Tobias Roberts

Tobias Lord Roberts (1835–1908) was an American businessman and hotelier.

[1] He opened Agamont House, the first hotel in the town, in 1855, converting a home built fifteen years earlier.

[3] Ten years later, Alpheus Hardy became the first of Bar Harbor's summer residents to build a "cottage".

[4][5] To improve access for tourists to the town, he created a wharf in Bar Harbor in 1868.

Upon his death, Roberts' family sold several of his properties, including Rockaway House on Bar Harbor's West Street.