Balance Rock Inn
| Balance Rock Inn | |
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 The rear of the hotel, viewed from Bar Harbor's Shore Path, 2021 | |
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| General information | |
| Location | Bar Harbor, Maine |
| Address | 21 Albert Meadow Bar Harbor, Maine 04609 |
| Coordinates | 44°23′18″N 68°12′05″W / 44.3884°N 68.2013°W |
| Opening | 1903 |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 3 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Andrews, Jaques & Rantoul |
| Other information | |
| Number of rooms | 27 |
| Number of restaurants | 1 |
| Website | |
| www | |
The Balance Rock Inn is a boutique hotel in the American town of Bar Harbor, Maine. AAA Four Diamond-rated, the structure was built in 1903 as a home for Scottish railroad tycoon Alexander Maitland.[1] Maitland was Henry Flagler's partner in the Florida East Coast Railway.[2] The hotel is named for Balance Rock, a nearby geological formation that balances on a slender stone fulcrum just off Bar Harbor's Shore Path.
The hotel, which was expanded to 27 rooms in 1995,[3] is constructed in the shingle style and was designed by the noted architectural firm Andrews, Jaques & Rantoul.[1] Its restaurant is called The Veranda.[1][4]
Situated at the eastern end of Albert Meadow, a cul-de-sac off Bar Harbor's Main Street, the hotel stands adjacent to Grant Park and overlooks Frenchman Bay and its Porcupine Islands.
Gallery[edit]
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The hotel viewed from Bar Harbor's Shore Path in 2006 -
Balance Rock, for which the inn is named
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Our story Archived 2021-11-11 at the Wayback Machine – Balance Rock Inn official website
- ^ "Tycoon For A Night" Archived 2021-11-15 at the Wayback Machine – Portland Monthly, July/August 2014
- ^ "Mount Desert Island" Archived 2021-11-11 at the Wayback Machine – New York Times, August 4, 1996
- ^ The Veranda Archived 2021-11-11 at the Wayback Machine – official website