Bethlehem in Grafton County, New Hampshire — The American Northeast (New England)

Alderbrook

Photographed by Kevin Craft, September 25, 2014

1. Alderbrook Marker

Inscription.
Alderbrook developed around a sawmill built by H.C. Libbey in 1877. The Village grew to include a post office, a dozen company-owned houses, a boarding house, school and railroad station. The mill employed as many as 40 to 60 men and cut as much as 3 to 5 million board feet each year of lumber, clapboards, lath and shingles. It was sold to a Portland company in July 1909 and was destroyed by fire five months later. The blaze was likely started by a spark from a freight engine. The mill was not rebuilt and the once productive hamlet disappeared as the company left for other tracts of timber.

Erected 2006 by New Hampshire Division of Historical Resources. (Marker Number 198.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Industry & Commerce. In addition, it is included in the New Hampshire Historical Highway Markers series list. A significant historical month for this entry is July 1909.

Location. 44° 19.635′ N, 71° 42.116′ W. Marker is in Bethlehem, New Hampshire, in Grafton County. It is at the intersection of Whitefield Road (New Hampshire Route 116) and Deer Run Road, on the right when traveling west on Whitefield Road. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Bethlehem NH 03574, 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 4 miles of this

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marker, measured as the crow flies: Jodo Karate (approx. 3.3 miles away); Bethlehem Country Club (approx. 3.3 miles away); Mount Washington Cemetery (approx. 3.3 miles away); P.O.W.-M.I.A. Memorial (approx. 3.3 miles away); Strawberry Hill Hotel (approx. 3.3 miles away); Howard House (approx. 3.3 miles away); Park House (approx. 3.3 miles away); Durrell United Methodist Church (approx. 3.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Bethlehem.

Another marker is no longer nearby. Angel of the Mountains (was approx. 3.3 miles away but has been permanently removed).

Photographed by Kevin Craft, September 25, 2014

2. Alderbrook Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on October 2, 2014, by Kevin Craft of Bedford, Quebec. This page has been viewed 1,229 times since then and 80 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on October 2, 2014, by Kevin Craft of Bedford, Quebec. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.