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house is to be removed and an ell, 100 x 60 feet,
put on at right angles to the main house, running
towards the road. The new part will contain the
dining-room and from 30 to 50 new rooms. The
hotel and cottages will then have accommodations
for about 300 guests. The house will be thoroughly
modernized, and its popularity cannot fail to be
largely increased.”
The new hotel also featured an expansive,
400-foot piazza, similar to the front façade of the
Kearsarge House. The piazza allowed guests to
take in the spectacular views of Mount Washington and the intervale across the way. All of these
new changes and expansions took mere months
to complete, a great feat in that day. However,
in November 1883, a great wind blew down the
framing for the new edition, forcing construction
to start over. The Mudgetts decided to use this as a
chance to further enhance the new hotel and added an even more significant addition to the house:
three-and-a-half stories high, which doubled the
size of the original house.
With the railroad running through town, the
mid-1880s saw a boom of tourism in the area,
and the need for hotels with “all the modern
amenities.” Tourists were looking to spend
weeks, or even the entire summer season in the
area, and only stayed at the hotels with the best
accommodations. Frank Mudgett was the general
manager of the property and decided to bring in
only the best in the business to help entice guests
to the hotel. They “secured the services” of Mr.
J.A. Rogers of New York, an assistant manager,
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With the railroad running through town, the mid-1880s
saw a boom of tourism in the area, and the need for hotels
with “all the modern amenities.” Tourists were looking to
spend weeks, or even the entire summer season in the area,
and only stayed at the hotels with the best accommodations.
who rubbed elbows with the upper crust of society. Along with his wife, they
proved to be a great asset to the hotel and helped pad their high-profile guest
list. Many of the local publications printed a who’s who section of the paper
during the summer season, listing who was staying at which hotel in the
area or the White Mountains. Many guests of the Intervale Hotel were repeat
customers, many returning summer after summer, staying for several weeks
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