Description: This videotape is a history of the home "Cragsyde", aka Kragsyde, a design of Robert Swain Peabody. The video includes historic photographs and commentary, by Wheaton Arnold Holden. This home was built at Manchester-by-the Sea, Massachusetts in 1884 for George Nixon Black, the same owner of Woodlawn House, Ellsworth, Maine. The house was torn down in 1929. The house was also reproduced during the years 2005-6, using original plans, by a family on Swans Island. Other house in video is "La Tourelle", built ca 1930, destroyed 1947. See Roz Rea for more information about this home and tape - 01/30/2013 [show more]
Description: Copy of map, showing property of David Rockefeller, Cooksey Drive, Seal Harbor, probably land deeded in part to William Scranton, House for Mr. and Mrs. William Scranton, Cooksey Drive, Seal Harbor, Maine, 1984
Description: File folder contains correspondence between Mr. and Mrs. William Scranton and Robert W. Patterson related to the designa nd construction of a house on Cooksey Drive, Seal Harbor Folder also contians invoices, unidentified color snapshots, and lists used in the construction and furnishing of the house.
Description: A list of projects completed by Robert W. Patterson prior to 1985. List compiled by Gladys O'Neil in 1985. Projects are from 1945 to 1985, listed in alphabetical order by account. List includes notation for projects located on Mount Desert Island. Nine pages. Location of original unknown.
Description: Copy, letter from Robert Patterson to David Rockefeller, September 23, 1982, re: recommendations for mitigating problems with the garden wall, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden, two pages, Projects for Mr. and Mrs. David Rockefeller, Seal Harbor, ME, 1982
Description: Letter, copy, typewritten from Robert Patterson to David Rockefeller, September 28, 1987, re: alterations to boathouse on shore, Seal Harbor, Projects for Mr. and Mrs. David Rockefeller, Seal Harbor, ME, 1987
Description: Sketchplan, "Thorndike Fireplace", House and Guest House for Mr. and Mrs. R.A. Thorndike, Bar Harbor, ME, 1981 *Example of late Patterson work -- after retirement.
Description: Sketchplan and copy of blueprint, framing plan, sheet 3, House for Hon. and Mrs. William W. Scranton, Seal Harbor, ME, 1985 Two copies exist
Description: Sketchplan and blueprint copy, elevations and sections, sheet 4, Sketchplan, foundation plan, sheet 2, House for Hon. and Mrs. William W. Scranton, Seal Harbor, ME, 1985 Two copies exist.
Description: Sketchplan and blueprint copy, elevations and sections, sheet 5, wiring plan, House for Hon. and Mrs. William W. Scranton, Seal Harbor, ME, 1985 Three copies exist.