On U.S. 302 at Zealand Road, on the right when traveling east on U.S. 302.
The village of Zealand grew up in 1875 to serve the logging industry. Henry owned 10,000 acres in the heart of the White Mtns., with a 10-mile railroad to move logs from forest to sawmill. The village had a post office, school, store, housing, and . . . — — Map (db m74556) HM
Near Crawford Notch Road (U.S. 302) 0.3 miles south of Mt. Clinton Road, on the right when traveling south.
Has been entered in the
National Register of Historic Places
by the United States Department of the Interior
Restoration of the Crawford Depot has been assisted with
a Federal Historic Preservation Fund matching grant
from the . . . — — Map (db m116631) HM
On U.S. 302, 0.3 miles east of Mt Clinton Road, on the right when traveling east.
Abel Crawford and son, Ethan Allen Crawford, built the first Crawford House in 1828. It was run by Ethan's brother, Thomas, until sold in 1852. Fires in 1854 and 1859 destroyed the original inn and a replacement. Col. Cyrus Eastman erected the . . . — — Map (db m75236) HM
On U.S. 302, 0.4 miles east of Rosebrook Road, on the right when traveling east.
Mount Washington Hotel
Standing to the east, the Mount Washington Hotel was completed in 1902 as one of the largest, most modern grand hotels in the White Mountains, one of the few built in a single campaign. Designed by New York architect . . . — — Map (db m77641) HM
On U.S. 302 at Base Station Road, on the right when traveling west on U.S. 302.
For whom the Notch is named, included Abel and his sons, Thomas J. and Ethan Allen. They established the first regional hotels and pioneered in opening the White Mountain area to the public. Ethan and his wife, Lucy Howe Crawford, author of an 1846 . . . — — Map (db m44299) HM
On U.S. 3 at School Street, on the left when traveling north on U.S. 3.
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 . . . — — Map (db m223419) HM
