Bide-A-While, Bar Harbor, Hancock County, ME

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From collection Place List - History Trust

The garden at Bide-A-While is "located on 4.96 acres with a historic cottage situated on the shore of Frenchman's Bay. This shingle style 'cottage,' designed by Frank Miles Day of Philadelphia, with Frederick L. Savage, supervising architect, was built of cedar shingles and Mount Desert granite in 1896 for Mr. and Mrs. J.L. Ketterlinus of Philadelphia. Mr. Ketterlinus owned a family lithography firm and Mrs. Ketterlinus was the daughter of one of John D. Rockefeller's original partners. The second owner was Theodore Marburg, Ambassador to Belgium" (citation below).

Associated Person(s)

Day, Frank Miles
Ketterlinus, John Louis
Savage, Fred L.

Authoritative Source

"Bar Harbor -- Bide-A-While" at Smithsonian ( https://www.si.edu/object/archives/components/sova-aag-gca-ref8156 : accessed 23 May 2025). Collection Citation: Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection; photo record ID ebl-1643208220039-1643210179947-2.

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Day, Frank Miles

Frank Miles Day was a Philadelphia-based architect who specialized in residential and academic buildings.

Ketterlinus, John Louis

J. L. Ketterlinus was proprietor of Ketterlinus Printing house, later Ketterlinus Lithographic Manufacturing Company, a firm active in Philadelphia until about 1970.