Eagle Mountain House, Jackson, NH, listed on the NRHP in New Hampshire
Eagle Mountain House is a large wood-frame hotel in Jackson, New Hampshire, built in the Colonial Revival style with a gabled roof, dormer windows, and diamond-pane sashes. A long covered porch runs along the front of the building, and the interior still has its original woodwork and a working elevator installed in 1926.
The property started in 1849 as a small farmhouse owned by the Gale family and gradually became an inn as visitors began traveling to the White Mountains. The first building burned down in 1915 and Arthur Gale quickly replaced it with the current larger structure the following year.
The name Eagle Mountain House comes from the nearby peak visible from the property, and guests today still gather on the long front porch to look out toward the hills. This simple habit of sitting and watching the landscape has been repeated by visitors here for over a century.
The hotel sits close to Jackson Village, which is walkable and has shops and places to eat nearby. The area is popular in both summer for hiking and winter for skiing, so the feel of the place and what is available can change depending on the season.
In the 1920s the hotel ran a nine-hole golf course on the grounds that was turned into a ski slope each winter. This practice of using the same land for two different seasonal activities was early for a mountain resort and shows how the property tried to draw guests year-round.
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