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Building of Arts, Bar Harbor, ca. 1910
Contributed by Jesup Memorial Library

Building of Arts, Bar Harbor, ca. 1910

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Description

Guy Lowell designed the Building of Arts in Bar Harbor.

Some of the financial support for the building came from Mrs. Henry Dimock, Mrs. Robert Abbe, Henry Lane Eno, George Dorr and George Vanderbilt.

The builidng was dedicated on July 13, 1907 with a concert that featured Emma Eames. The Boston Symphony performed there as did several other notables of the time.

The Building of Arts stood off the Cromwell Harbor Road near the corner of Kebo Street and burned in the Fire of 1947.

 

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For more information about this item, contact:

Jesup Memorial Library
34 Mount Desert Street, Bar Harbor, ME 04609
(207) 288-4245
http://www.jesup.lib.me.us/

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LC Subject Headings

Music-halls--Maine--Bar Harbor
Building of Arts (Bar Harbor, Me.)--Postcards
Theaters--Maine--Bar Harbor

People

Guy Lowell    Robert Abbe    George Vanderbilt    George Dorr    Henry Dimock    Henry Lane Eno

Other Keywords

Summer Residents Fire of 1947 Architecture Building of Arts Bar Harbor

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