Bar Harbor Markers, Monuments, and Memorials
a project of
V. F. Thomas Co. - P. O. Box 84 - Hulls Cove, Maine 04644
info@vfthomas.com
(updated 8 October 2023)
Bar Harbor Armed Forces - at Rodman/Dahlgren cannon near town pier end of Shore Path; UTM: 19T 0563421, 4915590; Lat./Long.: N 44°23′26.9″ x W 68°12′13.4″ (cannon with plaque between them; close-up of plaque)
Bar Harbor Armed Forces - Bar Harbor Village Green; UTM: 19T 0563341, 4915235; Lat./Long.: N 44°23′15.5″ x W 68°12′17.1″ (bench and monument with plaque; close-up of plaque; inscription on end of bench)
Bar Harbor Veterans of Foreign Wars - 70 Cottage Street, on the lawn of the American Legion Post; UTM: 19T 0563005, 4915388; Lat./Long.: N 44°23′20.5″ x W 68°12′32.2″ (flagpole with rock and plaque; close-up of plaque)
Barker, Jean T. - Barker Park, next to Bar Harbor post office; UTM: 19T 0563112, 4915446; Lat./Long.: N 44°23′22.4″ x W 68°12′27.4″ (park and rock with plaque (2008); park and rock with plaque (2011); plaque)
Bates, Waldron - Gorham Mountain trail, just south of the intersection with the south end of Cadillac Cliffs path; UTM: 19T 0564377, 4907615; Lat./Long.: N 44°19′08.2″ x W 68°11′33.7″ (ledge with plaque; close-up of plaque)
Bowdoin, Edith G. - near intersection of Route 3 and Schooner Head Road; UTM: 19T 0563984, 4913460; Lat./Long.: N 44°22′17.8″ x W 68°11′48.9″ (planter with plaque; close-up of plaque)
Bridgham, Fanny Schermerhorn - north end of Lake Wood; UTM: 19T 0558066, 4917764; Lat./Long.: N 44°24′39.0″ x W 68°16′14.5″ (stone)
Burns, Elizabeth M. - grounds of Holy Redeemer Church, 56 Mount Desert St.; UTM: 19T 0563050, 4915108; Lat./Long.: N 44°23′11.4″ x W 68°12′30.4″ (benches; plaque)
Chilsen, Janice - Blagden Preserve, Shore Trail; UTM: 19T 0549692, 4915491; Lat./Long.: N 44°23′27.6″ x W 68°22′33.9″ (chairs; plaque)
Civil War soldiers - Mount Desert Street cemetery; UTM: 19T 0563201, 4915201; Lat./Long.: N 44°23′14.4″ x W 68°12′23.5″ (Civil War monument; back of monument)
Civilian Conservation Corps - Acadia National Park Headquarters, McFarland Hill; UTM: 19T 0558954, 4913729; Lat./Long.: N 44°22′28.0″ x W 68°15′36.0″ (Interpretation headquarters and plaque; close-up of plaque) [photos by Judy Mickens]
Cochran, William F. Jr. - Kebo Valley Golf Club (tee 8)
Davis, Betty - Blagden Preserve, Shore Trail; UTM: 19T 0549870, 4915553; Lat./Long.: N 44°23′29.6″ x W 68°22′25.8″ (bench with plaque; plaque)
Davis, Richard Slaton - College of the Atlantic campus (bench; close-up of bench)
Diederich, Kurt - near base of Kurt Diederich’s Climb; UTM: 19T 0563181, 4912004; Lat./Long.: N 44°21′30.8″ x W 68°12′25.8″ (close-up of step)
Dorr, George Bucknam - Sieur de Monts; UTM: 19T 0563128, 4912383; Lat./Long.: N 44°21′43.1″ x W 68°12′28.0″ (monument with plaque; close-up of plaque)
