Updated on Jul 20, 2026
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Type
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Private vacation home
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Bedrooms
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9
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Bathrooms
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6
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House Rules
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Pets allowed: dogs (limit 1 total);Include the age, weight and breed of pet in resv.
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Children allowed: ages 0-17
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Smoking is not permitted
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No events allowed
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Max Occupancy
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18
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Host Language
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English
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Property Id
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1812167
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*Please note: Advertised rates include groups up to 14 people. Maximum occupancy is 18 (including children) additional fees apply.
Bookings for this home are facilitated by The Knowles Company, a reputable agency located right on Mt. Desert Island for more than 120 years.
Step back in time and discover the grandeur of THE BAYVIEW, designed by New York architect, Bradley Delehanty, and built for Major George G. McMurtry in 1930. Major McMurtry served in the Spanish American War as one of Theodore Roosevelt's "Rough Riders", and in World War I as second in command of the famous "Lost Battalion", for which he earned a Medal of Honor. Boasting impressive views of Frenchman's Bay from a spacious terrace overlooking an expansive lawn, The Bayview offers a spectacular setting within walking and biking distance to and from both the village of Bar Harbor and Acadia National Park. Well-appointed and furnished with original antiques and collectibles from abroad, the interiors of this period home offer a variety of hospitable spaces for dining and entertaining. Further enhancing the privacy and comfort that this gracious home offers is a recently renovated kitchen, formal gathering spaces, and nine bedrooms, six of which offer en-suite bathrooms. *Please scroll down for cancellation policy information.
FIRST FLOOR: A grand foyer leads to a variety of gathering spaces including the rear brick terrace overlooking the lawn. Spacious formal Living Room with water views, piano, harp and fireplace. Formal Dining Room with fireplace, water views, doors to terrace, and dining table for ten to twelve people. Warm and inviting Library with ocean views, fireplace and cable TV. Large and well-equipped eat-in Kitchen with TV and commercial style 10-burner gas range enjoys close proximity to a Game Room with pool table. Laundry and Utility areas including a dedicated room for floral arranging. Two coat and powder rooms, one for the ladies and one for the gents.
SECOND FLOOR:
Sitting area at the top of the staircase offers a nice area outside the main bedrooms for quiet conversation.
In this north wing, guests have the option of the Primary Bedroom, a King Bedroom with water views leading through a sitting and dressing room to a private Bathroom with combined tub and shower.
A second King Bedroom offers water views and a private Bathroom with combined tub and shower that can also be accessed by the Primary Bedroom if desired.
A third King Bedroom also with en suite Bathroom and combined tub and shower.
The fourth Bedroom, with Queen bed, enjoys another private Bathroom with combined tub and shower.
Through to the south wing is the fifth Bedroom with Double bed with water views.
Bedroom six is a Queen Bedroom with private bath, shower only.
The “staff wing” offers three additional Bedrooms, 7, 8, and 9, each with a set of Twins and one shared Bathroom with combined tub and shower.
OUTDOOR SPACES: A furnished, brick terrace offers a fire pit and very nice views of Frenchman Bay beyond an expansive lawn. A side terrace with awning offers a BBQ and Dining Area. Fire Pit. Dock offers access to the water, but note that access to the shoreline below the bluff is very challenging.
NOTE: The Kitchen and all bedrooms offer AC: The larger bedrooms have window units, and remaining bedrooms have wall-mounted heat pump/AC units.
Please plan accordingly that check-in time for this home is 4 pm and check-out time is by 9 am on the day of departure.
Located in Bar Harbor, this vacation home is in the city center and on the waterfront. Bar Harbor Whale Watch Co is a popular attraction and the area's natural beauty can be seen at Acadia National Park and Acadia National Park's Visitors Center. Traveling with kids? Consider College of the Atlantic Natural History Museum and George B. Dorr Museum of Natural History. Kayaking and motor boating offer great chances to get out on the surrounding water, or you can seek out an adventure with cycling and mountain biking nearby.
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