Mount Desert Cottages
a project of
V. F. Thomas Co. - P. O. Box 84 - Hulls Cove, Maine 04644
info@vfthomas.com
(updated 10 October 2023)
Alders - Cottage Street [now South Shore Road], Northeast Harbor
designed by John E. Clark of Bar Harbor for S. D. Sargeant
Ancestral, The - Northeast Harbor
1880: land purchased from Augustus Chase Savage
designed by Robert Swain Peabody
built by Augustus Chase Savage for Charles W. Eliot
Anchor-to-Wind - Seal Harbor
Anchorage, The - Seal Harbor
1909 July 7: listed in “Cottage Directory” in The Bar Harbor Record
Anchorage, The - Crowninshield Point, Seal Harbor
designed by Wallace K. Harrison
1939: built
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)
Beau Geste - Northeast Harbor
1981 - owned by Mrs. Francis Boyer
Binnacle, The - Barr Hill Road, Seal Harbor
Blueberry Cliff - Northeast Harbor
1981: owned by Ms. Susan Mary Alsop
Blueberry Ledge
designed by Peabody & Stearns of Boston
1881: built for Charles Eliot family (cost: $6840)
Breezes - Cottage Street [now South Shore Road], Northeast Harbor
Butler Cottage - Northeast Harbor
1981 - owned by Mr. and Mrs. Frederick J. C. Butler and Mr. Gilbert Butler, Jr.
Byways - Seal Harbor
Cairn House - Seal Harbor
Cedar Cliff - Seal Harbor
Clement Cottage - Seal Harbor
Cochrane Cottage - Northeast Harbor
Coffee Pot - Northeast Harbor
1981 - owned by Mr. and Mrs. David Cheever
Conies, The - Seal Harbor
Cove End - Northeast Harbor
1981: owned by Mrs. W. Vincent Astor
Craigstone - Rowland Road, Seal Harbor
designed by Isaac H. Green Jr. of Sayville, NY, for Henry A. Rowland
Cranberry Lodge - see Harbor Cottage
Digby Lodge - Northeast Harbor
1981: owned by Jean P J. Baltzell
Eastholm
1901–1902: built for Mr. and Mrs. Richard March Hoe
Eastpoint
designed by Duncan Candler
1909: built for Charlotte Augusta (Rhodes) Hanna (Mrs. Marcus Hanna)
Eastward Way - Northeast Harbor
Edgecliff - Seal Harbor
Edgewood - Cottage Street [now South Shore Road], Northeast Harbor
L’Escale, La - Northeast Harbor
1981 - owned by Mr. and Mrs. Edward Blair
Eyrie, The
designed by Marcus T. Reynolds of Albany, NY
1897–1899: built for Samuel Fessenden Clarke
1910: purchased by John D. Rockefeller Jr.
1915: Duncan Candler hired to design an expansion
[date?]: cottage (from image on old postcard, contributed by Doug Tuttle)
[date?]: cottage (from image on old postcard, contributed by Doug Tuttle)
1963: torn down
Falt House - Northeast Harbor
ca. 1895: built
Felsmere - Rowland Road, Seal Harbor
designed by Grosvenor Atterbury
1901–1902: built by Asa Hodgkins and Sons of Bar Harbor for Edward Cushman Bodman
Fieldwood - Seal Harbor
Firwood - Seal Harbor
Folie, La - Seal Harbor
Forest Ledge - Seal Harbor
Fraley Cottage
1901: designed by Frederick L. Savage
Glengariff - Seal Harbor
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)
Good Hope - Northeast Harbor
1981: owned by Mrs. Emily Morison Beck
Gray Rock - Seal Harbor
Gray Rock - Northeast Harbor
designed by Frederick L. Savage
1912–1913: built for William S. Grant Jr. of Philadelphia
Graycliff
designed by Isaac H. Green Jr. of Sayville, NY, for Eugene S. Bristol
1895–1896: built
Grey Pine - Northeast Harbor
Gulls Way - Northeast Harbor
Harbor Cottage - Northeast Harbor
owned by Augustus C. Savage
name changed to Cranberry Lodge
Harbor Head - Northeast Harbor
Heimburg, Die - Seal Harbor
Hidden House - Seal Harbor
Hillcrest - Rowland Road, Seal Harbor
Hillside - Seal Harbor
Homestead
1885: designed by John E. Clark of Bar Harbor for Daniel Kimball
House at Pool Corner - Northeast Harbor
1981: owned by Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Andrews
Ilfracombe - Seal Harbor
Indian Head Cottage - Manchester Point, Northeast Harbor
designed by Frederick L. Savage for Ansel L. Manchester
used as a small summer hotel
Immensee - Seal Harbor
Journey’s End - Northeast Harbor
1981 - owned by Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Blake
Juniper Ledge - Northeast Harbor
1981 - owned by Mr. and Mrs. David Brown
Keewaydin - Cooksey Drive, Seal Harbor
1896: designed by Isaac H. Green Jr. of Sayville, NY, for Edward K. and Mary (Dows) Dunham
1897: built
1898: garden designed by Beatrix Farrand
1910: brick terrace added; designed by architect Duncan Candler
Kenjockety - Northeast Harbor
1981 - owned by Mr. and Mrs. Edward Brown
Kimball Bungalow - Northeast Harbor
(Daniel) Kimball House - Northeast Harbor
later named Petite Plaisance
Ledge, The - Smallidge Point, Northeast Harbor
1891: designed by Frederick L. Savage for William Warren and Ellen Twistleton (Parkman) Vaughan of Hallowell, Maine
Lions Ledge - Seal Harbor
Lookout - Seal Harbor
