BARBERRY LEDGE REMAINS

This estate burned in the fire of 1947 and was named Barberry Ledge. It set up pretty high on a hill with a decent ledge not far away, which most likely in its day gave its owners fantastic views. The estate was owned by Christine B. Rowell.

This estate was also located along the Cleftstone Road, further down the road from the Archbold Estate. On the same side of the road as the entrance to the estate, look for telephone pole number 7, the old driveway is close to that pole with a large boulder in the road just inside the woods. The boulder and driveway can be seen from the roadway. Just like with the Archbold estate, you need to park on the side of route 233 - the Eagle Lake Road or along the side of West Street Extension near that end of the Cleftstone road.

BARBERRY LEDGE FIREPLACE - CLEFTSTONE ROAD
BAR HARBOR - ACADIA NATIONAL PARK

Locating this huge foundation with fireplace was a complete surprise, we had gone into the location hoping to find remains of a trail that passed from Cleftstone road to Great Hill. We did not find the path,  The neighbor's in the area will keep an eye on you until you get off into the woods, and we have had one time a neighbor followed us in, but hey, its National Park Property and anyone has a right to be in there, and I just kept taking photos.


The foundations are located in the woods off of Cleftstone Road, GPS N 44 23 066 and W 068 13 599

REMAINS OF BARBERRY LEDGE
WOODS OFF CLEFTSTONE ROAD
ACADIA NATIONAL PARK

If this site interests you at all, check out my blog on the Anne Archbold Estate, just down the road and in the woods from this site, with many nice remains including a large pool with parts of stone statues, stairways, and a ceiling that collapsed onto an iron bed.


Christine Baker Rowell

Early Summer Resident Dies In Florida
Bar Harbor Times
March 22, 1962

Mrs. Christine Baker Rowell, wife of the late Frank Bailey Rowell, died at the home of her son, Donald Rowell, in Miami, Florida March 18.  Mrs. Rowell is survived by her son, four grandchildren, and more than a hundred nieces and nephews and their descendants.  She resided at 39 East 79th Sreet, New York  City and at East Hampton, New York.
Mrs. Rowell was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey on December 25, 1871.  She was the daughter of Henry Martyn Baker and Susan Virginia Barnes.  Her Uncle was the late John Stewart Kennedy, financier and philanthropist, and her sisters were the late Mrs. Frank L. Kellogg and the late Charlotte S. Baker, for many years head of the Spence School.
Mrs. Rowell was a resident of Bar Harbor for a number of years prior to 1947 when her home was destroyed by fire.  Subsequently, Mrs. Rowell gave her property to the Acadia National Park.

BAR HARBOR SUMMER COTTAGES
BARBERRY LEDGE
ACADIA NATIONAL PARK

ANN ARCHBOLD ESTATE REMAINS

AN ABANDONED HOUSE VIDEO