The Kearsarge House (earlier Kiarsarge House) was a grand hotel in
North Conway
North Conway is a census-designated place (CDP) and village in eastern Carroll County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 2,116 at the 2020 census. A year-round resort area, North Conway is the second-largest village within the town ...
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New Hampshire
New Hampshire is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Gulf of Maine to the east, and the Canadian province of Quebec t ...
, United States, from 1872 until it was destroyed by fire on October 18, 1917. Its legacy is continued by the nearby Kearsarge Inn which has a clock from the original hotel. Samuel W. Thompson carried mail to the town and other areas including a route he started to
Glen House
Glen House is the name of a series of grand resorts and hotels, dating back to 1852, in Pinkham Notch very near Mount Washington in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, USA.
History
The completion of the Grand Trunk Railway in ...
, another grand hotel in the area, until a rail line was established in the area in 1871. As visitor numbers increased, the hotel was scaled up by Thompson who also acted as a promoter for the area.
Kearsarge House: Grand hotel in North Conway
14 September 2014, ''The Conway Daily Sun''
References
Further reading
*''Conway, New Hampshire 1765-1997'' by Janet Hounsell
*''The Grand Resort Hotels of the White Mountains'' by Bryant F. Tolles Jr.
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August 9, 1873 menu from the Kiarsarge House restaurant
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External links
Defunct hotels in New Hampshire
Buildings and structures in Carroll County, New Hampshire
Hotel buildings completed in 1872
North Conway, New Hampshire
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