1. History
    Later personnel 

2. Gallery

3. References

4. External links

The Asticou Inn is an inn in Northeast Harbor, Maine. It was built in 1883. In 1899, it was destroyed by fire and rebuilt. The rear of the building overlooks the Northeast Harbor inlet, which opens out to the Atlantic Ocean.

The inn has been owned by the Asti-Kim Corporation since 2010 and managed by the Acadia Corporation since 2015.^[1]

There are 48 guest rooms; 31 of these are in the main inn, while 17 others are available in six adjacent buildings. These are Cranberry Lodge, Blue Spruce, Bird Bank and three "Topsiders".

The inn closes between Columbus Day and Memorial Day (late October until late May).

History

Augustus Chase ("A.C.") Savage (1832–1911)^[2] lived with his wife, Emily Manchester (1834–1914),^[3] in the 1854-built Harbor Cottage (now Cranberry Lodge), which sits near the apex of the corner of Peabody Drive (almost directly across from both Blue Spruce and Bird Banks, which are the other two "Asticou Cottages" that are part of the inn).^[4]

Savage correctly predicted that an overflow of vacationers to Bar Harbor would greatly benefit Northeast Harbor.^[4] In 1883, across the road from Harbor Cottage, he built the Asticou Inn. (The name Asticou comes from a Penobscot Indian word believed to mean boiling kettle.)^[4]

While the inn was spared during the great fires of 1947, the original building was destroyed by a self-originating blaze just sixteen years after opening. It was rebuilt by A.C. and his son, George (1873–1922).^[5] A.C.'s other son, Fred Lincoln Savage (1861–1924),^[6] was the architect. It reopened in 1901.^[4]

The combined Savage families took active parts in the day-to-day management of the business, with the women establishing the inn's reputation for hearty New England food and the children picking berries that contributed to desserts and pies.^[4]

George Savage died in 1922, aged about 48. His 19-year-old son, Charles Kenneth Savage (1903–1979),^[7] was brought back from his boarding school in Boston, Massachusetts, to help his mother, Mabelle (1877–1965),^[8] maintain the inn's tradition.

When Charles married, his wife, Katharine Larcher Savage (1905–2001),^[9] became the manager of the inn's kitchen, and her pastries, breads, ice creams and desserts proved very popular.^[4] Charles and Katharine ran the inn until 1964. They had a daughter, Mary Ann Savage (b. 1939), and a son, Charles Kenneth Savage, Jr. (1943–2017).

In 1956, across the street from the inn, Savage created the Asticou Azalea Garden.

Later personnel

Marilyn "Muffy" Cyr (1950–2015) worked at the inn for 45 years in various capacities, including chambermaid, head housekeeper, desk clerk, reservations manager, special functions assistant and floral arranger.^[10] For the latter part of her time at the inn, Tom Weverstad was the special functions director.^[11]

The inn's current (as of 2019) general manager is Will Matteson.

Gallery

References

External links

• {{Official website|http://www.asticou.com}}

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