tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4185045903146972312.post8878584925702534692..comments2024-03-14T04:01:02.005-04:00Comments on THE DOWNEAST DILETTANTE: Maine GothicThe Down East Dilettantehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13950254669198151850noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4185045903146972312.post-26482466353470330752022-04-15T00:51:07.458-04:002022-04-15T00:51:07.458-04:00Thank you for your work. I used to drive by the Ca...Thank you for your work. I used to drive by the Castle as a young girl with my father. I still dream to this day of what the inside of this beautiful home looks life, who lived there and what happened inside those walls.<br />One of these days I would like to take a walk up the hill and take a closer look. I wonder if it is ever occupied, who stays there, I'm still unsure why no one lives in it permanently. <br />Thank you for sharing. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14969184647948710892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4185045903146972312.post-55198442048578962902021-08-03T21:41:25.959-04:002021-08-03T21:41:25.959-04:00Would one be able to use the premises of this esta...Would one be able to use the premises of this estate for a photo session ? I am a local Maine photographer and I am looking for a Gothic background for an individual photo shoot.<br />If so, who would I contact ? Thank you. Sandra Knighthttp://www.knightvisionphoto.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4185045903146972312.post-16484892377855618022020-03-24T13:51:51.592-04:002020-03-24T13:51:51.592-04:00I believe I am a relation of the Gardiners of Gard...I believe I am a relation of the Gardiners of Gardiners Island.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05993330756956896440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4185045903146972312.post-54880410809200923992016-06-17T20:43:27.254-04:002016-06-17T20:43:27.254-04:00Loved reading this. After working for the Gardiner...Loved reading this. After working for the Gardiner family for 12 years and being in this house at least once a week, if not more for all those years; it is nice to see it again. Wonderful house, wonderful family.<br /><br />NikkiNikkihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12029015923711657547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4185045903146972312.post-35314261527748143582013-12-23T11:57:43.274-05:002013-12-23T11:57:43.274-05:00Growing up in the area and actually being on the p...Growing up in the area and actually being on the property on several occasions many years ago I have always felt a belonging when near.I hold in collection many original deeds and correspondence relating to the original holdings and the fort located in what is now Augusta. Feeling such a bond to the house, while in high school I did a research paper concerning the house the way the Dr. wrote his will to protect the house for eternity. I actually used some of that research to set-up trusts that I hope will do the same for my estate. One beneficiary being Oak Grove Cemetery where I and my family will rest.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4185045903146972312.post-69513017319610491822012-03-23T04:53:26.579-04:002012-03-23T04:53:26.579-04:00i came across a picture of this house on the inter...i came across a picture of this house on the internet and fell in love with it. thanks for the blog post, i was wondering about the house and its historyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4185045903146972312.post-9279973714887650502010-07-22T21:12:09.963-04:002010-07-22T21:12:09.963-04:00DED, I know all about Karma, the bad variety has b...DED, I know all about Karma, the bad variety has been comin' may way lately too. I'm puzzled, I didn't give it, so why am I gettin' it? And I agree, it is a bitch!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4185045903146972312.post-88447378884706400842010-07-19T07:22:33.522-04:002010-07-19T07:22:33.522-04:00I am not familiar with this house, so this was ent...I am not familiar with this house, so this was entirely new to me. Marvelous, indeed. I like the asperity of its interiors -- clearly ones of a country house that has never left the family, and visited only sporadically, when its occupants aren't at their other (and more principal) residences. The connection with Kingscote, a house that I know intimately, is fascinating, and helps place it within its proper context, something I have never quite been able to do before. ReggieReggie Darlinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04044215790585354363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4185045903146972312.post-57338643785348237712010-07-19T03:05:35.668-04:002010-07-19T03:05:35.668-04:00I'm so sorry to hear all this dreadful news......I'm so sorry to hear all this dreadful news...I do hope the summer will get better for you.<br /><br />But I do have to say...another wonderful and interesting post! I am originally from Massachusetts and my childhood was spent with Mother driving us to all kinds of museums and old houses all over New England. When I get homesick, I go immediately to DED and feel much better.