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Sproul's Cafe

Buildings and structures in Bar Harbor, MaineCommercial buildings completed in 1880Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in MaineNational Register of Historic Places in Hancock County, MaineSecond Empire architecture in Maine
SPROUL'S CAFE, BAR HARBOR, HANCOCK COUNTY, MAINE
SPROUL'S CAFE, BAR HARBOR, HANCOCK COUNTY, MAINE

The Sproul's Cafe building is a historic commercial building at 128 Main Street in Bar Harbor, Maine. The 2-1/2 story Second Empire building was built in 1880, and was home until 1903 of a nationally recognized gathering place for Bar Harbor's summer residents. The building is a rare local commercial survivor of Bar Harbor's heyday as a summer resort community. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. Its present retail tenant is a tourist-oriented shop.

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