Eaux Douces - in woods near Sieur de Monts; UTM: 19T 0563406, 4912624; Lat./Long.: N 44°21′50.8″ x W 68°12′15.4″ (rock; close-up of rock)
Ells, John B. - town dock; UTM: 19T 0563410, 4915734; Lat./Long.: N 44°23′31.6″ x W 68°12′13.8″ (monument; plaque)
Engel, Fritz F. and Gertrude von Bentheim - Otter Cliffs; UTM: 19T 0564626, 4906806; Lat./Long.: N 44°18′41.9″ x W 68°11′22.8″ (cliff with plaque; close-up of plaque)
Fabbri, Alessandro - Fabbri Memorial, Otter Point; UTM: 19T 0564115, 4907086; Lat./Long.: N 44°18′51.1″ x W 68°11′45.8″ (stone with plaque; close-up of plaque)
Ford, Edsel B. - Kebo Valley Golf Club (tee 18)
Fox, DeGrasse - intersection of Eagle Lake Road and Route 3; UTM: 19T 0562641, 4915070; Lat./Long.: N 44°23′10.4″ x W 68°12′48.8″ (stone with plaque; close-up of plaque)
Francklyn, Lillian Endicott - Gorge Trail (plaque)
Garber, Mike and Nettie - College of the Atlantic campus (bench; close-up of bench)
Hamblen, Eth and Stan - Blagden Preserve, Shore Trail; UTM: 19T 0549957, 4915534; Lat./Long.: N 44°23′28.9″ x W 68°22′21.9″ (rock with plaque; plaque)
Hancock Country Trustees of Public Reservations - along short trail leading downhill from Blue Hill Overlook, off Cadillac Mountain Road; UTM: 19T 0561356, 4911074; Lat./Long.: N 44°21′01.2″ x W 68°13′48.6″ (rock with plaque; close-up of plaque)
Haraden, Sylvia Brewer - Shore Path; UTM: 19T 0563682, 4915396; Lat./Long.: N 44°23′20.6″ x W 68°12′01.7″ (benches; plaque)
How, Charles T. - ledge on north shore of Fawn Pond; UTM: 19T 0558533, 4917318. On the lower right corner of the plaque (below the bolt) is the inscription “Jno Williams Inc./Bronze Foundry N.Y.” (close-up of plaque)
How, Charles T. - Woodbury Park; UTM: 19T 0561983, 4915107; Lat./Long.: N 44°23′21.5″ x W 68°13′18.4″ (monument in Woodbury Park; close-up of monument; hallmark on side of bronze; article in 16 October issue of The Bar Harbor Times (p. 1, col 6))
Jesup, Morris K. and Maria DeWitt - west side of Jesup Path, just south the north end of the Tarn; UTM: 19T 0563168, 4912030; Lat./Long.: N 44°21′31.6″ x W 68°12′26.4″ (rock with plaque, close-up of plaque)
Joseph, James A. - Shore Path; UTM: 19T 0563604, 4915546; Lat./Long.: N 44°23′25.5″ x W 68°12′05.1″ (bench; plaque)
Kane, Annie Cottenet - north end of Lake Wood; UTM: 19T 0558066, 4917764; Lat./Long.: N 44°24′39.0″ x W 68°16′14.5″ (stone)
Kane, John Innes - west side of Tarn trail; UTM: 19T 0563177, 4911983; Lat./Long.: N 44°21′30.1″ x W 68°12′26.0″ (stone with plaque; close-up of plaque)
Kent, Atwater - west side of Schooner Head Road; UTM: 19T 0565093, 4911219; Lat./Long.: N 44°21′4.8″ x W 68°10′59.8″ (stone with plaque; close-up of plaque)
Lincoln, Abraham - on oak tree across from parking lot for Blagden Preserve; UTM: 19T 0550614, 4914574; Lat./Long.: N 44°22′57.7″ x W 68°21′52.6″ (oak trees, plaque on left tree; close-up of plaque)
