Beech Hill is a historic former summer estate off New Harrisville Road in
Dublin, New Hampshire
Dublin is a town in Cheshire County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 1,532 at the 2020 census. It is home to Dublin School and ''Yankee'' magazine.
History
In 1749, the Masonian proprietors granted the town as "Monadnock No. ...
. The centerpiece of the estate, and its only major surviving element, is a large Georgian Revival mansion with hip roof and wide projecting eaves, which has views of the surrounding area. The mansion was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places in 1983.
It remains in private hands, but most of the surrounding estate is now local conservation land, with public hiking trails.
Description and history
Beech Hill is located on a hilltop just north of the town center of Dublin, on the west side of New Harrisville Road. Sited prominently near the crest of the hill is the main house, a sprawling two-story structure whose main section is covered by a hip roof. Its exterior trim includes corner pilasters and a dentillated cornice. The main block is extended by wings, including a more modern one that extends to one side of the swimming pool sited just east of the building.
[ The building is presently vacant and in deteriorated condition.
The house was designed by ]Charles A. Platt
Charles Adams Platt (October 16, 1861 – September 12, 1933) was a prominent American architect, garden designer, and artist of the "American Renaissance" movement. His garden designs complemented his domestic architecture.
Early career Pai ...
for his sister and brother-in-law, and built in 1902–3. From 1949 until 2001 the property was used for a variety of medical and substance abuse treatment purposes. The entire estate was acquired by a local conservation land trust in 2007, which sold the house into private hands and built walking trails on the rest of the estate.[
The house was razed in 2022 due to excessive vandalism.
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See also
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References
{{NRHP in Cheshire County, New Hampshire
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in New Hampshire
Houses completed in 1902
Houses in Dublin, New Hampshire
National Register of Historic Places in Dublin, New Hampshire