New Hampshire Official Travelers Handbook 2009-2010 - (Page 18) 18 House. The simple, 1853 stone building is the last of the summit’s original structures. And, the views from here are gorgeous! Our next stop is Berlin to visit Northern Forest The Wentworth-Coolidge Mansion Heritage Park. The Traveling west, we pass Dartmouth 1853 Brown House Museum, housed in College in Hanover, established in the former saw mill boarding house, has 1769, before touring the historic exhibits on New Hampshire’s thriving Enfield Shaker Village, on the shores of 19th-century lumbering business. But Mascoma Lake, and walking the grounds the narrated boat trip down the mighty at the Saint-Gaudens National Historic Androscoggin – once clogged with Site. The studios and home of Augustus logs – is the highlight of our visit. Saint-Gaudens, one of America’s greatest There’s time for one more stop as sculptors, are also open to view. we loop back through the Lakes We follow the Connecticut River Region. We picnic in a grassy meadow north, and then cross Route 302 to overlooking Lake Wentworth at the Littleton Grist Mill, on the banks of the Governor Wentworth Historic Site. The Ammonoosuc River. Established in 96-acre site was once the summer estate 1798, the original grist mill building still of Royal Governor John Wentworth. The produces organic flours and grain mixes. mansion is gone but we have no trouble imagining life here on the plantation, We journey on up to the peak of Mount among the privileged class, before Washington, New England’s highest the American Revolution began. summit, for a look inside the Tip Top HOLIDAY TRADITIONS Winter Candlelight Stroll Yearning for a return to unhurried, simpler times? Check out the annual CANDLELIGHT STROLL at the Strawbery Banke living history museum in Portsmouth. The popular event, held the first three weeks in December, showcases more than 350 years of holiday traditions. Walk the country lanes of the 10-acre site, aglow with hundreds of luminaries, and visit historic homes, decorated in customary finery. Costumed guides tell stories and demonstrate traditional skills and holiday crafts (www.strawberybanke.org). < 18 | New Hampshire http://www.strawberybanke.org
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