From collection Jake Gillison Collection
LB2016.15.698
The Summit House and observation tower on top of Mt. Battie, Camen, Maine prior to renovations. The hotel was built by Columbus Buswell in 1897, and was a popular tourist destination. The property was purchased in 1899 by the Mt. Battie Association, a corporation of citizens who wanted to preserve the mountain as a park and protect it from further development. They remodeled the building and renamed it the Mt. Battie Clubhouse, and it was open to the public as a summer hotel until it was torn down in October 1920. A stone tower was constructed in its place and dedicated on August 20, 1921 to the men of Camden who died in World War I.https://camdenarea.pastperfectonline.com/photo/B9E37D9C-DF17-4066-A5D1-037239397626