<br /><br />And I think a red door is perfect and will help with those endless winters. Many houses in Ireland have front doors painted red because of an old wives' tale that red repels the devil and bad luck. <br /><br />Let us know your dear old Dad is doing!SuSuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07577241153441712437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4185045903146972312.post-5333691428844938332010-07-18T16:15:30.625-04:002010-07-18T16:15:30.625-04:00Wow! I'm blown away by that post. Historic hou...Wow! I'm blown away by that post. Historic house porn is my really serious affliction and this post certainly will keep me coming back to study it over and over. Thank you for such a beautifully researched post.Janethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17643680000059427128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4185045903146972312.post-78727679683152041152010-07-18T09:44:34.955-04:002010-07-18T09:44:34.955-04:00Beautiful post. I love gothic revival architecture...Beautiful post. I love gothic revival architecture, especially the earlier, perhaps less correct version. I grew up surrounded by dour northern English late 19th century, sooty, gothic revival and have never lost my affection for it - or, for that matter, dour character. If I remember rightly there is a beautiful gothic revival room in the Metropolitan's American Wing. <br /><br />Dilettante, you increasingly apply pressure to my desire to jump in the car and explore Maine. Not so easy from Atlanta, I admit, but ....Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07652670896513329236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4185045903146972312.post-61774612557830365822010-07-18T08:58:11.475-04:002010-07-18T08:58:11.475-04:00Fascinating to learn about how family history inte...Fascinating to learn about how family history interacted with architectural history. And that Copley portrait of Dr Gardiner is so personable - his posture, his gaze, etc.Emile de Bruijnhttp://nttreasurehunt.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4185045903146972312.post-3025715794385882502010-07-18T07:00:51.927-04:002010-07-18T07:00:51.927-04:00So, the Phoenix did rise from the ashes of your bu...So, the Phoenix did rise from the ashes of your burn-out. <br /><br />Another erudite but engaging post. And I'm mad about gothick. Thanks DED.Rose C'est La Viehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17193872186283731567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4185045903146972312.post-64142858697661494212010-07-17T11:05:47.775-04:002010-07-17T11:05:47.775-04:00Delightful. Up until now, I thought I knew pretty ...Delightful. Up until now, I thought I knew pretty much<br />every Gothic (or Gothick) building on the East Coast,<br />yet Oaklands somehow escaped my radar. Then again,<br />Maine is sort of off to the side, isn't it?Toby Worthingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05887066048372484464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4185045903146972312.post-18463358212146807242010-07-17T07:11:20.896-04:002010-07-17T07:11:20.896-04:00this house sparked my interest in victorian and ar...this house sparked my interest in victorian and architecture in general. passed it many times as a child and thought often of "the castle". love those pendant arches in the stair hall.<br />i believe the former pres of MPBN -Robert - is a descendant. he certainly acted like one.<br />sure is nice to see an estate still in one piece with the farm and all. farm buildings? next you'll have to do the vaughan estate in hallowell.<br />kudos to dilletantes encyclopedic photo archive and memory.<br /><br />security word def - "pomash" - refers to inferior variety of tubers served by southern sharecropper familiesTurner Pack Ratshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08611044946684881118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4185045903146972312.post-62408964725405824412010-07-16T19:27:17.229-04:002010-07-16T19:27:17.229-04:00Interesting post! Any relation to the Gardiners o...Interesting post! Any relation to the Gardiners of Gardiners Island?ChipSFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06533749227364674468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4185045903146972312.post-78446439590537332052010-07-16T16:43:23.036-04:002010-07-16T16:43:23.036-04:00how unusual and YAH for floorplans!!how unusual and YAH for floorplans!!ArchitectDesign™https://www.blogger.com/profile/01481754380363676771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4185045903146972312.post-53157606417758179252010-07-16T14:46:03.325-04:002010-07-16T14:46:03.325-04:00It is so fabulously UN-Maine, looking more like so...It is so fabulously UN-Maine, looking more like something you would see on a Sunday drive in Surrey (England). Thanks for the peek inside.Janethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04348849115235899670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4185045903146972312.post-75994823395289887592010-07-16T13:29:43.439-04:002010-07-16T13:29:43.439-04:00Tantie: I have wondered about this house for over...Tantie: I have wondered about this house for over 20 years, having previously spent a lot of time in that neighborhood. Thanks very much for the enlightening post.Local Librariannoreply@blogger.com