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Item Title Type Subject Description Creator Date Property Name Street Pages Medium Condition
1957Glimpses of Early Mount Desert Homes
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Structures, Dwellings
...A history of Early Mount Desert Homes, the Manchester family, the Hadlock family and the Smallidge family...
  • Belle Smallidge Knowles
  • 30
  • photocopy
Glimpses of Early Mount Desert Homes
Item:
  • 1957   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Structures, Dwellings
Creator:
  • Belle Smallidge Knowles
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0469
Location:
  • General Collection Box 15
Pages:
  • 30
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
...A history of Early Mount Desert Homes, the Manchester family, the Hadlock family and the Smallidge family...
5014Smith Cottage, Mount Desert
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
...Desert: an Informal History"...
Smith Cottage, Mount Desert
Item:
  • 5014   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Somesville
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1406
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
...Desert: an Informal History"...
1687On Mount Desert Island
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • Structures, Dwelling, Interior
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Hamilton Robinson, a New York private investor, & his wife decided to build a house on MDI, this was created for them by Architect James V. Righter & designer Nancy Pierrepont.
  • Susan Mary Alsop
  • May-01
  • page 188
  • magazine
On Mount Desert Island
Item:
  • 1687   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
Subject:
  • Structures, Dwelling, Interior
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Creator:
  • Susan Mary Alsop
Date:
  • May-01
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0199
Location:
  • General Collection Box 6
Pages:
  • page 188
Medium:
  • magazine
Description:
Hamilton Robinson, a New York private investor, & his wife decided to build a house on MDI, this was created for them by Architect James V. Righter & designer Nancy Pierrepont.
1693Settling in Mount Desert
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • Structures, Dwelling, Interior
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
"Cedar Hedges" undergoes interior design transformation in the hands of Leta Austin Foster and her husband Ridgely; a Fred Savage designed house in Northeast Harbor.
  • Brooks Peters
  • 1992
  • pages 78-82
  • magazine
Settling in Mount Desert
Item:
  • 1693   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
Subject:
  • Structures, Dwelling, Interior
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Creator:
  • Brooks Peters
Date:
  • 1992
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0205
Location:
  • General Collection Box 6
Pages:
  • pages 78-82
Medium:
  • magazine
Description:
"Cedar Hedges" undergoes interior design transformation in the hands of Leta Austin Foster and her husband Ridgely; a Fred Savage designed house in Northeast Harbor.
1343Linda Lewis' Residence, Mount Desert, Maine
  • Document, Projection, Architectural Drawing
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
section, elevation, floor plans, sketches, material list, 1st set: 28 paper vellum, 8 paper, 5 diazo, 7 tracing paper 2nd set: 4 diazo, 8 tracing paper
  • Roc Caivano
  • 2005-2006
  • Mount Desert, ME
  • 2 sets of architectural drawings (see description) 48 + 12 sheets
  • 1st set: 28 paper vellum, 8 paper, 5 diazo, 7 tracing paper
    2nd set: 4 diazo, 8 tracing paper
  • great
Linda Lewis' Residence, Mount Desert, Maine
Item:
  • 1343   
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Architectural Drawing
Subject:
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Creator:
  • Roc Caivano
Date:
  • 2005-2006
Street:
  • Mount Desert, ME
Collection:
  • Architectural Drawing Collection
Object ID:
  • ADC 0343 ROC
Location:
  • FF B-39
Pages:
  • 2 sets of architectural drawings (see description) 48 + 12 sheets
Medium:
  • 1st set: 28 paper vellum, 8 paper, 5 diazo, 7 tracing paper
    2nd set: 4 diazo, 8 tracing paper
Condition:
  • great
Description:
section, elevation, floor plans, sketches, material list, 1st set: 28 paper vellum, 8 paper, 5 diazo, 7 tracing paper 2nd set: 4 diazo, 8 tracing paper
1684Edsel B. Ford Mount Desert Island Estate
  • Document, Advertising, Brochure
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
Developed by Lynam Realtors for the sale of the Edsel Ford estate in Seal Harbor, brochure has many photographs and drawings. Following Ford, owners of "Skylands" have been Skylands have included Edward Leed and Martha Stewart.
  • Fred C. Lynam Co.
  • ca. 1950
  • 12
  • 1 book
Edsel B. Ford Mount Desert Island Estate
Item:
  • 1684   
Type:
  • Document, Advertising, Brochure
Subject:
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
Creator:
  • Fred C. Lynam Co.
