Moore-Mayo House, Bass Harbor

#2 among attractions in Bass Harbor

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The Moore-Mayo House is a historic house on Lighthouse Road in Bass Harbor, a village of Tremont, Maine. The architecturally vernacular house was built beginning in 1947 by the authors Ruth Moore and Eleanor Mayo, who lived and wrote there until their respective deaths in 1989 and 1981. Moore in particular has been cited as a major mid-20th century writer of Maine culture. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004. ()

Coordinates: 44°13'44"N, 68°20'22"W

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Bass Harbor United States

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Moore-Mayo House – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Bass Harbor Head Light, Thuya Garden, Asticou Azalea Garden, Bear Island Light.

0.5 miS
19th-century cliffside lighthouse
Bass Harbor Head Light, Acadia National Park
13 min walk • Bass Harbor Head Light is a lighthouse located within Acadia National Park in the southwest portion of Mount Desert Island, Maine, marking the entrance to Bass Harbor and Blue Hill Bay.
5.8 miNE
Garden, Park
Thuya Garden, Northeast Harbor
149 min walk • Thuya Garden is a semi-formal herbaceous garden, in the style of Gertrude Jekyll, located at 15 Thuya Drive, Northeast Harbor, Maine. It is open daily from May through October.
5.9 miNE
Botanical garden, Garden, Park
Asticou Azalea Garden, Northeast Harbor
152 min walk • The Asticou Azalea Garden in Northeast Harbor, Maine, United States, is a popular visitor attraction. It was created by lifelong resident of the village, Charles Kenneth Savage, in 1956.
5.1 miNE
Lighthouse, Vernacular architecture
Bear Island Light, Bear Island
131 min walk • Bear Island Light is a lighthouse on Bear Island near Mt. Desert Island, at the entrance to Northeast Harbor, Maine. It was first established in 1839. The present structure was built in 1889.
5.6 miNE
Museum, History museum
Islesford Historical Museum, Little Cranberry Island
142 min walk • The Islesford Historical Museum and Blue Duck Ships' Store are related historical exhibits on Little Cranberry Island in Maine, USA, within the boundaries of Acadia National Park.
4.9 miNE
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
St. Mary's-By-The-Sea, Northeast Harbor
126 min walk • St. Mary's-By-The-Sea is a historic Gothic Revival church at 20 South Shore Road in Northeast Harbor, Maine. One a few known designs of Maine architect Harry Vaughn and built in 1902, it is one of a number of architect-designed summer chapels built around the turn of the 20th century with funding from wealthy summer residents.
3.6 miN
Library
Southwest Harbor Public Library, Southwest Harbor
92 min walk • The Southwest Harbor Public Library is the public library serving Southwest Harbor, Maine. The Southwest Harbor Public Library was built in 1895.
1.2 miNW
Library
Bass Harbor Memorial Library, Bass Harbor
32 min walk • The Bass Harbor Memorial Library is the public library of Tremont, Maine. It is located at 89 Bernard Road in the village of Bernard, in an historically significant Colonial Revival building built in 1922 with funds donated by Tremont native Rhoda M.
5.3 miNE
44°17'42"N • 68°17'9"W
Mt. Desert Chamber of Commerce, Northeast Harbor
135 min walk • Museum
4.8 miN
Archaeological site
Fernald Cove, Northeast Harbor
123 min walk • The Fernald Point Prehistoric Site is an archaeological site in Acadia National Park on Mount Desert Island on the central coast of Maine.
6.3 miNE
Church
Seal Harbor Congregational Church, Northeast Harbor
162 min walk • The former Seal Harbor Congregational Church is a historic church building on Peabody Drive in Seal Harbor, Maine. It was built in 1902, and is an elegant expression of the Shingle style in a seasonal church building.