Historic places in Bar Harbor, Maine
Bar Harbor in Hancock County has 22 properties on the National Register of Historic Places: 15 buildings, 7 districts. The first was listed in 1974 and the most recent in 2022. The most common areas of significance here are architecture, social history, landscape architecture. Open to visitors: Abbe, Robert, Museum of Stone Antiquities, Blackwoods Campground, Mount Desert Island Hiking Trail System, Seawall Campground.
Featured sites
Every National Register listing in Bar Harbor
Abbe, Robert, Museum of Stone Antiquities
The Abbe Museum is a cultural institution with two locations in Bar Harbor, Maine, on Mount Desert Island. [Wikipedia]
S of Bar Harbor off ME 3 · NPS record #83000451
Blackwoods Campground
Blackwoods Campground is located on the east side of Mount Desert Island, off Maine State Route 3 in Acadia National Park. [Wikipedia]
ME 233. Eagle Lake Rd. · NPS record #07000612
Cleftstone (also Cleftstone Manor)
Built in 1881 and enlarged in 1894, it is an architecturally eclectic combination of elements from the Shingle, Queen Anne, and Colonial Revival styles. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #99001192
Criterion Theatre
The Criterion Theatre is a historic performance space at 35 Cottage Street in downtown Bar Harbor, Maine. [Wikipedia]
35 Cottage St. · NPS record #80000222
Eegonos (also East of Eden)
Built in 1910 to a design by Boston architect Guy Lowell, it is one of a small number of summer houses to escape Bar Harbor's devastating 1947 fire, which resulted in the destruction of many such buildings. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #80000223
Farm House, The (also Mildred D. McCormick House and Gardens)
The estate includes a 19th-century farmhouse which was extensively altered in the 1920s to Colonial Revival designs by Arthur McFarland, who also designed a caretaker's cottage on the property. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #07001152
Garland Farm
The property, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005, is significant as the last home of the noted landscape designer Beatrix Farrand, and is now owned by the Beatrix Farrand Society. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #05001174
Harbor Lane-Eden Street Historic District
The Harbor Lane–Eden Street Historic District encompasses a neighborhood of Bar Harbor, Maine, consisting of architect-designed summer estates that served as the summer of elite society families of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. [Wikipedia]
Portions of Harbor Ln. and Eden St. · NPS record #09000550
Highseas
Highseas is a historic early 20th-century summer estate in Bar Harbor, Maine. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #78000326
Jesup Memorial Library
Jesup Memorial Library is the public library of Bar Harbor, Maine. [Wikipedia]
34 Mt. Desert St. · NPS record #91000323
Kane, John Innes, Cottage (also Breakwater; Alantique)
Built in 1903-04 for John Innes Kane, a wealthy grandson of John Jacob Astor and designed by local architect Fred L. Savage, it is one of a small number of estate houses to escape Bar Harbor's devastating 1947 fire. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #92000275
Mount Desert Island Hiking Trail System
Acadia NP, PO Box 177, Bar Harbor · NPS record #100007602
Nannau
Nannau is a historic summer estate house in Bar Harbor, Maine. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #84000322
Redwood
Redwood is a historic summer house at 10 Barberry Lane in Bar Harbor, Maine, United States. [Wikipedia]
Barberry Lane · NPS record #78000166
Reverie Cove
It was designed by local architect Fred L. Savage and built in 1895, and is a particularly opulent example of Colonial Revival architecture. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #82000743
Saint Saviour's Episcopal Church and Rectory
Saint Saviour's Episcopal Church and Rectory is a historic church complex at 41 Mt. [Wikipedia]
41 Mt. Desert St. · NPS record #95000729
Seawall Campground
Seawall Campground is a campground in Acadia National Park on Mount Desert Island off the coast of Maine. [Wikipedia]
Me 233, Eagle Lake Rd. · NPS record #07000613
Sproul's Cafe (also Ward's Building)
The Sproul's Cafe building is a historic commercial building at 128 Main Street in Bar Harbor, Maine. [Wikipedia]
128 Main St. · NPS record #82000744
St. Edward's Convent, (Former) (also Bar Harbor Historical Society)
33 Ledgelawn Avenue, formerly St. [Wikipedia]
33 Ledgelawn Ave. · NPS record #98001237
Turrets, The
Designed by New York City architect Bruce Price and built in 1895, the French Chateau-style building was one of the most elaborate built in Bar Harbor during its heyday as a summer resort. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #74000155
US Post Office-Bar Harbor Main (also Bar Harbor Main Post Office)
The U.S. Post Office-Bar Harbor Main is a historic post office building at 55 Cottage Street in Bar Harbor, Maine. [Wikipedia]
Cottage St. · NPS record #86000880
West Street Historic District
The West Street Historic District is a residential historic district just adjacent to the main village of Bar Harbor, Maine. [Wikipedia]
West St. between Billings Ave. and Eden St. · NPS record #80000226
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Being on the National Register does not mean a property is open to the public. Many are private homes; please respect owners and view from public roads.