{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2022}} {{Infobox hotel | name = Balance Rock Inn | image = Balance Rock Inn rear.jpg | image_size = | caption = The rear of the hotel, viewed from Bar Harbor's Shore Path, 2021 | logo = | location = Bar Harbor, Maine | address = 21 Albert Meadow<br>Bar Harbor, Maine 04609 | coordinates = {{Coord|44.3884|N|68.2013|W|display=inline,title}} | opening_date = {{start date and age|1903|p=yes}} | closing_date = | developer = | owner = | cost = | architect = Andrews, Jaques & Rantoul | number_of_rooms = 27 | number_of_suites = | number_of_restaurants = 1 | floor_area = | floor_count = 3 | height = | parking = | website = {{URL|https://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.<ref name=ourstory>[https://www.balancerockinn.com/our-story/ Our story] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211111210302/https://www.balancerockinn.com/our-story/ |date=2021-11-11 }} – Balance Rock Inn official website</ref> Maitland was Henry Flagler's partner in the Florida East Coast Railway.<ref>[https://www.portlandmonthly.com/portmag/2014/07/tycoon-for-a-night/ "Tycoon For A Night"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211115210815/https://www.portlandmonthly.com/portmag/2014/07/tycoon-for-a-night/ |date=2021-11-15 }} – ''Portland Monthly'', July/August 2014 </ref> 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,<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1996/08/04/travel/mount-desert-island.html "Mount Desert Island"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211111211111/https://www.nytimes.com/1996/08/04/travel/mount-desert-island.html |date=2021-11-11 }} – ''New York Times'', August 4, 1996</ref> is constructed in the shingle style and was designed by the noted architectural firm Andrews, Jaques & Rantoul.<ref name=ourstory/> Its restaurant is called The Veranda.<ref name=ourstory/><ref>[http://theverandabarharbor.com/ The Veranda] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211111210301/http://theverandabarharbor.com/ |date=2021-11-11 }} – official website</ref>
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== <gallery> File:Balance Rock Inn.jpg|The hotel viewed from Bar Harbor's Shore Path in 2006 File:Balance Rock, Bar Harbor.jpg|alt=|Balance Rock, for which the inn is named </gallery>
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==External links== *{{Official website|https://www.balancerockinn.com/}} *[http://www.aaa.com/travelinfo/maine/bar-harbor/hotels/balance-rock-inn-70704.html Balance Rock Inn] – American Automobile Association
Category:1903 establishments in Maine Category:Hotels in Bar Harbor, Maine Category:Hotels established in the 1980s Category:1903 establishments