Building of Arts, Bar Harbor, ca. 1910
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Item 18964
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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.
Other Information
- Title: Building of Arts, Bar Harbor, ca. 1910
- Creation Date: circa 1910
- Subject Date: circa 1910
- Town: Bar Harbor
- County: Hancock
- State: ME
- Media: Postcard
- Dimensions (cm): 9 x 14
- Local Code: JML PC18964
- Object Type: Image
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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