Flag Committee Remembers Veterans
This past week the Centre Harbor Historical Society Flag Committee (Janet Stearns, Nancy Kelley, Kay Beij, Ingrid Smith, and Denny Stringfellow) visited all the cemeteries in town. They wanted to recognize the service and sacrifice that Veteran’s have made in service of our country. A sincere and hearty thank you to all those that have or currently protecting our freedom.
Lake Winnipesaukee (1952)
Here we see beautiful Lake Winnipesaukee in 1952. Perhaps it’s just an absolutely fabulous day in Center Harbor, New Hampshire, but I’m amazed with how many people are on the piers. Are they waiting for the Mt. Washington steamship to pick them up for a tour? On the bottom left is the support structure used [...]
John Greenleaf Whittier Poem
Not to far away from the Center Harbor Bandstand there’s a rock with an excerpt from “A Legend of the Lake” byJohn Greenleaf Whittier.
The Garnet Inn – Picture of the Week
On Plymouth Street stood the flat-roofed, four story, Garnet Inn. This white clapboarded vernacular Italianate style hotel was connected to the neighboring gable-roofed section of the inn by a long wooden veranda that would be lined with wicker rocking chairs. During the late 1950s, the Garnet Inn served as a summer home for many musicians [...]
