This was called
The Forest Inn located in Bartlett
Village on the corner of Forest Ave and Rte 302.. In 1890 Frank George
sold the land and probably the existing building to Clementine Lawlis.
She operated it as an Inn until her death in the 1950's, Clementine left the
property to her only survivor, Hazel Amadon, who lived near Portland Maine.
Hazel sold the property in 1955 to R.G. Hazelton but it is not known how he
utilized the property but he resold it to Leland Walsh in 1958. Leland
Walsh was a 1st cousin to Sonny and Robert Pettengill. He was the son of
their Father's Sister
Ester who lived in VT. In
1967 the property was sold to Edmund and Ruth Pettengill and it remains with
their descendants now (2020).
Frank George probably acquired the property between 1860 and 1885 as part of
many transactions in which he purchased more than a thousand acres of land
in the Bartlett area from Parker, Stillings, Rogers, Towle and Hall to name
just a few.
The
Dunrovin Inn was originally the private
Residence of
GK Howard and before he opened the Howard
Hotel he had taken in travellers at this location. Eventually he sold
the building to
Elizabeth and John OConnell.
They operated it as an Inn until 1945. The postcard below, with a postmark
of 1948, states the owners as
George and Hazel
Bennett of Jackson. The building now serves as the
Brettl-hupfers ski club.
Click on the image for a
large size, and click on the postcard back side to read the message dated
August 1948
Postcard courtesy of Michael Bannon of Bartlett Village
CRAWFORD NOTCH POSTCARD DATED
1913 on the back side. Probable location is about a half mile west
of where Silver Springs Campground was located. We are looking east. This card scanned from the collection of
Michael Bannon.
Coles Cabins and Coles Restaurant were
operated by
Henry and Sadie Cole beginning about 1935. It
is said that Sadie had quite a temper and one needed to be alert for fry
pans flying around.
Lewis Mead purchased the cabins and
restaurant in 1955 and the bigger house in the background is where Lewis and
Sandra Mead live. Lewis died in 2008. Click on the lower picture
and you will see the gas pumps that, in 1935, were in the driveway of the
main house. They were later moved eastward to the front of the cabin office.
Sandra still lives in the main house and the cabins and restaurant building
are now
A Better Life Cabins.
This page has
been updated HERE
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his picture is dated 1924 and the caption identifies
Sadie Cole, Flor, Dell, Paul, Mara and V. This photo courtesy
Maureen Hussey.
Website editors note: As I continue working on this
web site I have noticed that in the 1930's practically every establishment
had gasoline pumps.
In fact, between North Conway and the entrance to Crawford Notch there was a
gas station just about every mile or two....and I have seen pictures of at
least six active gas stations in Bartlett Village alone during the
1930's-40's.
As late as 1970 the Village area had at least 5 operating gas and service
stations. Now there are none.
It also seems that practically everyone with a spare room was in the lodging
business as well...
The miniature picture below is the back side of the postcard picture shown
in the box at left.
It's
dated 1944 and is addressed to Paul Butler in Patterson, New Jersey.
Read the card by clicking on it.
The Gateway Cottages, later The Target, then The Abenaki Motel
.
Click Picture for a larger size. (opens in new window).
The main Inn building dates back to 1890 and was operated as The Gateway, by
the Sweet family. The cottages were added in the 1930's. In 1961
the property was purchased by Doug Williams and Stuart & Anna Walker, all of
Canadian background. In 1963 Mr. Williams became the sole owner.
In 1971 he changed the name from Target to Abenaki. The three original
cabins were joined with three new units being added, making a six unit
motel. There were four cottages behind the main building. The
main Inn burned sometime during the 2010's and the "motel" has been unused.
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 Silver
Springs Tavern and Cabins: The building pictured
here burned and was replaced with the existing building.
This property once belonged to
GK
Howard, then Howard and Sadie
Lowd who sold it to C.I. Pendelton. In the late
1940s it was
owned by Henry
Mead.
Eventually Emil Hanson rented it and in 1971Clinton
Burke bought the business. Later
Jerry and Dora
English
managed it. In 1976 the
Schoen
family took over and operated it as a popular campground until
their retirement in about 2000. The building has been
unused since then and the campground closed..
Henry Mead's Silver
Springs Cabins.
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These Photos are titled "Howard's Camp" and dated 1930 on the back. It
is recognizable as the later named Henry Mead's Silver Springs Campground.
Today you will find it as an un-named building about a half mile east of the
Harts Location Town Line. The building shown here was destroyed by
fire and re-built. The once famed Sawyer's Rock is just around the corner on
the left. It has been mostly blasted away to widen the road.
CLICK PICTURES FOR A LARGER VERSION IN A NEW WINDOW.
Glendennings
Cabins were owned and operated by
Ray Glendenning
in the 1930's. Each of the ten cabins was just large enough for a bed
and a burea. They were located just east of the Bartlett Town Ball
Field. There are just two of these buildings still standing, one of
which was recently repaired and resided. Click the picture for a super
sized version.
This page has
been updated HERE
The little cottages/camps were minimalistic. Most all of them were
torn down or moved in the 1960's
