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Fairview Farm before the 1896 fire. click
picture for large view.
Fairview Farm and Camps gas station 1923.
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Fairview about 1910 - click picture for
large view.
Fairview Farm and Camps (the barn). 1925.
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Mrs.
Harriet
Vickery's
Pequawket
House first operated as an Inn beginning in 1845 by Hazen
Pitman, Vickery's father. "
Hattie" operated
the Inn from about 1880 until her death in the early 1900's. The Inn
accommodated about 70 people and was considered to appeal to the budget
conscience traveller. After her death the Inn was
purchased by a Mrs C.C.
Small who
operated it until 1927; at which time it was purchased by Newell and Gladys
Smith who renamed it the Smith Tavern.
The next owners were Jerry and Carolyn
Graves
who renamed it to the Pequawket House. Unfortunately the building was
destroyed by fire in the early 1960's.
I bet you know right where this spot is. Next time you go by
this spot remember Smith Tavern was once there and before that it was
known as the Pequawket Inn. After the Smith's, Jerry and Carolyn
Graves ran it as the Pequawket House.
Smith Tavern, Intervale, NH Early
1930's (formerly the Pequawket Inn)
The Pequawket Inn was built in 1854 by Hazen Pitman whose wife managed both
the Inn and the farm.
Like many others, it was destroyed by fire in the 1960's.
The
Hampshire House - Part of the New England Inn. This
editor's source tells me this was formerly the Maple Villa although the
source is very vague about how this transition occurred...since the building
at left bears no similarity to the Maple Villa.
Maple
Villa Hotel, Intervale
Fosscroft Inn - Intervale
Built by Ernest
Foss in 1925 at a time
when the era of big hotels was coming to an end. It was built on the
site of the former Langdon Hotel. As train
travel decreased its time as a hotel was brief and by 1950 it was home to
Ray Houle's Yankee Peddler, an antique
shop. A reliable source told this editor that when Ray Houle bought
the building he moved it across Rt 16 to its final resting spot, just west
of todays scenic vista. In 1973
Daniel C Bianchino moved to this building and
managed it as the Choo-Choo Inn. His occupancy did not
last long as the building was destroyed by fire later in that same year.
Mr. Bianchino removed to Dundee and
died in North Conway in 2020.
The Fairview Hotel
was built in 1854 by Cyrus Tasker who both managed and owned the
property which he purchased from John Pendexter, Jr. Cyrus expanded
the property when he bought the adjoining lot and homestead from the
Reverand James McMillan.
Cyrus died in 1888 and left the Hotel and 1800 acres to his son William.
Prior to Cyrus's death William had focused his attention on the farm but as
Cyrus aged William also managed the Hotel. Mary Todd Lincoln was an
overnight guest here when she came to ascend Mt. Washington and President
Franklin Pierce spent two weeks one year, .
In 1896 the original Fairview was destroyed by fire, was rebuilt but only
survived until 1919 when it was again the victim of fire. In 1920 the
farmhouse on the property was enlarged and became the Tasker family house
until 1933.
In 1945 Peg and Ted Weeden purchased the property and 60 acres along with
the house next to the barn (now Limmers). The Weeden's used that
second house as a country store, gift shop and gas station. The barn became
a dance hall, Harmony Acres (Intervale Playground). The main house and
seven cabins behind it were opened to tourists and Mrs Weeden provided
breakfast and dinner. A later owner was Dallas Verry who sold it to
Joe and Evelyn Rivers in 1979. Click picture for large view)
During the late 1980's the cabins were demolished and replaced with a number
of Townhouse type dwellings that occupy the property to this day (2020).
This building was first known as Carletons' Inn, The Forest. In 1918
it was purchased by John and Gertrude Fernald and became Fernald's Cottage.
By 1930 it had new owners who renamed it Rest-a-Bit and, unusual for the
time, operated the Inn year round. It had one more owner before 1946
when the Burgess's purchased the property and renamed it the Holiday Inn.
By the 1960's the Houghtons owned the property and there was a legal battle
with the bigger chain brand name, Holiday Inn, but it continued with its
name until 1984 when the Clough's purchased it and renamed it back to its
historic beginnings, The Forest.
2014 addition: Ted Houghton
sent us a copy of his sister Pat Houghton Marr's
history of the building along with pictures and memorabilia.
You can view it here:
HOLIDAY INN.
Inside the Clarendon, Intervale, NH
Lodging Intervale -- pg 3
Clarendon
Inn Destroyed by Fire in 1963.
The Bellview
occupied this spot before the Clarendon, it also burned. Read the
whole story in the SIGNAL,
Here
