Kearsarge House

{{Short description|Defunct grand hotel in New Hampshire, US}} {{Use American English|date=August 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} thumb|right|The Kearsarge House c. 1910, an early grand hotel [[File:Kiarsarge House, North Conway, N.H, by Pease, N. W. (Nathan W.), 1836-1918 4.jpg|thumb|Stereoscopic photograph of Kiarsarge House by North Conway, New Hampshire photographer Nathan W. Pease]] thumb|"Kiarsarge House" photographed by Nathan W. Pease

The '''Kearsarge House''' (earlier '''Kiarsarge House''') was a grand hotel in North Conway, New Hampshire, United States, from 1872 until it was destroyed by fire on October 18, 1917. Its legacy is continued by the nearby Kearsarge Inn which has a clock from the original hotel. Samuel W. Thompson carried mail to the town and other areas including a route he started to Glen House, another grand hotel in the area, until a rail line was established in the area in 1871. As visitor numbers increased, the hotel was scaled up by Thompson who also acted as a promoter for the area.<ref>[http://www.conwaydailysun.com/things-to-do/history/116482-kearsarge-house-grand-hotel-in-north-conway Kearsarge House: Grand hotel in North Conway], 14 September 2014, ''The Conway Daily Sun''</ref>

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==Further reading== *''Conway, New Hampshire 1765-1997'' by Janet Hounsell *''The Grand Resort Hotels of the White Mountains'' by Bryant F. Tolles Jr. *''[http://menus.nypl.org/menus/26226/explore August 9, 1873 menu from the Kiarsarge House restaurant] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170222111117/http://menus.nypl.org/menus/26226/explore |date=February 22, 2017 }}''

==External links== {{Commons category|Kiarsarge House}}

Category:Defunct hotels in New Hampshire Category:Buildings and structures in Carroll County, New Hampshire Category:Hotel buildings completed in 1872 Category:North Conway, New Hampshire