Cottages of 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 17 December 2008)
Welcome
to the Cottages of 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 Mount Desert Island's named cottages. If little is known about a cottage, it will be reported below. If a picture becomes available or when substantially more information is learned, a separate web page will be created for that cottage and a link will be provided below. Much of the information below comes from "Lost Bar Harbor" by G. W. Helfrich and Gladys O'Neil. Owners of record in 1904 are from a map "compiled from Atlas of Bar Harbor & Vicinity published by Summer Residents Association".
How to contribute:
All information (including images) should be e-mailed to info@vfthomas.com or sent by traditional mail to MDI Cottages, c/o V. F. Thomas Co.; P. O. Box 400; Southwest Harbor, ME 04679.
Bar Harbor
Abendruh
1904: owned by Mrs. Leonard E. Opdycke
Aldersea
1904: owned by Edward Coles
Aloha
1904: owned by Mrs. Robert B. Potter
Anchorage, The
1904: owned by Mrs. Edith S. Whitney estate
Arcadia
1904: owned by Mrs. DeGrasse Fox
Archbold cottage - Cleftstone Road
1904: built by Ed Mears for Ann Archbold
1947: burned
Ardeen
1904: owned by Mrs. Platt-Hunt
As You Like It
1904: owned by Mrs. Mary I. Higgins
Ash Cottage
1904: owned by Mrs. J. Madison Taylor
Atlantean
1904: owned by Fred Savage
Atlantique - 45 Hancock Street
designed by Fred Savage
1904: built for John Innes Kane (a grandson of John Jacob Astor)
1992: placed on National Registry
2000: restored
photo: cottage on 4 September 2007
Audley cottage
1904: owned by Miss Elizabeth C. Washington
Bagatelle
1904: owned by Mrs. Edmund Pendleton
Balance Rock
1904: owned by Alexander Maitland
Bandbox
1904: owned by John Hone
Ban-y-Byrn
designed by S. V. Stratton
1888-1889: built for Albert Clifford Barney of Cincinnati
1930: purchased by Joseph Wholean
1947: burned
1904: owned by A. C. Barney estate
Barnacles, The
1904: owned by Edmund Pendleton
Baymeath - Hulls Cove
designed by Andrews, Jaques & Rantoul of Boston
1895-1896: built for Mrs. Louise DeKoven Bowen (Mrs. Joseph T. Bowen)
1904: owned by Joseph T. Bowen
1979: torn down
Beachcroft
1904: owned by C. Morton Smith
Beau Desert
1904: owned by Augustus C. and Miss Gurnee
Bide-a-while
1904: owned by J. L. Ketterlinus
Bierka
1904: owned by Augustus Franzen
Birch Point
1868: built
1904: owned by Mrs. Alpheus Hardy
Bird Cage
1904: owned by Mrs. Mary D. Biddle estate
Birnam
designed by Rotch & Tilden of Boston
1892-1893: built for Charles Fry of Manchester, Massachusetts
1904: owned by Mrs. Charles Fry
around 1945: torn down
Blair Eyrie - Highbrook Road
1888: built by Sidney V. Stratton of Frank Quinby Associates for George Wheeler; originally called Avamaya
1901: purchased by DeWitt Clinton Blair of New York
around 1935 - torn down
photos: gate on 4 September 2007, gatepost on 4 September 2007
Bogue Chitto - Hulls Cove
designed by W. H. Day
1888: completed for John A. Morris
1904: owned by John A. Morris estate
around 1961: torn down
Boulder
1904: owned by John H. Livingston
Bournemouth
designed by William Ralph Emerson
1885-1886: built for W. B. Walley of Boston
later owned by Mrs. Archibald Cary Harrison
1925: purchased by Mrs. Robert Hall McCormick Jr.
