Littleton in Grafton County, New Hampshire — The American Northeast (New England)
Host to History
Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, July 7, 2017
1. Host to History Marker
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Host to History. . Thayers Inn has welcomed countless guests over the years. Among them have been the famous (and the infamous). A brief listing includes visiting Presidents Ulysses S. Grant, Franklin Pierce, Richard Nixon, and Jimmy Carter. Also stopping here were presidential aspirants General George B. McClellan, Governor Nelson Rockefeller, Governor Estes Kefauver, Governor George Romney, Senator Barry Goldwater, Senator Harold Stassen, Senate Majority Leader Robert Dole, author and political commentator Patrick Buchanan, and Senator Bill Bradley. New Hampshire Governors Sherman Adams and Hugh Gallen frequented Thayers as did Littleton native Robert C. Hill who served as the United States ambassador to five different countries (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Mexico, Spain and Argentina). Other guests include P.T. Barnum accompanied by “General” Tom Thumb, publisher Horace Greely, Henry Ford, the notorious millionaire playboy Harry K. Thaw, arctic explorer Commander Robert E. Peary, world war two General Tomoyuki Yamashita, “The Tiger of Manila,” who lived at Thayers for three months in 1940 while on a spy mission in the White Mountains on behalf of Japanese Intelligence, movie star Bette Davis, song write Ed Bruce (Mama, Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to be Cowboys) and author Michael Blake (Dances with Wolves).
Thayers Inn has welcomed countless guests over the years. Among them have been the famous (and the infamous). A brief listing includes visiting Presidents Ulysses S. Grant, Franklin Pierce, Richard Nixon, and Jimmy Carter. Also stopping here were presidential aspirants General George B. McClellan, Governor Nelson Rockefeller, Governor Estes Kefauver, Governor George Romney, Senator Barry Goldwater, Senator Harold Stassen, Senate Majority Leader Robert Dole, author and political commentator Patrick Buchanan, and Senator Bill Bradley. New Hampshire Governors Sherman Adams and Hugh Gallen frequented Thayers as did Littleton native Robert C. Hill who served as the United States ambassador to five different countries (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Mexico, Spain and Argentina). Other guests include P.T. Barnum accompanied by “General” Tom Thumb, publisher Horace Greely, Henry Ford, the notorious millionaire playboy Harry K. Thaw, arctic explorer Commander Robert E. Peary, WWII General Tomoyuki Yamashita, “The Tiger of Manila,” who lived at Thayers for three months in 1940 while on a spy mission in the White Mountains on behalf of Japanese Intelligence, movie star Bette Davis, song write Ed Bruce (Mama, Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to be Cowboys) and author Michael Blake (Dances with Wolves).
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Location. 44° 18.416′ N, 71° 46.467′ W. Marker is in Littleton, New Hampshire, in Grafton County. Marker is on Main Street (U.S. 302) east of Ammonoosuc Street, on the right when traveling east. Marker is a metal plaque mounted at eye-level directly on the front wall of the subject building. Marker is mounted just to the left of the main front entrance doors. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 111 Main Street, Littleton NH 03561, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regarding Host to History. National Register of Historic Places (1982)
Related markers. Click here for a list of markers that are related to this marker. Littleton, New Hampshire Historic Buildings
Also see . . . Thayers Inn, Littleton, New Hampshire.
Thayers Inn holds the prestigious title of being the oldest hotel in the White Mountains and Northern Kingdom region, originating in 1843, and is designated as a prized historic landmark. Perched
With its Greek revival architecture and commanding position on Main Street Littleton, the hotel maintains a long history of hosting Presidents, leading politicians, celebrities and other notable dignitaries. (Submitted on April 13, 2018, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)
Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, July 7, 2017
3. Thayer's Inn Hotel
Credits. This page was last revised on March 19, 2024. It was originally submitted on April 13, 2018, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 291 times since then and 57 times this year. Last updated on March 18, 2024, by Carl Gordon Moore Jr. of North East, Maryland. Photos:1, 2, 3. submitted on April 13, 2018, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
