Jesup Memorial Library, Bar Harbor, ca. 1920

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Jesup Memorial Library, Bar Harbor, ca. 1920

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In 1875 the Bar Harbor Village Library was located in a building on Ledgelawn Avenue with 176 volumes and $20. The present library (shown) located on Mount Desert Street was designed by architects Delano and Aldrich of New York and built by local Chester Hodgkins in 1909. Mrs. Maria Jesup presented the Jesup Memorial Library to Bar Harbor on August 30, 1911 in memory of her husband, Morris Ketchum Jesup.

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  • Title: Jesup Memorial Library, Bar Harbor, ca. 1920
  • Creator: C. T. Co., Chicago
  • Creation Date: circa 1920
  • Subject Date: 1909
  • Location: Bar Harbor, Hancock County, ME
  • Media: Postcard
  • Dimensions: 13.75 cm x 8.75 cm
  • Local Code: JML PC 24006
  • Object Type: Image

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Jesup Memorial Library
34 Mount Desert Street, Bar Harbor, ME 04609
(207) 288-4245
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