"Fox Dens, the cottage owned by Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Rand, was among the earliest to be built at the Mill Dam in 1884." Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, p. 165 - 1938.
“Fox Dens” was the summer home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Lathrop Rand. It was listed in the 1931 Town Directory as - Mr. and Mrs. Henry L. Rand of Boston - "Fox Dens", Back Shore.
