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The College purchases Turrets and Guy's Cliff

From collection College of the Atlantic College of the Atlantic Timeline List (Timeline #1)

The College purchases Turrets and Guy's Cliff
In 1973, COA expanded its campus by purchasing Turrets. Originally built in 1895 by the well-known architect Bruce Price for John Joseph Emery, the building was placed on the National Register of Historic Places just a year after COA bought it. Learn more about The Turrets by clicking ‘Read More.’
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 Its French Chateauesque style remains distinct to this day, and it is one of the most iconic surviving ‘cottages’ along Bar Harbor’s shoreline. In 2014, COA received a Maine Preservation Award for its restoration work on the building. Though the building now serves as a mainly academic and administrative building (in addition to housing Allied Whale!), it used to contain dormitories and a mess hall. 

In the same year, COA also purchased the Guy’s Cliff (Kaelber Hall) property, which it had formerly been leasing. 

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Date
1973
Type
Campus & Buildings 
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