Bar Harbor in Hancock County, Maine — The American Northeast (New England)
The Bar Harbor Club
⎯⎯⎯
La Club de Bar Harbor
Bar Harbor, Maine
| | The Museum in the Streets | |
Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, October 17, 2024
1. The Bar Harbor Club Marker
Built between winter-1929 and spring-1930, the Bar Harbor Club epitomized the "Gilded Age." Wealthy summer residents and power brokers of the 19 and 20° centuries, including personalities such as Henry Morgenthau, James Blaine, George Vanderbilt, Potter Palmer, Amory Thorndike, Edward Stotesbury, J. P. Morgan, John S. Kennedy, Atwater Kent, and Mary Roberts Rhinehart, remembered for the clichι "The butler did it" in her book The Door, enjoyed the ten tennis courts, fresh- and salt-water pools, ballrooms and the fine dining offered by this waterfront oasis. Although the Club was eventually opened up to local residents, the growing lack of income and diminishing membership led to disrepair and obliged it to close in 1990. It was restored in 2005.
Erected by The
this page online
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Notable Places. In addition, it is included in the The Museum in the Streets: Bar Harbor, Maine series list.
Location. 44° 23.446′ N, 68° 12.531′ W. Marker is in Bar Harbor, Maine, in Hancock County. It is on West Street west of Billings Avenue, on the right when traveling west. Located in the entranceway of the Bar Harbor Club. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 111 West Street, Bar Harbor ME 04609, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is on Mount Desert Island and in Downeast Maine. It is also in the American Northeast and in New England. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Great North Woods, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Viceroyalty of New France and also Acadia.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Bar Island (within shouting distance
Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, October 17, 2024
2. The Bar Harbor Club Marker
Also see . . . Bar Harbor Club. (Submitted on November 8, 2024, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut.)
Credits. This page was last revised on February 26, 2026. It was originally submitted on November 2, 2024, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. This page has been viewed 372 times since then and 58 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on November 2, 2024, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. • Michael Herrick was the editor who published this page.
