Sargent C. Gardiner
Since the late nineteenth century, architects and designers of national prominence have been designing houses, landscapes, and other structures on Mount Desert Island, attracted by the strikingly beautiful landscape, whose character heavily influenced the work they produced. Two of the most notable of these architects were William Ralph Emerson (1833 – 1917) and Bruce Price (1845 – 1903), who designed a range of forward-looking residential projects that responded to the specific topography and natural context of Mount Desert Island. Although very different, both architects produced designs in what is now known as the Shingle Style, bringing a synthesis of nineteenth century American domestic architectural style
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