Date:
  • ca. 1950
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Seal Harbor
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0196
Location:
  • General Collection Box 6
Pages:
  • 12
Medium:
  • 1 book
Description:
Developed by Lynam Realtors for the sale of the Edsel Ford estate in Seal Harbor, brochure has many photographs and drawings. Following Ford, owners of "Skylands" have been Skylands have included Edward Leed and Martha Stewart.
5863Seal Harbor, Acadia National Park, Mount Desert Island, Maine
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Places, Harbor
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
Black and white postcard shows harbor view from the area of "Skylands", the Edsel Ford estate. One large yacht in middle ground. Presented by Don Hagberg.
  • ca. 1920
Seal Harbor, Acadia National Park, Mount Desert Island, Maine
Item:
  • 5863   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Places, Harbor
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
Date:
  • ca. 1920
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Seal Harbor
Collection:
  • Postcard
Object ID:
  • Post 0056
Location:
  • Postcard Box 1 top of photograph filing cabinet
Description:
Black and white postcard shows harbor view from the area of "Skylands", the Edsel Ford estate. One large yacht in middle ground. Presented by Don Hagberg.
4671Harborside Cottage, Northeast Harbor
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
...Mullikin was town engineer for Mount Desert until 1932...
  • Knowles Company
  • 1930's
  • Harborside Road, Northeast Harbor
  • 4 photographs, 5 duplicates, 2 negatives
Harborside Cottage, Northeast Harbor
Item:
  • 4671   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
Subject:
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Creator:
  • Knowles Company
Date:
  • 1930's
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Street:
  • Harborside Road, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 0880
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Pages:
  • 4 photographs, 5 duplicates, 2 negatives
Description:
...Mullikin was town engineer for Mount Desert until 1932...
1688Brooke Astor's Cove End, Summers on Mount Desert in Maine
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • Structures, Dwelling, Interior
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
An article about Brooke Astor's summer home. Interior Design by Mark Hampton, & Nancy Pierrepont. Landscape Architecture by Morgan Wheelock. Photography by B. Brink.
  • Susan Mary Alsop
  • Jul-96
  • Cove End
  • page 80
  • magazine
Brooke Astor's Cove End, Summers on Mount Desert in Maine
Item:
  • 1688   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
Subject:
  • Structures, Dwelling, Interior
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Creator:
  • Susan Mary Alsop
Date:
  • Jul-96
Property Name:
  • Cove End
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0200
Location:
  • General Collection Box 6
Pages:
  • page 80
Medium:
  • magazine
Description:
An article about Brooke Astor's summer home. Interior Design by Mark Hampton, & Nancy Pierrepont. Landscape Architecture by Morgan Wheelock. Photography by B. Brink.
7314Cottage Map and Directory Courtesy of Train Properties
  • Map
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
...Train Properties Cottage map and directory for the villages of Northeast Harbor and Seal Harbor in the Town of Mount Desert...
  • Train Properties
  • 1994
  • 1
  • MAP
Cottage Map and Directory Courtesy of Train Properties
Item:
  • 7314   
Type:
  • Map
Subject:
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
Creator:
  • Train Properties
Date:
  • 1994
Place:
  • Mount Desert
Collection:
  • Map Collection
Object ID:
  • MAP 0329
Location:
  • Shelf 5E2
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • MAP
Description:
...Train Properties Cottage map and directory for the villages of Northeast Harbor and Seal Harbor in the Town of Mount Desert...
2386Belmont Hotel
  • Document, Projection, Plan
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • Structures, Dwellings
...Drawing on parchment of buildings on Mount Desert Street between Kebo Street and Roberts Avenue, focusing on the Belmont Hotel...
  • 1
  • MAP
Belmont Hotel
Item:
  • 2386   
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Plan
Subject:
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • Structures, Dwellings
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
Collection:
  • Great Harbor Collection
Object ID:
  • 188
Location:
  • GHC Box 5
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • MAP
Description:
...Drawing on parchment of buildings on Mount Desert Street between Kebo Street and Roberts Avenue, focusing on the Belmont Hotel...
4087Fernald Point
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
...It is 3rd oldest house on Mount Desert - 1774 (R. R. Pyle)...
  • Isaac T. Moore
  • 1976
Fernald Point
Item:
  • 4087   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Creator:
  • Isaac T. Moore
Date:
  • 1976
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 0076 ITM
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
...It is 3rd oldest house on Mount Desert - 1774 (R. R. Pyle)...
