Bailey Island Library Hall

Bailey Island Library Hall is the most noteworthy 20th-century architectural landmark on the island built in the Colonial Revival style. The wood-framed structure was designed by the New York architectural firm of Mann & MacNeille and built in 1912 by the Bailey Island Library Association to serve as a social hall and lending library. The library was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.

This excerpt is written by Deane Van Dusen from the book Glimpses of Harpswell Past and Present: Stories Celebrating Maine’s Bicentennial