walkway spans Gilpatrick Cove. From the glass plate image archive of the Penobscot Marine Museum in Searsport.
Description: B/W photograph of the Rock End Hotel viewed from Smallidge Point. Walkway spans Gilpatrick Cove. From the glass plate image archive of the Penobscot Marine Museum in Searsport.
L to R note: Union Church, Gilman High School, Hose Tower on Summit Road, backs of buildings on Main Street. Falt Homestead, near left. Digital image from Jeff Dobbs Productions.
Description: L to R note: Union Church, Gilman High School, Hose Tower on Summit Road, backs of buildings on Main Street. Falt Homestead, near left. Digital image from Jeff Dobbs Productions.
Designed by Fred L. Savage for Herman Savage. Built in 1883, enlarged in 1908, and burned on 3/3/1942 (according to Northeast Harbor Fire Co. records).
Description: Designed by Fred L. Savage for Herman Savage. Built in 1883, enlarged in 1908, and burned on 3/3/1942 (according to Northeast Harbor Fire Co. records).
Description: Carpenter shop at the dock was George Soulis's, then Lampson and Hodgdon's. The firm became E. A. Hodgdon, then H. E. Bucklin, now C. E. Bucklin
Description: Taken from the Clifton Dock. The hotel belonged to Clarence Kimball and once included the 1992 Rufus Williams and F.I.G. Coleman properties.