1979: torn down
Bowling Green
1904: owned by Mrs. Hunt Slater
photo: capstone on 4 September 2007
Breeze, The
1904: owned by Mrs. A. P. Peabody
Briarbound
1904: owned by William W. White
Briarfield
1904: owned by R. C. Church
Briars, The
designed by William Ralph Emerson
1881: built for J. Montgomery Sears of Boston
1904: owned by J. M. Sears
1908 (summer): rented by John D. Rockefeller Jr. (and his son Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller was born there)
1909: purchased by Tom Walsh for his daughter Evalyn and her husband, Edward Beale "Ned" McLean
1968: torn down, except a servants' wing that was converted into a guest house
Brook End
designed by William Ralph Emerson
1880-1881: built for General W. F. Smith
1889: purchased by Dr. Robert Abbe of New York
1904: owned by Dr. Robert Abbe
around 1963: torn down
Buena Vista
1904: owned by James Hinch estate
Buonriposo - Eden Street
designed by Ernesto Fabbri
1904 built for Ernesto Fabbri
1918: burned
1919: rebuilt
1963: torn down
Burnmouth
1904: owned by Mrs. Archibald Harrison
Calender House
1904: owned by Mrs. John C. Livingston
Canary
1904: owned by Mrs. Geraldyn Redmond
Casa Far Niente
designed by Bruce Pierce
1882: built for William Rice
1943: torn down
Cedars, The
1904: owned by George W. Guthrie
Chantier
1904: owned by Miss Julia Stevens
Chatwold - Schooner Head Road
1893 (June): owned by Louise Bowler Livingston
1893 (June): leased by Joseph Pulitzer
1894: purchased by Joseph Pulitzer
1904: owned by Joseph Pulitzer
1945: torn down
Chiltern
1904: owned by Edgar Scott
Clearfield
1904: owned by Mrs. Morris Longstreth
Cleftstone
1904: owned by Frank Ellis
Clover
1904: owned by Mrs. C. S. Leffingwell
Clovercroft - ocean side of Eden Street
designed by Rotch & Tilden of Boston
1883-1884: built for George and Iphynia G. (Livor) Place of New York
1947: burned
photo: capstone on 4 September 2007
Colonial Hall
1904: owned by Mrs. Mary T. Armour and Mrs. Louise Este King
Columbia Cottage
1904: owned by J. P. Bass
Corfield
designed by Rotch & Tilden of Boston
1893: built for Mrs. George P. Bowler of Cincinnati
1904: owned by Robert Pendleton Bowler
1922: purchased by William Cooper Procter
around 1965: torn down
Cornersmeet
1904: owned by Malvern Hotel and Land Improvement Company
Cragsend
1904: owned by Mrs. Mary D. Biddle estate
Craigs, The
designed by Bruce Price
1879-1880: built for Robert Amory
1946: torn down
Crossways, The
1904: owned by William B. Rice estate
Crowsnest
1904: owned by Mrs. Robert Emmons
Devilstone
designed by Rotch & Tilden of Boston
1885: built for Mrs. George Bowler
later owned by James T. Woodward of New York
later owned by Mrs. Thomas Scott
1904: owned by Mrs. Clement B. Newbold
later owned by Miss Frances Coleman who changed its name to Eaglestone
1928: wing added
1968: main section torn down; wing remains
Devon
designed by Rotch & Tilden of Boston
1888: built
[date?]: owned by H. C. Wilkins
1904: owned by H. C. Wilkins estate
later owned by Harold Peabody
1947: burned
Donaque - Cleftstone Road
designed by Andrews, Jaques & Rantoul of Boston
1893-1894: built for A. Howard Hinckle of Cincinnati
around 1939: torn down
1904: owned by A. Howard Hinkle
Dust Pan Cottage - Eden Street
designed by Rotch & Tilden of Boston
1886: built for Rufus King of Cincinnati
later owned by Mrs. W. E. Montgomery
later owned by James Cunningham
1947: burned
Dutch Cottage
1904: owned by Malvern Hotel and Land Improvement Company
Eagle Cliff
1904: owned by Mrs. Lea McI. Luquer
Eaglestone - see Devilstone
Eastcote
1904: owned by Mrs. J. Pierrepont Edwards
Eden Hall
1904: owned by Mrs. T. B. Musgrave
Edenbrae
1904: owned by Mrs. Louise K. Wilson and Mrs. S. S. Kimball Constable
Edgefield
1904: owned by Mrs. F. N. Goddard
Edgemere
