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The Eyrie Summer Home was the summer residence located in Seal Harbor, Maine of the Rockefeller family. It was purchased by John D. Rockefeller Jr. in 1910. Rockefeller hired architect Duncan Candler to oversee the original cottage's expansion in 1914.
A 1921 trip to China and a tour of Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, and the Philippines inspired Abby and John D. Rockefeller, Jr., to create the garden at Eyrie on the western hill of Seal Harbor. Beatrix Farrand, a fellow Mount Desert Island resident, was hired to design it.
Subject: Structures, Dwellings, House. Publisher: Curt Teich Co., Chicago, Illinois. Place: Mount Desert, Seal Harbor. State: ME.
Title: “The Eyrie,” Summer Home of Mr. John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Seal Harbor, Maine. Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard. Subject: Structures, Dwellings, House. Publisher: Sherman’s Book and Stationary Store, Bar Harbor, ME. Place:
1 de ago. de 1996 · The Eyrie Summer Home was the summer residence located in Seal Harbor, Maine of the Rockefeller family. It was purchased by John D. Rockefeller, Jr. in 1910. Rockefeller would oversee the original cottage's expansion in 1914
The Eyrie was the Tudor-style summer home of philanthropist John D. Rockefeller, Jr. on the southeast corner of Mount Desert Island overlooking Seal Harbor. In 1910, Rockefeller and his wife Abby purchased the property, with its thousand-acre private estate spreading to Jordan Pond.
In 1922, Edsel Ford purchased property in Seal Harbor, Maine, and began building his family's summer home. Philanthropist John D. Rockefeller, Jr., a fellow resident of the area, wrote congratulating Edsel on his selection -- the property offered the Fords splendid scenic views of the Maine coast.
