From collection Mount Desert Island Historical Society - Fred L. Savage Collection
Immersee
2012 exhibit text: Immense Cottage for Samuel S. Fels Seal Harbor, ME, 1922 Pencil on tracing paper The Gerrish Collection, Northeast Harbor Library These studies of this large cottage exhibit his facility with the Shingle Style. This late commission for Savage (1922), exhibits all the typical Shingle Style elements manipulated to produce a very pleasing composition. The west facade is particularly pleasing with its rounded masonry terrace overlooking Seal Harbor.
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Louis Gerrish, Jr.
Immense Cottage for Samuel S. Fels Seal Harbor, ME, 1922 Pencil on tracing paper The Gerrish Collection, Northeast Harbor Library These studies of this large cottage exhibit his facility with the Shingle Style. This late commission for Savage (1922), exhibits all the typical Shingle Style elements manipulated to produce a very pleasing composition. The west facade is particularly pleasing with its rounded masonry terrace overlooking Seal Harbor. This cottage remains virtually unchanged.
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