The Balance Rock Inn is a

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in the American town of

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. 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

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's partner in the

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."Tycoon For A Night"
– ''Portland Monthly'', July/August 2014 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 Shore Path is a coastal path in Bar Harbor, Maine, United States. Established in 1881, it runs along the shore of Frenchman Bay, from Ells Pier, beside Agamont Park, in the north to an east–west-running continuation of the path at the easte ...

. The hotel, which was expanded to 27 rooms in 1995, is constructed in the shingle style and was designed by the noted architectural firm

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. 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 Frenchman Bay is a bay in Hancock County, Maine, named for Samuel de Champlain, the French explorer who visited the area in 1604. Frenchman Bay may have been the location of the Jesuit St. Sauveur mission, established in 1613. In a 1960 book ...

and its

Porcupine Islands The Porcupine Islands are an archipelago of five islands that lie in the Mount Desert Narrows of Frenchman Bay in Bar Harbor, Maine. The Porcupine Islands consist of Sheep Porcupine Island, Burnt Porcupine Island, Rum Key, Long Porcupine Island, an ...

Gallery

File:Balance Rock Inn.jpg, The hotel viewed from Bar Harbor's

in 2006 File:Balance Rock, Bar Harbor.jpg, alt=, Balance Rock, for which the inn is named

References

External links

*{{Official website, https://www.balancerockinn.com/
Balance Rock Inn
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