Lower Ledge - Northeast Harbor
Magnum Donum - Northeast Harbor
1881, spring: built
1887 July 14 issue of Bar Harbor Record: “Bishop Doane and family are expected at their cottage at Northeast Harbor, on Saturday evening.” (p. 1, col. 3)
owned by William C. Doane
2011 December 12: cottage [photo by Doug Tuttle]
Malmor - Seal Harbor
McBridge Cottage - Northeast Harbor
1887 July 14 issue of Bar Harbor Record: “Henry R. Dalton and family of Boston, are occupying the McBride cottage at Northeast Harbor.” (p. 1, col. 3)
Meadow Cottage - Seal Harbor
Miradero - Seal Harbor
designed by Grosvenor Atterbury
1901: built for Christian A. Herter
Nantibi - Seal Harbor
Old Library - Northeast Harbor
Otter’s Nest - Otter Creek
1887 July 14 issue of Bar Harbor Record: “Lieut. Auliek Palmer was at his cottage the Otter’s Nest, at Otter Creek, last week. Mrs. Palmer is detained by sickness.” (p. 1, col. 3)
Over Sea - Seal Harbor
Overbrook - Seal Harbor
Overcliff - Northeast Harbor
1981 - owned by Mr. and Mrs. Peter Bell
Over-edge - Northeast Harbor
owned by Daniel Coit Gilman
Oversea - Seal Harbor
Ox Ledge - Seal Harbor
Passage West - Seal Harbor
Perch, The - Seal Harbor
Petite Plaisance - see (Daniel) Kimball House
(J. D.) Phillips Cottage
1889: built
Pine Ledge - Seal Harbor
Points of View - Seal Harbor
Pyne Cottage - Cottage Street [now South Shore Road], Northeast Harbor
Ravenscleft - Cooksey Drive, Seal Harbor
designed by Peabody & Stearns
1901: built for James Ford Rhodes and wife Anne Card Rhodes
2004: purchased by Gretchen LeGré
Reath Cottage - Northeast Harbor
1981: owned by Mr. and Mrs. T. Ellis Barnes
Reef Point - Northeast Harbor
Rock End Way - Northeast Harbor
1981: owned by Mr. and Mrs. Schofield Jr.
Roserne - Northeast Harbor
1890: land purchased
designed by Frederick L. Savage for Rev. Cornelius B. Smith
1891: completed
2011 December 12: cottage [photo by Doug Tuttle]
Saheda - 109 Cooksey Drive, Seal Harbor
Scull Cottage
1899: designed by Frederick L. Savage
Sea Change - Northeast Harbor
1981 - owned by Mr. and Mrs. William A. M. Burden
Seabeach - Seal Harbor
Seabench - Seal Harbor
Seaward West - Northeast Harbor
Shawondasee - Rowland Road, Seal Harbor
Skylands - Seal Harbor
designed by Duncan Candler
1923–1925: built by Byron W. Candage and Son for Edsel and Eleanor Ford; landscape architect: Jens Jensen
[date?]: cottage (from image on old postcard, contributed by Doug Tuttle)
21 August 1997: purchased by Martha Stewart (Hancock County Registry of Deeds book 2679, pages 348–366)
Somes (George A.) Cottage - Somesville
1881 July 14: “Geo. A. Somes, of Somesville, has sold his cottage to Capt. Samuel Nash of Steuben, who is soon to occupy it.” (Mount Desert Herald, 14 July 1881, p. 3, col. 1)
Stone Acre(s) - Northeast Harbor
1887 July 14 issue of Bar Harbor Record: “Erastus Corning and family arrived at Northeast Harbor last week, and are now occupying their handsome new cottage, Stone Acre.” (p. 1, col. 3)
[date?]: cottage (from image in 1919 publication Who’s Who at the leading Watering Resorts in Maine, contributed by Doug Tuttle)
Stoneleigh - Seal Harbor
1882: built for Rufus R. Thomas of Philadelphia
Stonycroft - Seal Harbor
Sunnieholme - Northeast Harbor
Sunset Ledge - Northeast Harbor
Sunset Shore
designed by Frederick L. Savage
1904: built for Miss E. P. Sohier of Boston
Sylvanora - Seal Harbor
Tenedos - Northeast Harbor
1981 - owned by Mrs. James MacGregor Byrne
Thuya Lodge - Northeast Harbor
land purchased from Augustus Chase Savage
1880: construction started by Augustus Chase Savage for Joseph Curtis
Tower Cottage - Seal Harbor
Tranquility Base - Northeast Harbor
1981 - owned by Mr. and Mrs. Zbigniew Brzezinski
Tree Tops - Northeast Harbor
1981 - owned by Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Borda III
Tree Tops - Cooksey Drive, Seal Harbor
Villa Maria - Northeast Harbor
1981 - owned by Mrs. Gilbert Butler
Wabenaki - Seal Harbor
designed by Duncan Candler
1906–1907: built by Byron W. Candage and Sons for George Stebbins
Wanakiwin - 93 Cooksey Drive, Seal Harbor
Wayside - Seal Harbor
Westacre - Northeast Harbor
Westward Way - South Shore Road, Northeast Harbor
designed by Peabody & Stearns of Boston
built for Mrs. W. T. Blodgett
Westwinds - Northeast Harbor
Wild Cliff
1901–1902: designed and built by Charles A. Candage for Alexander Mackay-Smith
Willows, The - Northeast Harbor
Windward
1893–1897: built for Mr. and Mrs. Henry Parkman
Wise Acre - Seal Harbor
Wood Bungalow - Northeast Harbor
1981: owned by E. L. Barclay
Ye Haven
designed by John E. Clark of Bar Harbor
1882–1883: built for James and Margaret (Doane) Gardiner of Albany, New York