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The
Cromwell Harbor Motel is
ideally located between
Bar Harbor activities
and the Ocean Drive
entrance into Acadia
National Park, where you
will experience the
splendors of a sunrise
or sunset on Cadillac
Mountain, Sand Beach,
Otter Cliffs, Thunder
Hole, and much more.
We are close to local
shops and restaurants
and only five minutes
from Acadia National
Park and 1/2 mile to the
Bar Harbor's village
green and town pier.
Our Bar Harbor Motel has
clean, comfortable and
quiet rooms right on
Main Street in the
beautiful coastal
village of Bar Harbor
Maine. Our
grounds, historically
known as the Victory
Gardens, have beautifully
arranged flowering
gardens and planters
which add to the
peaceful country
setting, a hallmark of
our establishment.
Our property is
situated along the
pebbled Cromwell Brook,
fed by the Acadian
mountain range. We
are short walk to the famous waters
of Frenchman Bay where
Explorer Samuel De Champlain
first stepped ashore
onto Mount
Desert Island in 1604.
This property has it
own unique history.
The grounds were
once the gardens for
the family of Thomas
Scott, of the
"Pennsylvania
Railroad". The estate
was named
"Chiltern".
After WW2 some of
the garden area was
opened to the local
townspeople to plant
for themselves, they
became known as "The
Victory Gardens".
Bordering property
on Cromwell Harbor
Road is where the
caretaker's home and
the Scott's Stables
were located. The
stables housed the
horses and
carriages. Today,
the stables are
known as The
Chiltern Inn. The
original iron horse
stalls are now the
fencing along the
front of the inn.
Cromwell Harbor
Brook, which runs
all along our motel
property, was once
known as "Sqaw Holla"
brook, because of
the Indian
encampment located
on the other side of
the brook, which is
now our town's
athletic field.
Mr. Edward Smith
purchased the
property and built
what was the 2nd
motel in Bar Harbor.
He started with 8
units and an office,
in time, added on to
the building and in
time built 2 more
buildings of motel
units. We, the
Hanscom family, are
the 2nd owners of
the motel. We have made many transformations since purchasing the motel in 1987, the latest being the removal of the original building and building a new one in its place. It
is the hallmark of
our property.
Cromwell Harbor
Motel has been
welcoming guests to
Bar Harbor and Mount
Desert Island for
decades. Please come
and be our guests,
and see why we are
one of the
more popular places
to stay while
vacationing
on beautiful Mount
Desert Island.
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