Description: Two masted schooner at wharf in back of Fernald’s store (purchased in 1887 from A.J. Whiting); later Port-in-a-Storm bookstore, at low tide. Loading ramp extends from second story door in back of building. Somes House Inn to the right. Port in a Storm later was used as an art gallery.
Description: Four people standing on the steps of two story log house with cedar roof shingles. Path through garden to stone steps which lead to a covered entrance way at the side of the house.
Description: Four people standing on the steps of two story log house with cedar roof shingles. Path through garden to stone steps which lead to a covered entrance way at the side of the house.
Description: Isaac Somes house next to the Brookside cemetery in Somesville. Presently owned by Edward Babcock. Two and one half stories with a central chimney. One story el to the right and to the right a colonial revival porch. Shrubs around the front door.
Description: Old house with small covered entry way and wide stairway approaching entrance. Two dormer windows visible. Ell to the right side was covered porch. Two dormer windows on ell.
Description: Isaac Somes house next to the Brookside cemetery in Somesville. Presently owned by Edward Babcock. Two and one half stories with a central chimney. One story el to the right and to the right a colonial revival porch. Shrubs around the front door.
Description: Lewis Somes House on Main street Somesville. Picket fence in front of house. Greek Revival Cape style. Presently owned by the Dresser family of Massachusetts.
Description: James Richardson homestead at Fair Oaks Farm. The addition on the left was built by Bloomfield Richardson near the turn of the century and used as a dance hall. Now owned by Kay and Robert Moore. Kay Moore is a descendant of James Richardson. The house is rented in the summer.
Description: Former Somesville School. Chain link fence around school. Sign outside reads, “Mount Desert Island Child Guidance Association. Office.” Car circa 1950s outside the school.
Description: Mount Desert Island Historical Society Selectmen’s building. Door open. Sign, “Museum Open Today” in the foreground. “Mount Desert Museum” sign on the building.
Description: Old shingled Cape Cod House with extension to the right. Oil tank outside front door. May be the Dr. Kendell Kitredge house outside Somesville. Was owned by Eugeen Merchant who died in 1996.