One of the two largest summer “cottages” on Grindstone Neck, Winter Harbor, Maine is this massive Shingled mansion overlooking Frenchman’s Bay. Due to its scale and design, the house possibly replaced a more modest cottage in the early 20th century. The “cottage” was owned by Samuel Price Wetherill, a Philadelphia-based manufacturer and businessman. Wetherill spent most of his time at a Rittenhouse Square Beaux Arts mansion in Philadelphia, which after his death, was purchased by the Philadelphia Art Alliance. The Wetherills hosted lavish events in the mansion and clearly wanted to make a statement with their summer home, which rivals almost any “cottage” in the more prestigious Bar Harbor over the bay.
Buildings of New England 
An imposing structure! But not as high-spirited as some of the smaller examples.
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“Tonandawah”*
It doesn’t replace an earlier cottage. It was built on the second of two lots reserved by John Godfrey Moore. It was designed by W.W. Kent for Moore’s business partner, Frank Pitcher, and like “Far From the Wolf,” was published in AABN when new. It was later acquired by Wetherill.
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