Liscomb, Shirley M. - Kebo Valley Golf Club (tee 3)
Major, Barbara E. Salisbury - grounds of Holy Redeemer Church, 56 Mount Desert St.; UTM: 19T 0563050, 4915108; Lat./Long.: N 44°23′11.4″ x W 68°12′30.4″ (benches; plaque)
Mather, Stephen Tyng - near summit of Cadillac Mountain; UTM: 19T 0561828, 4911314; Lat./Long.: N 44°21′08.9″ x W 68°13′27.2″ (ledge with plaque; close-up of plaque)
McKinney, David Phillips - Great Head; UTM: 19T 0565633, 4908465; Lat./Long.: N 44°19′35.3″ x W 68°10′36.6″ (plaque) [photo by Linda Lang]
Morrell, Edward - along east side of Route 3 near Jackson Laboratory; UTM: 19T 0563805, 4912585; Lat./Long.: N 44°21′49.4″ x W 68°11′57.4″ (stone; plaque)
Newlin, E. Mortimer - College of the Atlantic Campus (rock; close-up of rock)
O’Brien, John J. - Kebo Valley Golf Club (tee 15)
O’Brien, Louise W. - Kebo Valley Golf Club (tee 6)
Pinkham, Thomas “Lobo” - town dock; UTM: 19T 0563406, 4915729; Lat./Long.: N 44°23′31.4″ x W 68°12′14.0″ (bench; plaque)
Robbins, Janis Cough - grounds of Holy Redeemer Church, 56 Mount Desert St.; UTM: 19T 0563050, 4915108; Lat./Long.: N 44°23′11.4″ x W 68°12′30.4″ (benches; plaque)
Roberts, John Whittington - Bar Harbor Village Green; UTM: 19T 0563363, 4915273; Lat./Long.: N 44°23′16.7″ x W 68°12′16.1″ (bench; close-up of lettering)
Rockefeller, John D. Jr. - Otter Cliffs; UTM: 19T 0564674, 4906408; Lat./Long.: N 44°18′29.0″ x W 68°11′20.8″ (ledge with plaque (2007); close-up of plaque (2007); close-up of newer plaque (2018))
Rose, Doug - College of the Atlantic campus (bench; close-up of bench)
Satterlee, Louisa P. - near top of stairs at Sand Beach; UTM: 19T 0565082, 4908783; Lat./Long.: N 44°19′45.8″ x W 68°11′01.3″ (stone with plaque; close-up of plaque)
Schieffelin, William Jay Jr. and Annette - garden at La Rochelle, home of Maine Seacoast Missionary Society; UTM: 19T 0562600, 4915481; Lat./Long.: N 44°23′23.7″ x W 68°12′50.5″ (garden with plaque; close-up of plaque)
seafarers - Maine Sea Coast Missionary Society grounds, 127 West Street, east lawn; UTM: 19T 0562656, 4915514; Lat./Long.: N 44°23′24.7″ x W 68°12′48.0″ (flags, anchor, and stone with plaque; anchor and stone with plaque; close-up of plaque)
town house, site of first built in Eden - near Salisbury Cove cemetery; UTM: 19T 0557295, 4920005; Lat./Long.: N 44°25′51.9″ x W 68°16′48.5″ (rock with plaque; close-up of plaque)
Wolfe, Gregory Mateer - Blagden Preserve, Shore Trail; UTM: 19T 0549833, 4915531; Lat./Long.: N 44°23′28.9″ x W 68°22′27.5″ (bench; plaque)
Wood, Donald A. - bandstand on Bar Harbor Village Green; UTM: 19T 0563321, 4915265; Lat./Long.: N 44°23′16.4″ x W 68°12′18.0″ (bandstand; rock with plaque; plaque)
Young, Andrew Murray - east branch of Canon Brook; UTM: 19T 0562532, 4910072; Lat./Long.: N 44°20′28.4″ x W 68°12′55.9″ (plaque)