Season 3, Episode 3: The Eagle Lake Lodge: The Missing Carriage Road Gate House

Written By Lisa Murray

Guest: Betsy Hewlett
Air Date: March 17, 2022
Host: Jenna Jandreau

Jandreau and Hewlett chat about the Eagle Lake Lodge, Stables, and Tea House, a third gatehouse proposed in addition to the two existing iconic red brick and stone gatehouses on Mount Desert Island. Where on Eagle Lake was this lodge supposed to be built? How big would it have been? What happened to the plan?

Season Three of Chebacco Chats explores the theme of this year's Chebacco, Volume XXIII: Imagining What If...?

What if J.D. Rockefeller, Jr., had built a third gatehouse on MDI?

About Our Guest

Betsy Hewlett is a retired administrator of local area nonprofits, including the Land and Garden Preserve and the Maine Community Foundation. Betsy has a Bachelor of Arts in history and graduate degrees in education. She writes and researches local landscape history with an enthusiasm for locating original source materials that shed new light on the current and past beauty of Mount Desert Island.

Lisa Murray
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