Item 23341 - Map of Cushing Island, ca. 1888
- Item 23341 - Map of Cushing Island, ca. 1888
- Contributed by Maine Historical Society
- Item 23341
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Image Info This map shows lots and plans for a summer colony on Cushing Island.
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In 1883 Francis Cushing hired Frederick Law Olmsted and Charles Eliot, landscape architects, to design a summer resort on this private island in Casco Bay.
The Ottawa House was designed to attract summer visitors from Canada.
