Nannau, Maine

Nannau
Location Lower Main St., Bar Harbor, Maine
Coordinates 44°22′31″N 68°11′45″W / 44.37528°N 68.19583°W / 44.37528; -68.19583Coordinates: 44°22′31″N 68°11′45″W / 44.37528°N 68.19583°W / 44.37528; -68.19583
Area 2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built 1904 (1904)
Architectural style Shingle Style
NRHP Reference # 84000322[1]
Added to NRHP November 8, 1984

Nannau is a historic summer estate house in Bar Harbor, Maine. Located between Maine State Route 3 and overlooking Compass Harbor, this 1904 Shingle style house was built for David R. Ogden, a New York City lawyer, to designs by the Boston firm Andrews, Jaques and Rantoul. The house was characterized in 1906 as "an excellent example of shingle work"; it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[1]

Description and history

Nannau is set on the south side of a private drive, south of the main village of Bar Harbor, and located between Maine State Route 3 and Compass Harbor, an inlet off Frenchman Bay. It has a two story rectangular main block, oriented northwest to southeast, with projecting ells at both ends. It has a steeply-pitched hip roof, with projecting 2-1/2 story gable sections on the main land-side facade, flanking a smaller single-story entry portico with its own steeply-pitched hip roof with a flared edge. The walls are finished in wood shingles.[2]

Nannau was designed by the Boston architectural firm of Andrews, Jaques, and Rantoul, who were responsible for the design of a number of Bar Harbor's finest summer estates. It was built in 1904 for David R. Ogden, a New York lawyer who helped found Saint Saviour's Church in Bar Harbor, and who gained a national reputation for his philanthropic work with the American Red Cross during the First World War. The house was featured in a 1906 edition of The Country House, in which it was described as "an excellent example of shingle work".[2] The house in recent years was used as a bed and breakfast that is now closed.

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 "NRHP nomination for Nannau" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2015-03-10.
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