designed by William Ralph Emerson
1881: built for Thomas B. Musgrave
1904: owned by Mrs. Thomas B. Musgrave
later owned by William Sherman, Chester Barnett, and Beatrix (Jones) Farrand
1938: torn down
Edgewater
1904: owned by Charles Francis estate
Elsinore - Cleftstone Road
designed by Andrews, Jaques & Rantoul of Boston
1893-1894: built for Hugh McMillan of Detroit
later owned by Mrs. Henry F. Dimock
around 1945: torn down
1904: owned by Hugh McMillan
Eyrie, The
designed by William Ralph Emerson of Boston
1881: built for Robert Amory
1904: owned by Robert Amory
later owned by Mrs. Augustus Thorndike, Amory's daughter
1887 (September): burned
1900: rebuilt
1942: torn down
Fabian cottage - Eden Street
designed by John Clark
1885-1886: built for R. L. Fabian
1887(?): tower added
1889: two-story addition
1975: torn down
Far Niente
1904: owned by William B. Rice estate
Fairview
1904: owned by Mrs. John Harrison
Fairview - Eden Street
designed by Andrews, Jaques & Rantoul of Boston
1909: built for Philip Livingston
later owned by Mary Roberts Rinehart
1947: burned
Faraway
1904: owned by John Harrison
Fernhill
1904: owned by Miss Dorothea C. and Miss Fanny Norris
Four Acres
designed by Chapman & Fraser of Boston
1903: built for Alexander J. Cassatt of Philadelphia
1904: owned by Alexander J. Cassatt
1925: purchased by E. T. Stotesbury
remodeling design by Magaziner, Eberhard & Harris; renamed Wingwood House
1953: torn down
Frost cottage
1904: owned by S. Weir Mitchell
Geranium
1904: owned by Malvern Hotel and Land Improvement Company
Glen Eyrie - Eden Street
1902: built for John B. Henderson of Missouri
1904: owned by John B. Henderson
around 1933: torn down
Green Lodge
1904: owned by Robert Amory
Greencourt
1904: owned by Miss Charlotte Pendleton
Greenlawn
1904: owned by Mrs. William Lawrence Green
Greenway Court - lower Main Street
designed by Andrews, Jaques & Rantoul of Boston
1910: built for Francis Burton Harrison
1947: burned
Greystone
1904: owned by Mrs. M. Cary Lea
Guelph
1904: owned by Austin Phelps
Guy's Cliff
designed by W. Jordan
around 1870: built for Charles T. How
1904: owned by Mrs. Edwin C. Cushman of Newport, Rhode Island
later owned by J. J. O'Brien
1926: purchased by James Byrne
remodeled by office of Guy Lowell
willed to Oblate Fathers
purchased by Bernard Cough
purchased by College of the Atlantic
Hackmatack
1904: owned by Miss Helen Beach
Hardy
1904: owned by Malvern Hotel and Land Improvement Company
Hare Forest - see Ledge Cliff
Hauterive
1904: owned by Mrs. Miles B. Carpenter
photo: capstone on 9 April 2008
Highbrook
designed by William Ralph Emerson
1881: built for Mary Leeds (Mrs. James Leeds) of Boston
1904: owned by Mrs. James Leeds
1925: purchased by Mrs. A. M. Patterson
1947: burned
Highfield
1904: owned by Mrs. Nathan Matthews
Hillcrest
1904: owned by Thomas H. Hubbard
Hillhurst
1904: owned by Mrs. W. W. Seeley
Homewood - Eagle Lake Road
designed by William Ralph Emerson
1883: built
[year?]: purchased by Mrs. M. D. Sanders of Philadelphia
1904: owned by Mrs. M. D. Sanders estate
later owned by Hugh Scott of Philadelphia
1947: burned
Honfleur House - Hulls Cove
designed by John Clark
1896: built for Herbert Parsons of New York
1904: owned by Mrs. Herbert Parsons
later owned by Sumner Welles
1964: torn down
Ingleside
1904: owned by William Lawrence
Islecote - Ogden Point (south of village of Bar Harbor)
designed by A. W. Longfellow
1902: built for Mrs. William Jay Schieffelin (sister of George W. Vanderbilt)
1904: owned by George W. Vanderbilt
1940: torn down
Italian Villa, The - Eden Street
designed by Rotch & Tilden of Boston
1886: built for George Harris of East Machias
1904: owned by Mrs. George Harris
later owned by F. McCormick-Goodhart of Washington, D.C.
