Bar Harbor, Maine: Topographic Views

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Title	Bar Harbor, Maine: Topographic Views
View	Bar Harbor Inn (1887), right, overlooking Frenchman Bay; Newport Drive runs behind
Notes	A private club designed by architect William Randolph Emerson in 1887, it survived the 1947 fire and was redeveloped as a hotel, the first to open after the fire
Work Type	visual works photographs visual works topographical views
Style/Period	Twenty-first century
Creator Name	Gilchrist, Scott
Creator Nationality	Canadian
Date.Creator Birth	1960
Subject.work	agriculture architecture business, commerce and trade cityscape contemporary (1960 to present) landscape seascape summer homes vacation cottages
Country	United States
City	Bar Harbor
State/Province	Maine
Location.Notes	Mount Desert Island
Architectural Material	digital images
Technique	photography
Dates	2006 (creation)
Photographer	Gilchrist, Scott
Date Photographed	8/12/2006
Subject Information	Bar Harbor is a town on the northeast shore of Mount Desert Island in Hancock County, Maine. As of the 2010 census, its population is 5,235. Bar Harbor is a famous summer colony in the Down East region of Maine. In 1604 French explorer Samuel de Champlain ran aground on the island, which he named Isles des Monts Deserts, meaning 'island of barren mountains'. It was first settled by the British in 1763, and originally named Eden (after Sir Richard Eden). By 1880, there were 30 hotels, with tourists arriving by train and ferry to the Gilded Age resort that would rival Newport. On March 3, 1918, Eden was renamed Bar Harbor. In 1947, a month long wildfire destroyed the east side of the island, including 67 of the palatial homes. The business district was spared.
Information.source	Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
Credit Line	copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Collection Title	Archivision (architecture, urban design, gardens, landscapes and public art)

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