High schoolers at the time had nothing like the number of recreational activities they have today, Macomber said. Prior to that, grocers carried American cheese and maybe a few other types - basic deli stuff, Macomber said.Īnd the pranks, which occurred over the course of about 10 years, began because of a similar lack of variety.
MOUSE HOUSE CHEESE HOUSE ARCHIVE
Only two of the distinctly styled buildings are left, the archive states.Ĭompetition from big-box grocery stores that added specialty cheeses to their delis helped push the store out of business, said Holly Macomber, a Bar Harbor resident and graduate of Ellsworth High’s class of 1973. and Bernice Albin, the Trenton store closed in 1984. Made primarily of wood, the building was 9 feet tall and 40 feet in diameter. How could they? It was a go-to place for many years because it was so unique.”Īccording to the digital archive at the Southwest Harbor Public Library, the Trenton building was among 18 cheese-shaped New England locations, a chain of stores that disbanded in the late 1970s. “But everybody who has been here long enough to remember it still calls it The Cheese House,” said Sargent, a sales manager across the road at Coastal Builders at 393 Bar Harbor Road, the local name for that section of Route 3.
It is now shingled and painted red, all of this effectively masking much of the building’s rounded shape and cheesy history. Previous owners have added a second floor, peaked roof and windows, and a small, boxy addition on the east side of its ground floor since the specialty-cheese store closed in the 1980s. None of its goofy history is readily apparent from a glance at building, whose latest owner, Central Maine Harley-Davidson, moved in about four years ago.
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