Twin Mountain in Carroll in Coos County, New Hampshire — The American Northeast (New England)

Beecher's Pulpit

Photographed by Kelly Marsh, May 13, 2023

1. Beecher's Pulpit Marker

Inscription.
A glacial boulder overlooking Twin Mountain Village, known as "Beecher's Pulpit," since the 1870s is named for the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher. A Congregationalist clergyman, abolitionist, proponent of women's suffrage and brother to Harriet Beecher Stowe, he came to the White Mountains to escape seasonal allergies. While a guest at the Twin Mountain House, located near this site, Beecher conducted sermons that sometimes drew crowds over 1,000.

Erected 2022. (Marker Number 0274.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Abolition & Underground RR • African Americans • Civil Rights • Women.

Location. 44° 16.396′ N, 71° 32.401′ W. Marker is in Carroll, New Hampshire, in Coos County. It is in Twin Mountain. It is at the intersection of U.S. 3 and School Street, on the left when traveling north on U.S. 3. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Whitefield NH 03598, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in New Hampshire’s White Mountains.

It is also in the American Northeast

and in New England.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Great North Woods,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: New Hampshire Grand (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Carroll Memorial Bandstand (about 500 feet away); War Memorial (about 500 feet away); Zealand and James Everell Henry

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(approx. 2.1 miles away); The Crawford Family (approx. 4.1 miles away); Pierce Bridge (approx. 4½ miles away); Executive Councilor Raymond S. Burton (approx. 4.7 miles away); The Mount Washington Hotel (approx. 4.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Carroll.

Related marker. Click here for another marker that is related to this marker. Statue of Henry Ward Beecher in Brooklyn, NY

Also see . . . Henry Ward Beecher (Wikipedia). (Submitted on May 19, 2023, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut.)

Beecher's Pulpit marker and surroundings image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Kelly Marsh, July 29, 2023

2. Beecher's Pulpit marker and surroundings

Credits. This page was last revised on August 11, 2023. It was originally submitted on May 14, 2023, by Kelly Marsh of Moultonboro, New Hampshire. This page has been viewed 582 times since then and 38 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on May 14, 2023, by Kelly Marsh of Moultonboro, New Hampshire. 2. submitted on July 29, 2023, by Kelly Marsh of Moultonboro, New Hampshire. • Michael Herrick was the editor who published this page.