Extending from Eden Street to Billings Avenue, it encompasses a well-preserved concentration of summer "cottages" built during Bar Harbor's heyday as a resort for the wealthy in the early 20th century.

Following the layout of the road there was a boom in construction, with a significant number of architect-designed properties built lining the waterfront.

The 41-room[4] "La Rochelle", completed in 1902,[5] is a lavish brick mansion in the style of a French chateau, and was one of the area's showpiece houses.

[4] The principal non-residential property, the Bar Harbor Club, is a large Tudor Revival building erected in 1929-30; its early membership included many of society's elites.

While some of these summer estates remain in private ownership, a number of them are now owned by Maine Seacoast Mission, a social service agency.