6979GXS Collection - Maps and Blueprints
  • Document, Projection, Architectural Drawing
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
...Folder 6 A Map of Mount Desert Island, issued by the Mt. Desert Chamber of Commerce, 1938. Illustrations and descriptive text on verso...Folder 6a A Map of Mount Desert Island, issued by the Chamber of Commerce of Bar Harbor, Mount Desert and Southwest Harbor, 1950...
GXS Collection - Maps and Blueprints
Item:
  • 6979   
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Architectural Drawing
Subject:
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Collection:
  • GXS Collection
Object ID:
  • GXS
Location:
  • Shelf 4B4
Description:
...Folder 6 A Map of Mount Desert Island, issued by the Mt. Desert Chamber of Commerce, 1938. Illustrations and descriptive text on verso...Folder 6a A Map of Mount Desert Island, issued by the Chamber of Commerce of Bar Harbor, Mount Desert and Southwest Harbor, 1950...
1682Summers at the Eyrie
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • People
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
...Although their Mount Desert summer home was palatial in scale, the Rockefellers came to Seal Harbor each year to enjoy the simple life...
  • Ellen MacDonald Ward
  • August 1996
  • page 58
  • magazine
Summers at the Eyrie
Item:
  • 1682   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
Subject:
  • People
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Creator:
  • Ellen MacDonald Ward
Date:
  • August 1996
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Seal Harbor
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0194
Location:
  • General Collection Box 6
Pages:
  • page 58
Medium:
  • magazine
Description:
...Although their Mount Desert summer home was palatial in scale, the Rockefellers came to Seal Harbor each year to enjoy the simple life...
5018Otter Creek in late 1800's
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places
  • Structures, Dwellings
...Collected for "Mount Desert: an Informal History". Digital image from Jeff Dobbs Productions...
  • late 1800's
  • 1 photograph, 1 duplicate
Otter Creek in late 1800's
Item:
  • 5018   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places
  • Structures, Dwellings
Date:
  • late 1800's
Place:
  • Bar Harbor, Otter Creek
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1410
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Pages:
  • 1 photograph, 1 duplicate
Description:
...Collected for "Mount Desert: an Informal History". Digital image from Jeff Dobbs Productions...
1402House for J. C. Livingston Esq.
  • Document, Projection, Architectural Drawing
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
...The originals are at the Mount Desert Historical Society...
  • Fred L. Savage
  • 1901
  • Callendar House
  • 15 sheets
  • 14 papers, 1 paper vellum
  • great
House for J. C. Livingston Esq.
Item:
  • 1402   
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Architectural Drawing
Subject:
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Creator:
  • Fred L. Savage
Date:
  • 1901
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
Property Name:
  • Callendar House
Street:
Collection:
  • Architectural Drawing Collection
Object ID:
  • ADC 0402 FLS
Location:
  • FF B-19
Pages:
  • 15 sheets
Medium:
  • 14 papers, 1 paper vellum
Condition:
  • great
Description:
...The originals are at the Mount Desert Historical Society...
5017Otter Creek Schoolhouse and residences
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Dwellings
  • Structures, Institutional, School
...Collected for "Mount Desert: an Informal History". Digital image from Jeff Dobbs Productions...
  • 1915
  • 1 photograph
Otter Creek Schoolhouse and residences
Item:
  • 5017   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Dwellings
  • Structures, Institutional, School
Date:
  • 1915
Place:
  • Bar Harbor, Otter Creek
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1409
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Pages:
  • 1 photograph
Description:
...Collected for "Mount Desert: an Informal History". Digital image from Jeff Dobbs Productions...
5021Otter Creek showing Russian Tea Room
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Farmhouse
  • Structures, Transportation, Bridge
...Collected for "Mount Desert: an Informal History". Digital image from Jeff Dobbs Productions...
  • 1880's
  • 1 photograph
Otter Creek showing Russian Tea Room
Item:
  • 5021   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Farmhouse
  • Structures, Transportation, Bridge
Date:
  • 1880's
Place:
  • Bar Harbor, Otter Creek
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1413
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Pages:
  • 1 photograph
Description:
...Collected for "Mount Desert: an Informal History". Digital image from Jeff Dobbs Productions...
1681Downeast Design: How Arts and Crafts Architects Shaped a Maine Resort
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • Structures, Ceremonial, Church
  • Structures, Dwellings
...Article about the influence of the Arts and Crafts Society on the shingle style architecture predominant on Mount Desert Island, specifically in the work...
