Editing Winter Harbor, Maine (section)

==Grindstone Neck==

The [[summer colony]] of Grindstone Neck lies on a [[peninsula]] southwest of the village. In 1889 a group formed “The Gouldsboro Land Improvement Company” with the idea of creating a summer colony much like that of Bar Harbor.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nSOxnQzrLL4C&q=Gouldsboro+Land+Improvement+Co.%27s+Grindstone+Inn+and+Lands,+Grindstone+Neck,+Winter+Harbor,+Maine&pg=PT11 |title=Gouldsboro land improvement co.'s Grindstone inn and lands, Grindstone Neck ... - Gouldsboro land improvement company - Google Books |year=1892 |access-date=March 4, 2012}}</ref> Residents of this community share in an association which includes a yacht club, nine-hole golf course,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.grindstonegolf.com/course.html |title=Grindstone Neck Golf Course / Course |publisher=Grindstonegolf.com |access-date=March 4, 2012}}</ref> tennis courts and footpaths.

The [[Winter Harbor Yacht Club]] purchased and renovated all nine original [[Winter Harbor 21]] sailboats. Designed and launched in 1907, they are thought to be the oldest [[one-design]] [[sailboat]] fleet in the United States.

Many of the buildings on the neck were designed by [[Lindley Johnson]], though the first few were designed by [[Wilson Eyre]]. The homes on Grindstone Neck are called "cottages", though many of them have upwards of 7–12 bedrooms.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discovermainemagazine.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=192:the-summer-resort-of-grindstone&catid=86:hancock-washington-county-history&Itemid=121 |title=Raleigh, Ralph and Rags |publisher=Discovermainemagazine.com |access-date=March 4, 2012}}</ref>