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A n Ex cep tional H is tor y
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orth Conway was gaining fame for its picturesque scenery, due to the artists, such as Thomas Cole and Benjamin
Champney, who traveled to the area for painting inspiration in the 1800s. The vista and sprawling intervales offered
spectacular views of the White Mountains and the Presidential
Range. The Intervale Hotel (not to be confused with the Intervale Inn) took full advantage of these views, as one of the
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guests at the hotel enjoyed.
The Intervale Hotel, the second grand hotel in the area after
the Kearsarge House, was built around 1868 (although some
say 1860) as a small summer hotel that was serviced by its very
own railroad stop across the road. It was built on a corner lot,
just up the road from the Idlewild Inn (now The 1785 Inn). The
Idlewild was owned and operated by the Dinsmore Brothers,
The Intervale Hotel, the second grand hotel in the area after the Kearsarge House, was built
around 1868 as a small summer hotel that was serviced by its very own railroad stop across
the road. It was built on a corner lot, just up the road from the Idlewild Inn (now The 1785 Inn).
first grand hotels in the area was built across from what was
described as an “uninterrupted panorama of the entire Presidential Range and adjacent peaks rising dramatically above
their foothills and the open unspoiled Saco River intervale.” If
you stop at the modern Scenic Vista, you can see the same views
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and later owned by Mildred Mudgett Sanborn, daughter of
Herbert S. Mudgett, who owned the Intervale Hotel along with
his father and brother.
W.H.H. Trickey built the first part of the hotel on the former
site of a one-story tavern and homestead of Captain Elijah DinsMWVvibe.com
