National Register of Historic Places listings in Acadia National Park

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This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Acadia National Park.

This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Acadia National Park, Maine, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a Google map.[1]

There are eleven properties and districts listed on the National Register in the park.


          This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted February 18, 2022.[2]

Map all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 
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Current listings[]

[3] Name on the Register Image Date listed[4] Location City or town Description
1 Robert Abbe Museum of Stone Antiquities
Robert Abbe Museum of Stone Antiquities
January 19, 1983
(#83000451)
South of Bar Harbor off State Route 3
44°21′40″N 68°12′30″W / 44.361111°N 68.208333°W / 44.361111; -68.208333 (Robert Abbe Museum of Stone Antiquities)
Bar Harbor
2 Baker Island Light Station
Baker Island Light Station
March 14, 1988
(#88000046)
Baker Island in Acadia National Park
44°14′28″N 68°11′56″W / 44.241111°N 68.198889°W / 44.241111; -68.198889 (Baker Island Light Station)
Islesford First light station serving Mount Desert Island—established in 1828—with a surviving 1855 light tower and keeper's house.[5]
3 Bass Harbor Head Light Station
Bass Harbor Head Light Station
January 21, 1988
(#87002273)
Bass Harbor Head
44°13′19″N 68°20′16″W / 44.221944°N 68.337778°W / 44.221944; -68.337778 (Bass Harbor Head Light Station)
Bass Harbor
4 Bear Island Light Station
Bear Island Light Station
March 14, 1988
(#88000043)
Bear Island, Acadia National Park
44°17′00″N 68°16′14″W / 44.283333°N 68.270556°W / 44.283333; -68.270556 (Bear Island Light Station)
Northeast Harbor Light station established in 1839 to serve Northeast Harbor, with a surviving 1889 light tower and keeper's house and 1905 outbuildings.[6]
5 Blackwoods Campground
Blackwoods Campground
June 29, 2007
(#07000612)
State Route 233, Eagle Lake Rd.
44°18′38″N 68°12′15″W / 44.310676°N 68.204094°W / 44.310676; -68.204094 (Blackwoods Campground)
Bar Harbor CCC-built campground on the east side of the park.
6 Carriage Paths, Bridges and Gatehouses
Carriage Paths, Bridges and Gatehouses
November 14, 1979
(#79000131)
Acadia National Park and vicinity
44°20′32″N 68°15′30″W / 44.342222°N 68.258333°W / 44.342222; -68.258333 (Carriage Paths, Bridges and Gatehouses)
Acadia National Park Network of scenic carriage roads with 13 bridges and two gatehouse complexes, established 1919–1931 by John D. Rockefeller, Jr. for automobile-free recreation by high-society vacationers. Now open to non-motorized use by the public.[7]
7 Fernald Point Prehistoric Site July 21, 1978
(#78000164)
Fernald Point[8]
44°17′53″N 68°18′35″W / 44.2980°N 68.3098°W / 44.2980; -68.3098 (Fernald Point Prehistoric Site)
Southwest Harbor
8 Islesford Historical Museum and Blue Duck Ships Store
Islesford Historical Museum and Blue Duck Ships Store
September 30, 1980
(#80000224)
Little Cranberry Island
44°15′42″N 68°14′25″W / 44.261667°N 68.240278°W / 44.261667; -68.240278 (Islesford Historical Museum and Blue Duck Ships Store)
Islesford
9 Schoodic Peninsula Historic District June 29, 2007
(#07000614)
1.5 miles south of State Route 186
44°22′30″N 68°03′50″W / 44.374975°N 68.063829°W / 44.374975; -68.063829 (Schoodic Peninsula Historic District)
Winter Harbor
10 Seawall Campground
Seawall Campground
June 29, 2007
(#07000613)
State Route 233, Eagle Lake Rd.
44°14′26″N 68°18′16″W / 44.240495°N 68.304327°W / 44.240495; -68.304327 (Seawall Campground)
Bar Harbor
11 U.S. Naval Radio Station- Apartment Building and Power House
U.S. Naval Radio Station- Apartment Building and Power House
July 3, 2013
(#13000533)
Schoodic Peninsula unit
44°20′10″N 68°03′33″W / 44.336101°N 68.059165°W / 44.336101; -68.059165 (U.S. Naval Radio Station- Apartment Building and Power House)
Winter Harbor vicinity

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ The latitude and longitude information provided in this table was derived originally from the National Register Information System, which has been found to be fairly accurate for about 99% of listings. Some locations in this table may have been corrected to current GPS standards.
  2. ^ National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior, "National Register of Historic Places: Weekly List Actions", retrieved February 18, 2022.
  3. ^ Numbers represent an alphabetical ordering by significant words. Various colorings, defined here, differentiate National Historic Landmarks and historic districts from other NRHP buildings, structures, sites or objects.
  4. ^ The eight-digit number below each date is the number assigned to each location in the National Register Information System database, which can be viewed by clicking the number.
  5. ^ Mohney, Kirk F. (October 1987). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Baker Island Light Station". National Park Service. Retrieved 2013-03-23.
  6. ^ Mohney, Kirk F. (October 1987). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Bear Island Light Station". National Park Service. Retrieved 2013-03-23.
  7. ^ Krog, Bronwyn (1979-03-07). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: The Carriage Paths, Bridges and Gatehouses, Acadia National Park". National Park Service. Retrieved 2013-03-30.
  8. ^ "An Island In Time" (PDF). The Abbe Museum. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-02-10. Retrieved 2015-02-10.
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