| Hotel Name: | Balance Rock Inn |
| Location: | Bar Harbor, Maine |
| Address: | 21 Albert Meadow Bar Harbor, Maine 04609 |
| Architect: | Andrews, Jaques & Rantoul |
| Number Of Rooms: | 27 |
| Number Of Restaurants: | 1 |
| Floors: | 3 |
The Balance Rock Inn is a boutique hotel in the American town of Bar Harbor, Maine. AAA Four Diamond-rated, the structure was built in 1903 as a home for Scottish railroad tycoon Alexander Maitland.[1] Maitland was Henry Flagler's partner in the Florida East Coast Railway.[2] The hotel is named for Balance Rock, a nearby geological formation that balances on a slender stone fulcrum just off Bar Harbor's Shore Path.
The hotel, which was expanded to 27 rooms in 1995,[3] is constructed in the shingle style and was designed by the noted architectural firm Andrews, Jaques & Rantoul.[1] Its restaurant is called The Veranda.[1] [4]
Situated at the eastern end of Albert Meadow, a cul-de-sac off Bar Harbor's Main Street, the hotel stands adjacent to Grant Park and overlooks Frenchman Bay and its Porcupine Islands.