[Art Building, Bar Harbor, Me. 6-15-09-20]

[Art Building, Bar Harbor, Me. 6-15-09-20]

Building of Arts was built for the summer population of Bar Harbor. It was meant to be a place where music lovers and professional musicians from all over the country would come to entertain the summer colony. It was finished in 1907 with a final cost of approximately $100,000. Over the next 35 years the Building of Arts held concerts and shows by Ernest Schelling, Paderewski, Walter Damrosch, dancer Ted Shawn, Josef Hofmann, and many others. By the end of this time period the building had fallen into disrepair and was sold in January 1943. The plan was to use it as a summer theater. In October 1947 the Building of Arts was destroyed by fire. A view of the Building of the Arts in Bar Harbor, Maine. "The Building of the Arts, Bar Harbor. Designed by Guy Lowell in 1907, it burned in 1947. Nothing remains today except the foundation." --Willie Granston, 2011