Businesses and Professions on Mount Desert Island
part of the Mount Desert Island Cultural History Project
of
V. F. Thomas Co. - P. O. Box 400 - Southwest Harbor, ME 04679
info@vfthomas.com - 207-266-5748
(updated 5 December 2009)
Welcome
to the Businesses and Professions on Mount Desert Island home page, part of the Mount Desert Island Cultural History Project.
Purpose of this web page:
The purpose of this web page is to present information about businesses (other than hotels, which have their own web page) and professions, primarily through the mid-1900s, on Mount Desert Island. Entries are grouped by category, and references in parentheses are to advertisements in local newspapers. To view the advertisement, click on the newspaper citation.
How to contribute:
All information (including images) should be e-mailed to info@vfthomas.com or sent by traditional mail to MDI Businesses and Professions, c/o V. F. Thomas Co.; P. O. Box 400; Southwest Harbor, ME 04679.
Bar Harbor
Barbers, Hair Dressers, etc.
A. F. Smith - under the Agamont Hotel
advertisement: Mount Desert Herald, 14 July 1881
G. L. Goodwin - at the Rodick House
advertisements: Mount Desert Herald, 14 July 1881, The Daily Herald, 6 July 1886
Boats
Pendleton & Murphy - Steamboat Wharf
advertisement: Mount Desert Herald, 14 July 1881
Jacob Suminsby - Central Boat Wharf
advertisement: Mount Desert Herald, 14 July 1881
Clothiers
Jas. A. Robinson & Son - Bunker Block (Bar Harbor Record, 10 January 1900)
Contractors and Builders
Asa Hodgkins & Sons - Main Street and West Street, near Steamboat Wharf (Bar Harbor Record, 10 January 1900)
A. E. Lawrence - Cottage Street (Bar Harbor Record, 10 January 1900)
Goddard & Hunt (also architect) - (Bar Harbor Record, 10 January 1900)
W. A. Jordan - residence: Cottage Street, opposite Andrew Rodick's Hotel
advertisement: Mount Desert Herald, 14 July 1881
Doctors
Dr. Rogers - office in Bradley Block, Main Street; residence: corner of Mount Desert Street and Holland Avenue
advertisement: Mount Desert Herald, 14 July 1881
Drug Stores
S. D. Wiggin & Co. - Bradley Block, Main Street
advertisement: Mount Desert Herald, 14 July 1881
Dry Goods
Des Isle & Brewer - Main Street
advertisement: Mount Desert Herald, 14 July 1881
Higgins Brothers - Main Street
advertisement: Mount Desert Herald, 14 July 1881
Mrs. U. G. Hodgkins (also fancy goods) - 105 Cottage Street (Bar Harbor Record, 5 October 1904)
Groceries
A. B. Smith - near the head of Conner's boat wharf
advertisement: Mount Desert Herald, 14 July 1881
Des Isle & Brewer - Main Street
advertisement: Mount Desert Herald, 14 July 1881
Higgins Brothers - Main Street
advertisement: Mount Desert Herald, 14 July 1881
J. E. Berry - opposite Rockaway House
advertisement: Mount Desert Herald, 14 July 1881
Samuel E. Head & Co. - Main Street, under the Agamont Hotel
advertisement: Mount Desert Herald, 14 July 1881
George H. Tenney & Co. - Main Street
advertisement: Mount Desert Herald, 14 July 1881
Hardware, Stoves, etc.
Green & Reynolds - Main Street
advertisement: Mount Desert Herald, 14 July 1881
Horses and related equipment and services
Berry Brothers - Cottage Street
advertisement: Mount Desert Herald, 14 July 1881
Charles B. Pineo - Main Street
advertisement: Mount Desert Herald, 14 July 1881
F. P. Richards - Cottage Street
advertisement: Mount Desert Herald, 14 July 1881
Samuel E. Head - Main Street, under the Agamont Hotel
advertisement: Mount Desert Herald, 14 July 1881
Insurance
Charles C. Burrill - No. 1, Bradley Block, Main Street
advertisement: Mount Desert Herald, 14 July 1881
DeGrasse Fox (Bar Harbor Record, 10 January 1900)
Jewelry and Watches
Frank P. Moore - Bradley Block, Main Street
advertisement: Mount Desert Herald, 14 July 1881
Miscellaneous
Udall - opposite Grand Central Hotel, Main Street
advertisement: The Daily Herald, 6 July 1886
Newspapers, Printing, etc.
Mount Desert Herald
1881 (July 14): first issue - "Unannounced by any extended prospectus, we present herewith the first number of the Mount Desert Herald. It is designed to be a permanent newspaper; and will do its level best to set forth the advantages, attractions and interests of Bar Harbor, Mount Desert, and the region of country immediately surrounding. ... Without intruding upon any one's private affairs, we wish to present from week to week as full and particular accounts as possible of the very many improvements now in progress in our village, and to this end we desire all possible information." (Mount Desert Herald, 14 July 1881, p. 2, col. 1)
1881 (July 14): cost - "Single Copies of the Herald may be obtained at the office of publication, and at the store of Albert W. Bee, Main Street, Bar Harbor. Mr. Bee will keep a supply of back numbers always on hand." (Mount Desert Herald, 14 July 1881, p. 2, col. 1)
advertisement: Mount Desert Herald, 14 July 1881
The Daily Herald
1886 (July 6): first issue - The subhead reported this paper to be "a summer journal of Mount Desert news"
advertisement: The Daily Herald, 6 July 1886
Real Estate
DeGrasse Fox (Bar Harbor Record, 10 January 1900)
Tailors and Seamstresses
Pineo & Berry - opposite Rodick House
advertisement: Mount Desert Herald, 14 July 1881
Mount Desert
Restaurants
unnamed? - Howard E. Abbott, proprietor; "A new dining room at Beach [sic] Hill, by Mr. Howard E. Abbott of Tremont, was opened on the 4th inst. A band of music was in attendance. This restaurant is located between Carter's Nubble and Beach [sic] Hill Mountain, within three minutes walk of either. The proprietor is always ready to furnish guides and will do everything to render a trip to these peaks pleasant and agreeable." (Mount Deset Herald, 14 July 1881, p. 3, col. 1)
Southwest Harbor
Tremont