Mount Desert Hotels and Boarding Houses
a project of
V. F. Thomas Co. - P. O. Box 84 - Hulls Cove, Maine 04644
info@vfthomas.com
(updated 8 October 2023)
Welcome
to the Hotels and Boarding Houses in Mount Desert 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 hotels and boarding houses in Mount Desert, primarily through the mid-1900sReferences in parentheses are to advertisements in local newspapers. To view the advertisement, click on the newspaper citation.
How to contribute:
All information (including images) should be e-mailed to info@vfthomas.com or sent by traditional mail to Mount Desert Hotels and Boarding Houses at the address at the top of this page.
Asticou Inn
designed by Frederick L. Savage
1883: built by (and for) Augustus Chase Savage, father of Frederick Lincoln Savage
1900 (September): burned
1900–1901: rebuilt
1911: operated by George Savage, son of Augustus Chase Savage
Central House - Somesville
1881: proprietor - William Fennelly
Glencove Hotel - site of what is now the village green, Seal Harbor
1883: built for [Lynam P. Campbell, or Edwin V. Lynam and Robert Campbell?]
1884: opened with 24 rooms
1887: annex added
Harbor Cottage - Northeast Harbor
1881: proprietor - A. C. Savage
Kimball House - Northeast Harbor
1881: proprietor - Daniel Kimball
Manchester House - Northeast Harbor
1881: proprietor - Thomas Manchester
Mount Desert House - Somesville
1881: proprietor - Daniel Somes
later operated by Daniel Somes Jr.
[year?]: purchased by William T. Manning of New York for a summer home
2009: Mount Desert House
Petit Hotel - Seal Harbor
Rockend Hotel
1883: built by Herman Savage
1942: burned
Seaside House - Seal Harbor
approximately 1870: private residence enlarged to accommodate guests
1881: proprietors - J. Clement and sons
1882: three-and-a-half-story annex added
1891: house separated from annex and moved; annex incorporated into the new Seaside Inn by architect and builder John E. Clark
Seaside Inn - Seal Harbor
1901 October 3: George Cookson was a chef at the Seaside Inn for five seasons (1901–1905 as noted in his handwriting at the bottom of the letter referenced next). At the end of his first season, he was given a letter of recommendation.
1904 July 31: menu
Somes House - Somesville
summer boarding house - Somesville
1881: proprietor - E. E. Babson
summer boarding house - Somesville
1881: proprietor - G. B. Somes