1947: burned
Jacobs Well
1904: owned by L. T. Dickson estate
Kebo
1904: owned by Malvern Hotel and Land Improvement Company
Kedge, The
1904: owned by Mrs. J. M. P. Price
Keewaydin - ocean side of Lower Main Street (Route 3 south of Bar Harbor village)
designed by Lamb & Rich of New York
1898: built for Gardiner Sherman of New York
1947: burned
Kenarden Lodge
designed by Rowe and Baker of New York City
1892: built for John Stewart Kennedy
1904: owned by John Stewart Kennedy
purchased by John Thompson Dorrance
1960: torn down
1970s: new cottage built on site for Tristram Colket
Knoll, The
1904: owned by H. C. Wilkins estate
Kossuth
1904: owned by Mrs. Frank Fremont-Smith
La Rochelle
1904: owned by George S. Bowdoin
photos: capstone on 4 September 2007, cottage on 4 September 2007
La Selva
1904: owned by Mrs. A. J. Davis
photo: capstone on 17 September 2007
Larchsea
1904: owned by Mrs. John Markoe
Ledge, The
1904: owned by Mrs. Lucien Carr
Ledge Cliff - Schooner Head Road
1899-1900: built for L. N. Kettle
1904: owned by L. N. Kettle
1926: purchased by Potter Palmer who changed name to Hare Forest
1947: burned
Ledge Hollow
1904: owned by T. M. Rotch
Ledge Lawn
1876: built by W. Jordan for Miss Mary Shannon
1902: torn down
Llangollen - Eagle Lake Road
1896: built for Charles Jackson
1904: owned by Mrs. Charles Carroll Jackson
later owners (in turn): Mrs. William Blake, Mrs. Duer Baker, Prince Mahmet Burhaneddin
1947: burned
Lookout
1904: owned by Mrs. Moncure Robinson
Mare Vista
1904: owned by Mrs. T. B. Musgrave
Marigold
1904: owned by Miss Jane M. Cary
Meadowridge
1881: built by Albert Higgins
1885: purchased by Parke Godwin
1904: owned by Parke Godwin estate
later owned by Fred Jellison
later owned by Alice Kiaer
around 1955: torn down
Mira Monte
1904: owned by Mrs. H. C. Chapman
Mizzentop
designed by H. L. Putnam of Boston
1883-1884: built for Mrs. William Morris Hunt
1904: owned by Robert Hall McCormick (grandson of Cyrus McCormick)
later owned by Henry Morgenthau
1947: burned
Moorings, The
1904: owned by Miss Mary Sharswood
Mossley Hall
designed by William Ralph Emerson
1882-1883: built for William B. Howard of Chicago
1904: owned by Mrs. William B. Howard
1945: torn down
Nasturtium Cottage
1904: owned by Mrs. Edward McCauley
Okedon
1904: owned by David B. Ogden
Old Farm
designed by Alexander F. Oakey of New York
1876-1877: built for Charles F. Dorr of Boston
1904: owned by George Bucknam Dorr (son of Charles F. Dorr)
1951: torn down
Old Rectory
1904: owned by C. S. Leffingwell estate
Pinchot cottage
1903: built for Amos Pinchot of New York (brother of Gifford Pinchot)
1947: burned
Pinehurst
1904: owned by Mrs. M. D. Sanders estate
