Augustus Chase Savage
Augustus Chase Savage was an American businessman and hotelier. Along with his wife, Emily, he established the Asticou Inn in Northeast Harbor, Maine, in 1883. It is still in operation today.
Early life
Savage was born in 1832 to John Savage II, a Glaswegian, and Climena Roberts, a native of Bath, Maine. He was the only child of seven to survive to maturity.His parents built a farmhouse on the site now occupied by the Asticou Inn in his hometown of Northeast Harbor, Maine. The farmhouse was moved a short distance away, across Peabody Drive, when construction of the inn began.
Career
Savage correctly predicted that an overflow of vacationers to nearby Bar Harbor would greatly benefit Northeast Harbor. In 1883, across the road from the 1854-built Harbor Cottage, he built the Asticou Inn.The original Asticou Inn building was destroyed by a fire sixteen years after opening. It was rebuilt by A. C. and his son, George. Another of A. C.'s sons, Frederick Lincoln Savage, was the architect. It reopened in 1901. The inn was spared during the great fires of 1947.
In 1904, Savage created the family's Forest Hill Cemetery, on the other side of the Asticou Azalea Garden from the inn. Family members who had previously been buried beside the inn were moved to Forest Hill.