Felsted, Seller Rock Run #49, Deer Isle, Hancock County, ME

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Felsted, Seller Rock Run #49, Deer Isle, Hancock County, ME

"Designed by William Ralph Emerson and built in 1897, it was for one year the summer home of the famous landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted in a bid to improve his failing mental health. Olmsted, then retired and severely affected by senility, was later committed McLean Hospital in Massachusetts, where he died in 1903. The house is a high-quality example of Shingle style architecture; it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976" ("Frederick Law Olmsted Summer Home" at Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Law_Olmsted_Summer_Home : accessed 27 March 2025). Reported cost of $9,000. Contractor was W.H. Glover & Co.

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