Public Buildings 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 6 September 2010)
Welcome
to the public buildings 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 public buildings. If little is known about a building, 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 building and a link will be provided below.
How to contribute:
All information (including images) should be e-mailed to info@vfthomas.com or sent by traditional mail to MDI Public Buildings, c/o V. F. Thomas Co.; P. O. Box 400; Southwest Harbor, ME 04679.
Bar Harbor
Fire Station - corner of Kennebec Place and Rodick Street
[year?]: designed by Frederick L. Savage
Jesup Library
Town Offices - 93 Cottage Street
[year?]: designed by Frederick L. Savage as Bar Harbor High School
Mount Desert
Northeast Harbor Library
Somesville Library
Southwest Harbor
Manset Public Library
Southwest Harbor Public Library
1884: "Mrs. Annie Sawyer Downs gathered a number of discarded books from the hotels, mostly paper covered volumes, and placed them on a shelf in one corner of Dr. R. J. Lemont's drug store ... ." [from "Traditions and Records: Southwest Harbor and Somesville" by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton. 1938]
17 March 1888: formation of The Tremont Public Library Association
1893: land purchased from Mrs. Rachel C. Allen of Waltham, MA
date?: building designed by Prof. Eleazer Homer; Melvin Norwood, contractor
6 February 1897: building declared free of debt
ca. 1905: name changed to Southwest Harbor Public Library
Tremont
Bass Harbor Library