Description: Looking from shore toward Somes House hotel ca. 1910. Collected for "Mount Desert: an Informal History". Digital image from Jeff Dobbs Productions.
2 tracing papers are oversized and rolled 5 copies of Specifications for Alterations and Additions 1 copy of Estimate on Fixtures 1 copy of Specification and Proposal for Elevator Installation
Description: 2 tracing papers are oversized and rolled 5 copies of Specifications for Alterations and Additions 1 copy of Estimate on Fixtures 1 copy of Specification and Proposal for Elevator Installation
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]
Advertising booklet of the Rock End Hotel and its cottages. Several exterior photographs of the hotel, the surrounding areas and the island are included, as well as floor plans of the buildings.
Description: Advertising booklet of the Rock End Hotel and its cottages. Several exterior photographs of the hotel, the surrounding areas and the island are included, as well as floor plans of the buildings.
1: Estate of James H. Branscom Appraisal 2: Warranty Deed 3: Quite-claim Deed 4: The Manchester Family paper by Mrs. Minnie F. Manchester Two CDs with digital copies of these items, for which these are print outs. Contents of Curtis Phelps Collection: CD1: - Main Street: 5 B/W images of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - 13 images of Northeast Harbor and Mount Desert area: 1. Asticou Inn 2. Glen Cove Hotel 3. J. H. Brancsom 4. Jordan Pond House 5. Jordan Pond 6. Manchester Point 7. Me Centeral R R ferry 8. Northeast Harbor 9. Rock End Hotel 10. Seal Harbor 11. Seaside Inn 12. Sloop Alice Marion 1921 13. Tarn - Old postcards: 1. Steamer J. T. Morse 2. Bar Harbor 1890 3. Claremont 1900's 4. Handlock Pont 1910 5. IGA 6. Northeast Harbor 1920 7. Seaside and Glen Cove hotels 8. Somes Sound 9. Somesville 1900's 10. Steamer Mount Desert
Description: 1: Estate of James H. Branscom Appraisal 2: Warranty Deed 3: Quite-claim Deed 4: The Manchester Family paper by Mrs. Minnie F. Manchester Two CDs with digital copies of these items, for which these are print outs. Contents of Curtis Phelps Collection: CD1: - Main Street: 5 B/W images of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - 13 images of Northeast Harbor and Mount Desert area: 1. Asticou Inn 2. Glen Cove Hotel 3. J. H. Brancsom 4. Jordan Pond House 5. Jordan Pond 6. Manchester Point 7. Me Centeral R R ferry 8. Northeast Harbor 9. Rock End Hotel 10. Seal Harbor 11. Seaside Inn 12. Sloop Alice Marion 1921 13. Tarn - Old postcards: 1. Steamer J. T. Morse 2. Bar Harbor 1890 3. Claremont 1900's 4. Handlock Pont 1910 5. IGA 6. Northeast Harbor 1920 7. Seaside and Glen Cove hotels 8. Somes Sound 9. Somesville 1900's 10. Steamer Mount Desert [show more]
Description: Photo 2190 a: Kimball House in the distance, Magnum Donum Cottage to the right. Photo 2190 b: Unidentified house and view in Northeast Harbor
Images and information about the Rock End Hotel and Cottages, grounds, and views from the hotel. a: Rock End Hotel, enlarged 1909 b: Hotel and adjacent grounds c: Looking north to Brown's Mountain. Village of Northeast Harbor on the right, one quarter of a mile distant d: View of western way and the ocean, looking south from the hotel piazza e: View of Western Mountain from hotel f: View from the piazza showing Some Sound and the public boathouse 500 feet southwest of the hotel g: Bear Island Light, one mile southeast from the hotel, sean from third story window h: Looking southwest from the hotel piazza i: View of Robinson and Western Mountains, northwest of the hotel j: From Greenough's Island looking northeast to the hotel k: St. Mary's by the Sea, on thousand feet from the hotel l: Jordan Pond, a fine place for rowing or fishing m: Maine Central Railraod Ferry boats passing in front of the hotel, one half mile away n: View to the southeast from second story of the hotel showing, over the tree tops, Bear Island Light one mile away o: View of Sargent Mountain and Asticou Hill, northeast of the hotel
Description: Images and information about the Rock End Hotel and Cottages, grounds, and views from the hotel. a: Rock End Hotel, enlarged 1909 b: Hotel and adjacent grounds c: Looking north to Brown's Mountain. Village of Northeast Harbor on the right, one quarter of a mile distant d: View of western way and the ocean, looking south from the hotel piazza e: View of Western Mountain from hotel f: View from the piazza showing Some Sound and the public boathouse 500 feet southwest of the hotel g: Bear Island Light, one mile southeast from the hotel, sean from third story window h: Looking southwest from the hotel piazza i: View of Robinson and Western Mountains, northwest of the hotel j: From Greenough's Island looking northeast to the hotel k: St. Mary's by the Sea, on thousand feet from the hotel l: Jordan Pond, a fine place for rowing or fishing m: Maine Central Railraod Ferry boats passing in front of the hotel, one half mile away n: View to the southeast from second story of the hotel showing, over the tree tops, Bear Island Light one mile away o: View of Sargent Mountain and Asticou Hill, northeast of the hotel [show more]
Brochure (photocopy) of the Kimball House and its cottages, with a map of the area and photographs of the individual structures. Newspaper clipping (The Bar Harbor Times, December 12, 1974) with 2 photographs: the Kimball House and the Steam Boat Wharf in Northeast Harbor in 1897.
Description: Brochure (photocopy) of the Kimball House and its cottages, with a map of the area and photographs of the individual structures. Newspaper clipping (The Bar Harbor Times, December 12, 1974) with 2 photographs: the Kimball House and the Steam Boat Wharf in Northeast Harbor in 1897.
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.