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Kingsleigh Inn
373 Main Street,
Southwest Harbor
Maine
USA
4679
207-244-5302
Type: Hotel
Minimum Rate: $ 85 - $ 245
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Southwest Harbor
Maine
USA
4679
207-244-5302
Type: Hotel
Minimum Rate: $ 85 - $ 245
Comments ( 0 )
Rating (0 Votes)
The Kingsleigh Inn is a turn-of-the-century 1904 Queen Anne manse of the Victorian era. In 1882, Anson I. Holmes, a prominent businessman in the growing town of Southwest Harbor, purchased a parcel of land from the east side of Main Street (just south of the intersection with present Clark Point Road) stretching down to the water, from James H. Freeman. Holmes then erected a two story commercial structure on the site. The newly formed Masonic Lodge held its first meeting on the lower floor.
For many years, the upper level of the building served as the Customs House for ships from foreign countries arriving in the harbor. Sometime during the next twenty years, the building was moved, and in 1904, (Holmes, who by this time ran a livery stable, owned a large store and a hotel on Main Street in the area of the current Town Park) rebuilt on the site. At 5,500 square feet, the new building used as his private home was known as the Anson I. Holmes Cottage. The home was then renovated around 1984 and was transformed into an 8 room, 8 bath bed and breakfast.
After a succession of three other innkeepers, The Kingsleigh Inn was purchased in 2004 and is operated by its current innkeepers, Dana and Greg Moos. The most recent thorough renovation took place in 2005. The small house behind the inn’s porch was relocated to Holmes’ lot many years ago from another location in town. The home still belongs to the great-grandson and family of Anson Holmes.
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