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.Our story – Balance Rock Inn official website Maitland was Henry Flagler's partner in the Florida East Coast Railway."Tycoon For A Night" – Portland Monthly, July/August 2014 The hotel is named for Balance Rock, a nearby boulder deposited during an ice age on a slender stone fulcrum just off Bar Harbor's Shore Path.
The hotel, which was expanded to 27 rooms in 1995,"Mount Desert Island" – New York Times, August 4, 1996 is constructed in the shingle style and was designed by the noted architectural firm Andrews, Jaques & Rantoul. Its restaurant is called The Veranda.The Veranda – official website
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.
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Balance Rock Inn – American Automobile Association