Mount Desert House, Somesville, ca 1900
Contributed by Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Item 78951
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This postcard depicts the village of Somesville at the turn of the twentieth century. A horse-drawn wagon is also shown crossing the bridge over Somes Brook, on the left, as it approaches the intersection of Main Street and Oak Hill Road.
The Abraham Somes III house is on the left. The Somes family was the first non-native family to settle on Mount Desert Island. Upon his death Abraham Somes III left that home to his son, Thaddeus Shepley Somes. The foreground shows the mill pond and the AC Fernald general store, on the opposite shore of the pond.
Other Information
- Title: Mount Desert House, Somesville, ca 1900
- Creation Date: circa 1900
- Subject Date: circa 1900
- Local Name: Somesville
- Town: Mount Desert
- County: Hancock
- State: ME
- Media: Print, Photographic
- Dimensions (cm): 20 x 25
- Local Code: MDIHSjpg997335500
- Object Type: Image
For more information about this item, contact:
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
PO Box 653, 353 Sound Drive, Mount Desert, ME 04660
(207) 276-9323
http://www.mdihistory.org
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LC Subject Headings
Business enterprises--Maine--Somesville
Cities & towns--Maine--Somesville
Houses--Maine--Somesville
Postcards
Tourism--Maine--Somesville
Carriages & coaches--Maine--Somesville
Dirt Roads--Maine--Somesville
Horses--Maine--Somesville
Main Street (Somesville, Me.)
Buildings--Maine--Somesville
Other Keywords
Historic homes
Mill pond
Somes family
commerce
homestead
merchants
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