tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4185045903146972312.post8539690290780531534..comments2024-03-14T04:01:02.005-04:00Comments on THE DOWNEAST DILETTANTE: STOTESBURY SUMMERS, Part 1: The Stotesburys Build a Summer CottageThe Down East Dilettantehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13950254669198151850noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4185045903146972312.post-36063629987598443402023-08-17T17:53:59.019-04:002023-08-17T17:53:59.019-04:00Thank you! 👍Thank you! 👍Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4185045903146972312.post-52407004505157680382016-02-15T13:37:07.673-05:002016-02-15T13:37:07.673-05:00How do I subscribe to your blog?How do I subscribe to your blog?nancyfenstermacherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09856857675305163039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4185045903146972312.post-86279607156097070752010-03-26T21:44:43.363-04:002010-03-26T21:44:43.363-04:00I am in love.. thank you. What an excellent collec...I am in love.. thank you. What an excellent collection of 18th century English art. The collection seems to have been kept together, another plus.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4185045903146972312.post-77729390551467900902010-03-26T21:07:44.101-04:002010-03-26T21:07:44.101-04:00@Hels: The fate of the Maine mansion is covered in...@Hels: The fate of the Maine mansion is covered in DownEaster's later two posts on the subject. Their Philadelphia "country home", Whitemarsh Hall was sadly demolished in 1979, but is well-documented on the web. Their Palm Beach home, the Addison Mizner-designed el Mirasol remains, as does (as I just found out) their town house on Walnut St in Philadelphia.<br /><br />If you are interested in the Wideners and Elkinses, you'll be happy to know that their mansions, Lynnewood Hall, Elstowe Manor and Chelten House all stand facing each other in Elkins Park.<br /><br />The excellent collection of 18th century English paintings from Whitemarsh Hall now hang in the Philadelphia Museum of Art. The rest of the contents were auction by Freeman's.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04042518977571229924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4185045903146972312.post-60221323341649815292010-03-22T01:42:05.060-04:002010-03-22T01:42:05.060-04:00While I can't say where the items in the Stote...While I can't say where the items in the Stotesbury house went, you might try contacting Debbie Dyer at the Bar Harbor Historical Society. The house itself was torn down and replaced by the Bar harbor Ferry terminal.<br />In 1947 a huge forest fire ravaged much of Bar Harbor and its summer cottages and other homes, miraculously leaving the downtown as well as the homes along Eden Street, where the Stotesbury cottage was located, unscathed.atlmainiacnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4185045903146972312.post-40238584655783169182010-03-19T19:35:33.131-04:002010-03-19T19:35:33.131-04:00Great story.
Since both E.T. Stotesbury and Lucr...Great story. <br /><br />Since both E.T. Stotesbury and Lucretia Roberts Cromwell did not look to be in the flush of youth at their wedding, can we assume they did not have children together? If not, what happened to their fabulous houses, paintings, furniture, garden estates and every other thing?<br /><br />The timing (1912 and on) is perfect for me. I am in the middle of a course on 1st class passengers on the Titanic in 1912. The students are searching for the treasures of the Astors, Wideners, Guggenheims etc, to see if the objects ended up in private homes or in public collections.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.com