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The Eyrie Summer Home
The Eyrie Summer Home was the summer residence located in Seal Harbor, Maine of the Rockefeller family. It was purchased by John D. Rockefeller Jr. in 1910. Rockefeller hired architect Duncan Candler to oversee the original cottage's expansion in 1914. The current location is home to the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden. See also * Acadia National Park Acadia National Park is an American national park located along the mid-section of the Maine coast, southwest of Bar Harbor. The park preserves about half of Mount Desert Island, part of the Isle au Haut, the tip of the Schoodic Peninsula, an ... References External links * Houses in Hancock County, Maine Rockefeller family residences {{Maine-struct-stub ...
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Seal Harbor, Maine
Mount Desert is a town on Mount Desert Island in Hancock County, Maine, United States. The population was 2,146 at the 2020 census. Incorporated in 1789, the town currently encompasses the villages of Otter Creek, Seal Harbor, Northeast Harbor, Somesville, Hall Quarry, and Pretty Marsh. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which is land and is water. Demographics 2010 census As of the census of 2010, there were 2,053 people, 984 households, and 586 families living in the town. The population density was . There were 2,287 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the town was 98.1% White, 0.3% African American, 0.1% Native American, 0.7% Asian, 0.1% from other races, and 0.7% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.9% of the population. There were 984 households, of which 20.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.0% were married couples living tog ...
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Rockefeller Family
The Rockefeller family () is an American industrial, political, and banking family that owns one of the world's largest fortunes. The fortune was made in the American petroleum industry during the late 19th and early 20th centuries by brothers John D. Rockefeller and William A. Rockefeller Jr., primarily through Standard Oil (the predecessor of ExxonMobil and Chevron Corporation). The family had a long association with, and control of, Chase Manhattan Bank.''The Political Economy of Third World Intervention: Mines, Money, and U.S. Policy in the Congo Crisis'', David N. Gibbs, University of Chicago Press 1991, page 113 By 1977, the Rockefellers were considered one of the most powerful families in American history.''The Rockefeller inheritance'', Alvin Moscow, Doubleday 1977, page 418 The Rockefeller family originated in Rhineland in Germany and family members moved to the Americas in the early 18th century, while through Eliza Davison, with family roots in Middlesex Count ...
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John D
John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second Epistle of John, often shortened to 2 John * Third Epistle of John, often shortened to 3 John People * John the Baptist (died c. AD 30), regarded as a prophet and the forerunner of Jesus Christ * John the Apostle (lived c. AD 30), one of the twelve apostles of Jesus * John the Evangelist, assigned author of the Fourth Gospel, once identified with the Apostle * John of Patmos, also known as John the Divine or John the Revelator, the author of the Book of Revelation, once identified with the Apostle * John the Presbyter, a figure either identified with or distinguished from the Apostle, the Evangelist and John of Patmos Other people with the given name Religious figures * John, father of Andrew the Apostle and Saint Peter * Po ...
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Duncan Candler
Duncan Willson Candler (May 8, 1873 - November 12, 1949) was an American architect known for his various projects for Abby and John D. Rockefeller Jr. and the house Skylands for Edsel Ford.Mitchell, Christi M. (2009-01-24)National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Harbor Land–Eden Street Historic District. National Park Service. Retrieved 2015-02-23. Martha Stewart says Candler is "a genius who deserves a book." Early life Candler was a native of Brooklyn, New York. He was the son of Marcia Lillian Welch and Flamen Ball Candler, a lawyer with Winkle, Candler & Jay and president of the department of law at the Brooklyn Institute. As a youth, he played competitive tennis with the Brooklyn Heights Tennis Club, gaining a reputation as one of the best players in the region. He attended Columbia University where he studied architecture, was a member of Delta Psi (St. Anthony Hall), and played tennis. He graduated from Columbia in 1895, then attended the Academie des B ...
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The Eyrie, Summer Home Of Mr
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pro ...
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Acadia National Park
Acadia National Park is an American national park located along the mid-section of the Maine coast, southwest of Bar Harbor. The park preserves about half of Mount Desert Island, part of the Isle au Haut, the tip of the Schoodic Peninsula, and portions of 16 smaller outlying islands. It protects the natural beauty of the rocky headlands, including the highest mountains along the Atlantic coast. Acadia boasts a glaciated coastal and island landscape, an abundance of habitats, a high level of biodiversity, clean air and water, and a rich cultural heritage. The park contains the tallest mountain on the Atlantic Coast of the United States ( Cadillac Mountain), exposed granite domes, glacial erratics, U-shaped valleys, and cobble beaches. Its mountains, lakes, streams, wetlands, forests, meadows, and coastlines contribute to a diversity of plants and animals. Weaved into this landscape is a historic carriage road system financed by John D. Rockefeller Jr. In total, it encompa ...
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Down East (magazine)
''Down East: The Magazine of Maine'' is the principal general interest monthly magazine covering the U.S. state of Maine. Ulrich's Periodical Directory It is based in Rockport, Maine with a second office in Yarmouth, Maine. ''Down East'' was founded in 1954 by Duane Doolittle and loosely modeled on '' The New Yorker''. It covers a range of topics including travel, food, the arts, the environment, politics, business, and lifestyle in the state of Maine. ''Down East'' enjoys the largest paid circulation of any publication in the state, peaking at more than 80,000 during the summer, with 53% of its readership aged 55 and above, 38% aged 35–54, and 9% 18–34. Global readership exceeds 380,000. It is Maine’s only audited and verified magazine. The magazine is published twelve times a year by its parent company, Down East Enterprise, Inc., which also publishes ''Shooting Sportsman'' and ''Maine Homes by Down East'' magazines. In 2013, Down East Enterprise sold a book publishing a ...
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Houses In Hancock County, Maine
A house is a single-unit residential building. It may range in complexity from a rudimentary hut to a complex structure of wood, masonry, concrete or other material, outfitted with plumbing, electrical, and heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems.Schoenauer, Norbert (2000). ''6,000 Years of Housing'' (rev. ed.) (New York: W.W. Norton & Company). Houses use a range of different roofing systems to keep precipitation such as rain from getting into the dwelling space. Houses may have doors or locks to secure the dwelling space and protect its inhabitants and contents from burglars or other trespassers. Most conventional modern houses in Western cultures will contain one or more bedrooms and bathrooms, a kitchen or cooking area, and a living room. A house may have a separate dining room, or the eating area may be integrated into another room. Some large houses in North America have a recreation room. In traditional agriculture-oriented societies, domestic animals such as c ...
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