Description: Photograph of the gambrel-roofed Pooler Barn, formerly a working dairy barn, located on Route 3 in Bar Harbor 1.9 miles east of traffic light at the head of the island. Photograph taken in May 2006. The farm originally had 200-plus acres behind and beside the Victorian house to the left of the barn. Northeast Creek runs through the original farm fields. The property was divided in 2006 between land for affordable housing and the remaining house and barn. In August 2006, there were still stanchions and cages in the main barn building. [show more]
Description: Side view of Stone Barn on at intersection of Crooked Road and Norway Drive. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Owen are barn owners. Photographed in May 2006. The farm itself dates to 1850. The barn was built in 1907 by the Shea Brothers of Ellsworth, masonry contractors and builders who had purchased the property. The first story is constructed of glacial stone and granite. The gambrel-roofed barn has housed both sheep and goats. The Stone Barn is on the National Register of historic structures. Mr. and Mrs. Owen have been stewards of the 167 acre farm for over 40 years and have deeded the farm to a conservation trust. A road running between the carriage house to the right of the barn and the farm house led over the brook and up the hill to salt marsh land. The Owens have produced lettuce (6,000-8,000 heads a year), strawberries and beans, goat milk, and other goat mile products which were sold to local restaurants and markets. For years, giant sunflowers stood in a half circle plot on the front lawn. The sheep shed at the rear of the barn was built in the 1960s. The carriage house (not visible in the photograph) was probably somewhat older than the barn, and had front and rear doors so that the carriage could be driven in one end and out the other. [show more]
Description: From 1883 to 1890 a cog railway ran up the slopes of today's Cadillac Mountain; the railway was the inspiration of Francis (Frank) Clerque.
Description: The History Journal of the Mount Desert Island Historical Society Vol. IV, 2001-2002 LaRue Spiker and "America's Most Beautiful Island" by Elizabeth Redhear A Playground Contested: Bar Harbor Natives and Rusticators, 1875-1925 by Lynne Nelson Manion College of the Atlantic: The First Three Decades by William Carpenter Review--A History of Little Cranberry Island, Maine by Michael McGiffert Review--The Story of Mount Desert Island by Carl Little [show more]
Description: Five typed pages of vital statistic records on Abraham and Hannah Somes and their children. These records, drawn from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Ancestral File, include some birth, death and marriage dates.
Description: A DVD that contains interviews with 12 individuals who have knowledge of the Peapod, a small Maine built wooden skiff. The DVD also contains photographs, plans, slideshows, construction information, and records of many of the existing wooden skiffs.
Description: This matted color photograph by Bob Thayer is labeled "Steve Haynes" and dated 2001. Steve is standing by quarrying tools and is holding some kind of pole. He is wearing a white, short-sleeve tee shirt and bluejeans. It looks as if there is a display behind him.
Description: In the words of the introduction, written by Robert R. Pyle, this book "preserves the memories relevant to understanding the roots of communities on Mount Desert Island." It includes sections on Savage's ancestors and the history artists, tourism, and recreation on the island; his education and training and photographs and descriptions of buildings designed by him in Northeast Harbor, Islesboro, and Bar Harbor.
Description: This is the second volume of the series about economic activity, covering the period from the end of the Civil War to the end of World War I.
Description: Catalogue of the exhibition in The Old School House & Museum in August-September 2009. Judith Burger-Gossart was curator of the exhibit. Peggy Forster designed and created the catalogue
Description: Built in 1842, but not in use as working farm for many years. Frequently a site for weddings; in the beginning of Somesville's development this farm occupied the whole south end of the harbor, where cows roamed the cleared woods.