Title	Type	Subject	Creator	Date	Place	Rights
View looking toward the Wedge and the Rock End Hotel, Northeast Harbor Great Harbor Maritime Museum	Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph	Businesses, Lodging Business		1886 c.	Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor	No Known Copyright	View looking toward the Wedge and the Rock End Hotel, Northeast Harbor Great Harbor Maritime Museum Identifier: ghmm-1698 Type: Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph Subject: Businesses, Lodging Business Date: 1886 c. Place: Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor Description: Photograph taken from the area of the Samuel Gilpatrick Homestead looking toward the Rock End Hotel, near Gilpatrick Cove Northeast Harbor. In the foreground is Herman Savage's cottage, "The Wedge," designed by his architect brother, Fred L. Savage, in 1885. Two children stand on the side of the road, and an unidentified structure is visible beyond the hotel. In the distance, the northern shores of Great Cranberry Island can be seen. The Rock End Hotel was originally called the Revere House and was opened by Herman L. Savage in the summer of 1884. The Wedge was built by A. Torrey, a contractor from Southwest Harbor, in the winter of 1885-1886. The Rock End Hotel burned in March, 1942. The Wedge was purchased by the Roberts family and remodeled in 1944-45, following plans by Philadelphia architect Edmund Gilchrist. It remains a private residence today. [show more]
Northeast Harbor Livery Northeast Harbor Library	Image, Photograph	Businesses, Transportation Business People Places, Town		1880's	Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor		Northeast Harbor Livery Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-5359 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Businesses, Transportation Business People Places, Town Date: 1880's Place: Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor Description: B/W, 14x12' Photograph of Rogers and Atwood Livery barn. Photograph shows many people aboard buggies tethered to horses.

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