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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Harbor Cottage, The Old Ell (“Mame’s House”), and the Big Barn

"… Northeast Harbor Maine January 1928Northeast Harbor Library Harbor Cottage, a two-story New Englander styled house with an ell on the South side…"

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 2 of 3

"1980Northeast Harbor Library Northeast Harbor was spared the devastation of the October 1947 Bar Harbor fire."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 1 of 3

"1980Northeast Harbor Library Northeast Harbor was one of the last villages on Mount Desert Island to develop a business center."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - The McCormick house

"Roosevelt's 'Fireside Chats.' The house was built around 1845 by Asa Joyce, and although the back section of the house is new the front retains the…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Bonnie and Donnie Staples' house

"Bonnie and Donnie Staples' house Clevie Dunham's store, Swan's Island, ca. 1940Swan's Island Historical Society This home was probably built…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Old House (circa 1820-2013)

""Mame" SavageNortheast Harbor Library Their seasonal move involved seven family members leaving this relatively palatial home and de-camping to the…"

Home: The Wadsworth-Longfellow House and Portland - The Longfellow Era: 1807-1901

"… States Coast Survey, he charted the shoreline and harbors of New England. After he married Elizabeth Clapp Porter in 1851, they stayed for a winter…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Inns

"Island House and slip, Southwest Harbor, 1893Southwest Harbor Public Library Making Accommodations By the mid-1880s, Bar Harbor boasted dozens of…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Twentieth-Century Community Life

"Way Back Ball, Northeast Harbor, ca. 1945Great Harbor Maritime Museum Neighborhood houses and community halls had popped up in almost every village."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication

"The next year he opened the Deering House, Bar Harbor's second hotel. And so that small cluster of houses started its transformation, too."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - About Us

"X Great Harbor Maritime Museum, Northeast Harbor, (207) 276-5262 The Great Harbor Maritime Museum is located in the former Northeast Harbor fire…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Old Ell is Born

"… Cleaning at Hilltop House, Asticou, Northeast Harbor Maine, 1933Northeast Harbor Library The Big Barn, Asticou Way, Northeast Harbor, Maine…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 4 of 6

"Road Signs after re-painting, Northeast Harbor, ca. 1955Mount Desert Island Historical Society Road Signs, Northeast Harbor, ca."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - More Permanent Settlers Arrive

"… as well as Somesville, Otter Creek, Northeast Harbor and Southwest Harbor and Tremont. Most of these early families received their land titles from…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Basketball: From Rivals to Teammates

"They would journey to Bar Harbor to see their town’s boys take on the Sea Siders. MDI boys’ high school teams were now competing with town schools…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 3 of 6

"… few of the houses clustered further back from the harbor view on Asticou Way. Or, the children moved out of their bedrooms for the summer to bunk…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Community and Commerce

"… on the Bass Harbor Road in Southwest Harbor, and the Baptist, on Meeting House Hill in The Center, between Somesville and Seal Cove."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Movies Come To The Island

"1935Northeast Harbor Library As Bar Harbor evolved into a premiere vacation and leisure destination, it was only a matter of time until the movies…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 6 of 6

"… Desert Land & Garden Preserve, located in Seal Harbor and Northeast Harbor, maintains a small archive of historic materials related to Charles…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Summary: The Future: Recycle or Start from Scratch?

"… building materials? View South of Northeast Harbor From Asticou Brook, April 2013Northeast Harbor Library If so, we are fortunate to have…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Postscript: More Moving Buildings

"Postscript: More Moving Buildings The Old House, Harbor Cottage, The Big Barn and the Old Ell were not the only structures in Asticou to move…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Third Generation and Beyond

"… Emily Manchester Savage, 1854Northeast Harbor Library Emily was a daughter within the 4th generation of the Manchester family of Northeast…"