Pointe d'Acadie
designed by Charles Coolidge Haight
1868-1869: built for Gouverneur Morris Ogden of New York and called Watersmeet
1889: purchased by George Washington Vanderbilt II who renamed it
later owned by George H. McFadden of Philadelphia
1956: torn down
Poplars, The
1904: owned by Rufus E. Shapley
Primrose
1904: owned by C. S. Leffingwell estate
Redwood
1904: owned by C. J. Morrill estate
Reef Point
designed by Rotch & Tilden of Boston
1883: built for Mrs. Cadwalader Jones (mother of Beatrix (Jones) Farrand)
1904: owned by Mrs. Cadwalader Jones
1955: torn down
Reverie Cove
1904: owned by Mrs. John D. Jones
Rexcote
1904: owned by Mrs. Louise Este King
Richardson
1904: owned by Malvern Hotel and Land Improvement Company
Rock Brook
owner: ?
photo: capstone on 4 September 2007
Rockburn
1904: owned by Mrs. A. D. Addison
Rocklyn - Eden Street
1881-1882: built for James Hinch
1947: burned
1904: owned by Phillip Livingston
photos: steps on 4 September 2007, capstone on 4 September 2007
Saltair
1904: owned by A. Bleecker Banks
Sea Fox
1904: owned by Alanson Tucker
Sea Urchins
1904: owned by Mrs. Burton Harrison
Seacroft
1904: owned by Mrs. Robert B. Bowler
Shore Acres
designed by William Ralph Emerson
1881: built for Haskett Derby of Boston
1904: owned by Haskett Derby
1914: inherited by Mrs. Haskett Derby
about 1957: torn down
Sonogee - ocean side of Route 3, north of village of Bar Harbor
1903: built for Henry Lane Eno
later owned by A. Atwater Kent
1976: became a nursing facility
Stanwood
designed by W. M. Camac of Philadelphia
1885-1886: built for James G. Blaine
1904: owned by James G. Blaine estate
1947: burned
Steepways
1904: owned by Mrs. William Todd Helmuth
Stone Cliffe
1904: owned by Morris K. Jesup
Stratford House
1904: owned by Lewis A. Roberts estate
Strawberry Hill House - Strawberry Hill
designed by Rotch & Tilden of Boston
1889: built of J. Frederick May of Washington, D.C.
1904: owned by Mrs. J. Frederick May
1947: burned
Studio, The
1904: owned by Frederick Amory
Sturgis cottage
1904: owned by Mrs. A. Y. Stewart
Sunnyside
1904: owned by Frank Fremont-Smith
Talleyrand
designed by DeGrasse Fox
1887-1888: built for DeGrasse Fox
1904: owned by Malvern Hotel and Land Improvement Company
1947: burned
Tanglewold - Kebo Street
designed by DeGrasse Fox
1888: built for DeGrasse Fox
1904: owned by Malvern Hotel and Land Improvement Company
1906: purchased by Alfred M. Coats of Providence, Rhode Island
1917: purchased[?] by A. Murray Young
1947: burned
Teviot
1904: owned by John H. Livingston
Thingvalla
1904: owned by Henry R. Hatfield
Thirlstane
designed by William Ralph Emerson
1881: built for Mrs. Rebecca Scott of Washington, D.C.
