You won't forget Sonogee Bar Harbor, Maine You won't forget Sonogee Sonogee Mansion, now open to the public for tours, was built in 1903 in Bar Harbor, the summer playground of millionaires and multi- millionaires during the twenties and thirties. Maine's most disastrous fire in 1947 destroyed the huge summer estates that were the center of white-tie gaiety in an era of elegance and wealth. The Sonogee Mansion, however, modeled for 111111 an Italian villa and featuring a solid marble staircase and wallpaper hand-painted in France, escaped the flames. Vanderbilt and Kent are probably the best- known names of Sonogee owners. Built in 1903 on land bought by Henry Lane Eno, Sonogee has been owned by several persons including Lyman B. Kendall, who deeded it to his wife in 1918. Mrs. Kendall, it is said, took in downed Canadian fliers during World War I. In 1919, Sonogee was sold to Louise H. Vanderbilt, who died in 1926, willing the mansion to her husband, Frederick W. Vanderbilt, grandson of Cornelius (Commodore) Vanderbilt. A. Atwater Kent of Philadelphia, a self- made man and mechanical genius bought Sonogee in Sonogee 1927 and is credited with bringing to it the region's most memorable days. Kent, while still in his teens, made the first outboard motor and in 1905 revolutionized automobile ignition systems by inventing the single-hop spark. By 1929, he was making a million radios a year in his 36- acre plant in Philadelphia. When was the last time you tiptoed through a Furnishings in Sonogee's forty rooms cover garden of over 600 rose bushes 400 begonias several periods and include Atwater Kent's bed, built in his Philadelphia radio factory complete with a tuning knob centered in the head board. An 500 dahlias ? When did you last wander through extensive collection of original oil paintings and antiques also remain at Sonogee. a 40-room mansion, sorting out the early Preservation is now the aim of the present owners. A Maine corporation adopted the furnishings of various periods? mansion's name of Sonogee and bought the estate in 1970 to preserve it as an historical site, typical of Bar Harbor in its day. Sonogee, including its six-acre grounds of vast and varied Can't remember when? gardens, is now open to public viewing. Visit Sonogee. You'll never forget it. TOURS DAILY Sonogee Mansion, Bar Harbor, (just north of the Bluenose Ferry Terminal), is open for tours daily from Memorial Day to October. Hours during the month of June will be from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m. ; during July and August from 9 a. m. to 9 p. m.; and September, 9 a. m. to 5 p. m. Admission is $1.50 for adults and 75 cents for students accompanied by adults. Children under six are admitted free of charge. TRANSPORTATION One boat trip is made daily to Sonogee. This includes a sight seeing trip of the Upper Bay - returning to the pier by Sonogee Bus. For information, call Sonogee Mansion (288-4628) or Frenchman's Bay Boating Company, (288-5741), Bar Harbor. Free Parking Facilities Sonogee Mansion Rte. 3, Eden Street Bar Harbor, Maine