Item 23341 - Map of Cushing Island, ca. 1888

Item 23341 - Map of Cushing Island, ca. 1888
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Item 23341
Map of Cushing Island, ca. 1888
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This map shows lots and plans for a summer colony on Cushing Island.

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.

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