  • Mark Weaver
  • 2008
  • page 56
  • magazine
Downeast Design: How Arts and Crafts Architects Shaped a Maine Resort
Item:
  • 1681   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
Subject:
  • Structures, Ceremonial, Church
  • Structures, Dwellings
Creator:
  • Mark Weaver
Date:
  • 2008
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0193
Location:
  • General Collection Box 6
Pages:
  • page 56
Medium:
  • magazine
Description:
...Article about the influence of the Arts and Crafts Society on the shingle style architecture predominant on Mount Desert Island, specifically in the work...
6982GXS Collection - Books and Souvenir Booklets
  • Collection
  • Places, Mountain
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Dwellings
...Folder 2 A Souvenir of Bar Harbor and Mount Desert Island, Maine, 190?, W. H. Sherman, 68 pages : chiefly illustrations...Folder 3 (not yet scanned) Bar Harbor and Mount Desert Island, 1888, William Berry Lapham, 72 pages: illustrations...Folder 30 Bar Harbor and Mount Desert Island, by W. B. Lapham, 1887...Folder 51 Mount Desert on the coast of Maine, by Mrs. Clara Barnes Martin, 1870 (very fragile)...
GXS Collection - Books and Souvenir Booklets
Item:
  • 6982   
Type:
  • Collection
Subject:
  • Places, Mountain
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Dwellings
Collection:
  • GXS Collection
Object ID:
  • GXS
Location:
  • Shelf 4B4
Description:
...Folder 2 A Souvenir of Bar Harbor and Mount Desert Island, Maine, 190?, W. H. Sherman, 68 pages : chiefly illustrations...Folder 3 (not yet scanned) Bar Harbor and Mount Desert Island, 1888, William Berry Lapham, 72 pages: illustrations...Folder 30 Bar Harbor and Mount Desert Island, by W. B. Lapham, 1887...Folder 51 Mount Desert on the coast of Maine, by Mrs. Clara Barnes Martin, 1870 (very fragile)...

File Attachments:
GXS Books Folder 32.pdf
…Among the islands named by him are Matinicus (Orsenes Isles), Isle au Haut, Mount Desert Island, Petit Manan (Menanan), and, farther east, Great Wass Island …DESERT ISLAND Clara B. Martin. Mount Desert, on the Coast of Maine. Portland, 1874. G 67 Descriptive booklets such as Mrs. …G The light station on Mount Desert Rock, about 20 miles from the mainland, was built in 1830. …P., 116 Morton, Oliver P., 54 Moulton, Louise Chandler, 99 Mount Desert Island, 1, 71, 114-117, 122 Mount Desert Rock Light, 123 Mowat, Henry, 26, 27 Munjoy
5175The Somesville Bicentennial Calendar
  • Image, Photograph
  • Other, Aerial
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
...photo by Hylander June: Nathan Salisbury House, circa 1850; photo by MacDonald July: William Weir Thom House, circa 1780; photo by MacDonald August: Mount...Desert Museum, once used as a Town Office, a shoemaker shop and a private school, circa 1820; photo by Hylander September: Joel Emery Homestead, circa...by MacDonald October: Ephraim Pray-Daniel Smith House, circa 1778; photo by Emory November: Aerial View of Somesville; photo by Hylander December: Mount...Desert House, first hotel on the Island, circa 1830; photo by MacDonald...
  • 1976
  • 12
The Somesville Bicentennial Calendar
Item:
  • 5175   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Other, Aerial
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Date:
  • 1976
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Somesville
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1597
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Pages:
  • 12
Description:
...photo by Hylander June: Nathan Salisbury House, circa 1850; photo by MacDonald July: William Weir Thom House, circa 1780; photo by MacDonald August: Mount...Desert Museum, once used as a Town Office, a shoemaker shop and a private school, circa 1820; photo by Hylander September: Joel Emery Homestead, circa...by MacDonald October: Ephraim Pray-Daniel Smith House, circa 1778; photo by Emory November: Aerial View of Somesville; photo by Hylander December: Mount...Desert House, first hotel on the Island, circa 1830; photo by MacDonald...
5372Home of Ida Somes
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
...Desert House in Somesville, home of Ida Somes. View shows people. Front sign reads "Mt. Desert House - D. Somes."...
  • Heywood
  • ca. 1900
Home of Ida Somes
Item:
  • 5372   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Creator:
  • Heywood
Date:
  • ca. 1900
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Somesville
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1790 a
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
...Desert House in Somesville, home of Ida Somes. View shows people. Front sign reads "Mt. Desert House - D. Somes."...
4362Northeast and Seal Harbors
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Ceremonial, Church
  • Structures, Dwellings
...s ferryboat from Mount Desert to Seal Harbor and Northeast Harbor 19...Map of the southwestern part of Mount Desert Island...
