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John Innes Kane Cottage

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301:-story structure, built of stone through the first floor, and of wood-frame construction finished in the half-timbered Tudor Revival style on the upper floors. It is roughly L-shaped with a complex cross-gabled roof configuration. Gable ends are typically decorated with vergeboard and pendants below the roofline and finials above, and the eaves of the roofline are flared. The western facade presents the land-side entrance, which is set under a projecting gable-roofed portico supported by heavy wooden timbers. The eastern facade faces the water, and is composed symmetrically, with outer cross gables flanking a porch area in the center. A servant's wing extends west from the northern end of the building. 305:
Colonial Revival woodwork, including Tuscan columns, paneling, and crown molding. Similar details, although less elaborate, are also found in the private spaces upstairs. A parlor space lies on the ocean side south of the great hall, with a library behind. The dining room is north of the great hall, with the giant hearth obscuring the entry into the butler's pantry, which connects the dining room to the kitchen spaces in the service wing. The estate includes the original carriage house and caretaker's house, which were built at the same time as the main house.
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Although the exterior is clearly Tudor Revival in character, the interior has essentially Colonial Revival styling applied to a Tudor Revival layout. The entry leads into a great hall, from which other living areas are accessed via stairs and hallways. The great hall is lavishly decorated with
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The Kane Cottage is set on a nearly 4-acre (1.6 ha) parcel of land on a bluff overlooking
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and built in 1903-04 for John Innes Kane, a wealthy socialite who was a great-grandson of
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Shore Path
John Innes Kane Cottage is located in Maine
Maine
John Innes Kane Cottage is located in the United States
Bar Harbor, Maine
44°23′9″N 68°11′53″W / 44.38583°N 68.19806°W / 44.38583; -68.19806
Fred L. Savage
Tudor Revival
92000275
Bar Harbor, Maine
John Innes Kane
John Jacob Astor
Fred L. Savage
National Register of Historic Places
Frenchman Bay
Fred L. Savage
John Jacob Astor
National Register of Historic Places listings in Hancock County, Maine


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