1897: purchased by Edward deV. Morrell
1904: owned by Edward deV. Morrell
1926: purchased by William Pierson Hamilton (great-grandson of Alexander Hamilton and son-in-law of J. P. Morgan)
1947: burned
Thornhedge
1904: owned by Lewis A. Roberts estate
Tides, The
1887: built
1904: owned by William B. Rice estate
Triangle, The
1904: owned by John H. Livingston et al.
Tullibardine
1904: owned by Miss M. H. Guthrie
Turrets, The - ocean side of Eden Street, Route 3 north of village of Bar Harbor (now 105 Eden Street)
1904: owned by John J. Emery
photos: entrance side on 13 July 2008, ocean side on 13 July 2008
Uferheim
1904: owned by U. H. Crocker estate
Ullikana
1904: owned by Mrs. Alpheus Hardy
Van Doren cottage - Hulls Cove
designed by William Poindexter & Co. of Washington, D.C.
1887-1888: built for Mary Van Doren
later owned by Juila and Guy Whiting of Washington, D.C.
1969: torn down
Villa Mary
1904: owned by F. H. Johnson
Wazee-Lo-Wan
1904: owned by Mrs. W. C. Allison
Westfield
1904: owned by William B. Rice estate
Westover
1904: owned by Mrs. Jesse Hoyt
Whileaway
1904: owned by George W. Vanderbilt
Wildacre
1904: owned by Mrs. George S. Robbins
Wingwood House - see Four Acres
Witch Cliff
designed by Bruce Price
1880: built
1904: owned by Mrs. A. F. Manning
Woodlands - lower Main Street
designed by Irving John Gill
1903-1904: built for Louis B. McCagg of New York
later owned by Edith (Pulitzer) Moore (Mrs. William Moore)
1947: burned
Wyandotte
1904: owned by Mrs. John Biddle Porter
Yellow Cottage - owners in 1904: Miss Torrey and Miss Linzee
Mount Desert
Anchorage, The
owned by [built for?] Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller
14 August 1979: transferred via will (Hancock County Registry of Deeds 1357:215) to Margaretta Fitler Rockefeller
30 August 1979: purchased by Walter B. Ford II and Josephine [F.?] Ford (Hancock County Registry of Deeds 1360:440)
Craigstone
designed by Isaac H. Green Jr. of Sayville, NY, for Henry A. Rowland
Eastholm
1901-1902: built for Mr. and Mrs. Richard March Hoe
Eastpoint
designed by Duncan Candler
1909: built for Charlotte (Rhodes) Hanna (Mrs. Marcus Hanna)
Eyrie, The
designed by Marcus T. Reynolds of Albany, NY
1898: building completed for Samuel Fessenden Clarke
1910: purchased by John D. Rockefeller Jr.
1915: Duncan Candler hired to design an expansion
1963: torn down
Felsmere
designed by Grosvenor Atterbury
1901-1902: built by Asa Hodgkins and Sons of Bar Harbor for Edward Cushman Bodman
Glengariff
1891: designed by Isaac H. Green Jr. of Sayville, NY, for George Borwick Cooksey
August 1909: purchased by Ernest B. Dane who had it torn down and had a new Glengariff built (completed in 1911)
Grayciff
designed by Isaac H. Green Jr. of Sayville, NY, for Eugene S. Bristol
Keewaydin
1896: designed by Isaac H. Green Jr. of Sayville, NY, for Edwin K. and Mary (Dows) Dunham
Miradero
designed by Grosvenor Atterbury
1901: built for Christian A. Herter
Skylands
designed by Duncan Candler
1923-1925: built by Byron W. Candage and Son(s?) for Edsel and Eleanor Ford
[?]: purchased by Martha Stewart
Stoneleigh
1882: built for Rufus R. Thomas
Wabenaki
designed by Duncan Candler
1906-1907: built by Byron W. Candage and Son(s?) for George Stebbins
Wild Cliff
1901-1902: designed and built by Charles A. Candage for Alexander Mackay-Smith
Southwest Harbor
Tremont