Balance Rock Inn

Balance Rock Inn
The rear of the hotel, viewed from Bar Harbor's Shore Path, 2021
General information
Location	Bar Harbor, Maine
Address	21 Albert Meadow Bar Harbor, Maine 04609
Coordinates	44.3884°N 68.2013°W / 44.3884; -68.2013
Opening	1903 (122 years ago) (1903)
Technical details
Floor count	3
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Andrews, Jaques & Rantoul
Other information
Number of rooms	27
Number of restaurants	1
Website
www.balancerockinn.com

The Balance Rock Inn is a boutique hotel in the American town of Bar Harbor, Maine. AAA Four Diamond-rated, the structure was built in 1903 as a home for Scottish railroad tycoon Alexander Maitland.[1] Maitland was Henry Flagler's partner in the Florida East Coast Railway.[2] The hotel is named for Balance Rock, a nearby geological formation that balances on a slender stone fulcrum just off Bar Harbor's Shore Path.

The hotel, which was expanded to 27 rooms in 1995,[3] is constructed in the shingle style and was designed by the noted architectural firm Andrews, Jaques & Rantoul.[1] Its restaurant is called The Veranda.[1][4]

Situated at the eastern end of Albert Meadow, a cul-de-sac off Bar Harbor's Main Street, the hotel stands adjacent to Grant Park and overlooks Frenchman Bay and its Porcupine Islands.

Gallery

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  The hotel viewed from Bar Harbor's Shore Path in 2006
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  Balance Rock, for which the inn is named

References

1. Our story Archived 2021-11-11 at the Wayback Machine – Balance Rock Inn official website
2. "Tycoon For A Night" Archived 2021-11-15 at the Wayback Machine – Portland Monthly, July/August 2014
3. "Mount Desert Island" Archived 2021-11-11 at the Wayback Machine – New York Times, August 4, 1996
4. The Veranda Archived 2021-11-11 at the Wayback Machine – official website

External links

• Official website
• Balance Rock Inn – American Automobile Association