The Rowse family bought the land for their cottage in Southwest Harbor in 1944 and built their cottage on the Back Shore near the Claremont Hotel. The cottage rented for the season in 1960 for $1600. The Claremont Hotel acquired the property c. 1998.
In 1973 the cottage was called "Seawood" and in 1977 it was known as "Shore Cottage."
