Schools 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 4 April 2011)
Welcome
to the Schools 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 schools. If little is known about a school, 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 school 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 Schools, c/o V. F. Thomas Co.; P. O. Box 400; Southwest Harbor, ME 04679.
Bar Harbor
Bar Harbor High School - Cottage Street
1906: construction approved at town meeting
designed by Frederick L. Savage
Bar Harbor School (District 2) - Hulls Cove
Mount Desert
Dunham school - Seal Harbor
Gilman school - Northeast Harbor
designed by Frederick L. Savage and Milton W. Stratton
1897: built
1907: enlarged to accommodate high school students
ca. 1951: torn down
Seal Harbor
"W. S. Smallidge has about completed the new schoolhouse which will be one of the best on the island, and will add greatly to the comfort of all." [Bar Harbor Record, Wednesday, March 28, 1900; p. 4, col. 2]
Somesville common school - north end of village
1898: built for pre-high school students
1903: high school students added
1929: enlarged
1980s: converted to residential condominiums
Southwest Harbor
Tremont
Bass Harbor
"The old schoolhouse that is being removed from its former site to the premises of Daniel Cough, who purchased it from the town last fall, has reached the center of Capt. McRae's swamp, and looks lonely in its doorless and windowless state." [Bar Harbor Record, Wedneday, February 14, 1900; p. 4, col. 4]
Seal Cove
"The winter term of school commenced Monday, January 8, [1900], Miss Louisa Heath as teacher." [Bar Harbor Record, Wednesday, January 10, 1900; p. 4, col. 4]