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Musgrave Tea Tower Southwest Harbor Public Library	Reference	Structures, Tower			Bar Harbor	In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted	Musgrave Tea Tower Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-13162 Type: Reference Subject: Structures, Tower Place: Bar Harbor Description: A landmark along the Shore Path was the Musgrave Tea Tower. In 1881, New York banker Thomas Musgrave built Edgemere, a Shingle-style cottage designed by William R. Emerson. Five years later he added a second cottage, Mare Vista, to his property. Musgrave's tower contained a second-floor tearoom and an attached bowling alley and dance hall." - "Bar Harbor" by Earle G. Shettleworth Jr., Postcard Series, Arcadia Publishing, Charleston, South Carolina, 2011, p. 50. The Musgrave Tea Tower was built by Thomas Bateson Musgrave (1831-1903) and his wife, Frances 'Fannie' Eleanor (Jones) Musgrave. Archivists researching the life of the Musgraves embark upon a sea of stories combining opulence, litigation and controversy. [show more]
Musgrave Tea Tower Southwest Harbor Public Library	Map	Places				Copyright Not Evaluated	Musgrave Tea Tower Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-2035 Type: Map Subject: Places