Category Archives: Structures

North Conway New Hampshire: Hotel Randall–Before It Was Eastern Slope Inn

Posted on 28 July, 2016 by Janice Brown

Built prior to 1864 on the spot where Eastern Slope Inn now sits, was first a small summer boarding house of Jonathan Melvin Seavey, a Conway NH carpenter. In 1864 this structure was sold to James T. Randall. In 1888 … Continue reading →

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New Hampshire Missing Places: Camp Otter in Pittsburg, Coos County

Posted on 1 October, 2015 by Janice Brown

“Every once in a while it is nice to get away . . . from the discontent of big cities and tramp through the mountains, gun in hand, with none but the birds, the trees, the fallen leaves, the lilt … Continue reading →

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Concord New Hampshire’s Odd Fellows’ Home now Presidential Oaks

Posted on 15 September, 2015 by Janice Brown

I have a personal connection to Presidential Oaks located at 200 Pleasant Street in Concord, New Hampshire–my grandfather, Clarence Webster, died there in 1969.  It was called the Odd Fellows’ Home back then, and he was really happy to be … Continue reading →

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The Origin and History of New Hampshire’s Daniel Webster Highway

Posted on 18 August, 2015 by Janice Brown

The Daniel Webster Highway in New Hampshire was originally called the “Merrimack Valley Road” and followed the course of the Merrimack River. On January 23, 1921, the Anaconda Standard newspaper (of Anaconda MT) announced that “backed by many prominent citizens, … Continue reading →

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The Hammond Family and Their Home in Nashua, New Hampshire

Posted on 25 July, 2015 by Janice Brown

Usually the photograph of a human face spurs me to write a story, but in this case it was one of an ivy covered building.  The Ebay description hinted that it might be located in Nashua, New Hampshire, for that … Continue reading →

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