  • ca. 1904-1910
  • 4 books
  • booklets of photographs
Northeast and Seal Harbors
Item:
  • 4362   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Ceremonial, Church
  • Structures, Dwellings
Date:
  • ca. 1904-1910
Place:
  • Mount Desert
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 0372
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Pages:
  • 4 books
Medium:
  • booklets of photographs
Description:
...s ferryboat from Mount Desert to Seal Harbor and Northeast Harbor 19...Map of the southwestern part of Mount Desert Island...
6980GXS Collection - Hotels, Inns, Schools, Homes, Buildings
  • Document, Advertising, Advertisement
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging
  • Structures, Dwellings
  • Structures, Institutional, School
...Folder 54 Inn at Canoe Point, brochure, 1987 Southwest Harbor Folder 55 The Island House, bed & breakfast inn on Mount Desert Island, brochure...
GXS Collection - Hotels, Inns, Schools, Homes, Buildings
Item:
  • 6980   
Type:
  • Document, Advertising, Advertisement
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging
  • Structures, Dwellings
  • Structures, Institutional, School
Collection:
  • GXS Collection
Object ID:
  • GXS
Location:
  • Shelf 4B4
Description:
...Folder 54 Inn at Canoe Point, brochure, 1987 Southwest Harbor Folder 55 The Island House, bed & breakfast inn on Mount Desert Island, brochure...
1257McLean Residence, House and Guest House
  • Document, Projection, Architectural Drawing
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Guesthouse
Property plan, site plan, floor plans, elevations, schedules, framing plans, details, sections, mechanical plans Roc's Comments: I have liked most of the clients I have worked for over the years. The McLeans are in the top 5. Two older Philadelphia people who found each other later in life and joined their big families. They were happy and kind and wonderful to work with. Don had found some property that was thought to be inaccessible but once we had hiked to the site the view was magnificent looking down into all of Northeast Harbor and across to Greenings and Southwest. Harris Hyman, my partner and friend was an excellent civil engineer and he worked out a precipitous drive up the side of the mountain to their ideal site. We decided that, while the view was excellent from there we did not want to harm the view looking back toward their home so I suggested we build the home then only sparingly prune tree limbs for the view. As the land was so steep I also suggested we wrap the grade level and porches and support columns in study western red cedar lattice made to silver out and blend into the surrounding forest texture. This was the first time I tried this and have used it often since. The mottled texture of the surface diminishes the visual impact of a structure on its surround. Something, I think, the early shingle style architects tried often. I was a full time employee working for Venturi, Scott Brown in Philadelphia at the time and did this project at night and on weekends. It was good to see the McLeans in their home state and know the vacation home site as well. This project, in my mind was a total success.
  • Roc Caivano
  • 1986
  • Mount Desert
  • 135 sheets
  • 37 mylar, 54 tracing paper, 32 paper vellum, 12 paper
McLean Residence, House and Guest House
Item:
  • 1257   
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Architectural Drawing
Subject:
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Guesthouse
Creator:
  • Roc Caivano
Date:
  • 1986
Place:
  • Mount Desert
Street:
  • Mount Desert
Collection:
  • Architectural Drawing Collection
Object ID:
  • ADC 0259 ROC
Location:
  • FF D-20
Pages:
  • 135 sheets
Medium:
  • 37 mylar, 54 tracing paper, 32 paper vellum, 12 paper
Description:
Property plan, site plan, floor plans, elevations, schedules, framing plans, details, sections, mechanical plans Roc's Comments: I have liked most of the clients I have worked for over the years. The McLeans are in the top 5. Two older Philadelphia people who found each other later in life and joined their big families. They were happy and kind and wonderful to work with. Don had found some property that was thought to be inaccessible but once we had hiked to the site the view was magnificent looking down into all of Northeast Harbor and across to Greenings and Southwest. Harris Hyman, my partner and friend was an excellent civil engineer and he worked out a precipitous drive up the side of the mountain to their ideal site. We decided that, while the view was excellent from there we did not want to harm the view looking back toward their home so I suggested we build the home then only sparingly prune tree limbs for the view. As the land was so steep I also suggested we wrap the grade level and porches and support columns in study western red cedar lattice made to silver out and blend into the surrounding forest texture. This was the first time I tried this and have used it often since. The mottled texture of the surface diminishes the visual impact of a structure on its surround. Something, I think, the early shingle style architects tried often. I was a full time employee working for Venturi, Scott Brown in Philadelphia at the time and did this project at night and on weekends. It was good to see the McLeans in their home state and know the vacation home site as well. This project, in my mind was a total success. [show more]