08/27/2026
In 1902, New Hampshire industrialist Joseph Stickney completed what he had set out to build: a hotel unlike anything the region had seen. More than 250 Italian craftsmen spent two years crafting its Spanish Renaissance Revival façade, colonnaded veranda, and sun-lit interiors at the base of Mount Washington. Guests arrived by train from Boston, New York, and Philadelphia, bringing thousands of visitors to northern New Hampshire. Over the next century, the hotel would host presidents and celebrities, serve as the site of a landmark international economic conference, earn National Historic Landmark status, and grow into the four-season resort it is today.
