Lithograph

Title:

White Mountain Station House

Object Name:

Lithograph

Object ID:

1995.579.07

Creator:

Bufford, John H. (1810-1870)

Date:

circa 1860

Description:

Lithograph of White Mountain Station House, by John H. Bufford (1810-1870), c. 1860. Standing and seated figures on rocks center foreground. Train enters from right. Large hotel center; three and one-half stories with rear ell, shutters, pilasters, and corbeled roof. Groupings of figures standing on or by hotel front porch; figures on horseback. Coach with four horses departs from left. Mountains in background. Printed text lower center margin: "J. H. BUFFORD'S LITH. 260 WASHN("N" superscript with 2 dots under it) ST. BOSTON / WHITE MOUNTAIN STATION HOUSE, BY J. R. HITCHCOCK & CO. GORHAM, N. H." Unframed.

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-20.6 W-28.1 inches

Provenance:

The White Mountain Station House was built in 1851 in Gorham, NH. "Serving the dual purpose of hotel and railroad station ... this imposing three-story wooden block with large rear ell was 100 feet in length by 50 feet in depth. It possessed a respectable 165 rooms and a guest capacity of 250." From Bryant Tolles' "The Grand Resort Hotels of the White Mountains," p. 49.

Colonel John R. Hitchcock, later manager of the Summit and Tip-Top Houses on Mount Washington, ran the White Mountain Station House for 20 years, and renamed it "Alpine House." It was destroyed by fire in 1872. p. 50.

Credit Line:

New Hampshire Historical Society Collection

Subjects:

Hotels, Railroad depots, Railroad stations, White Mountains, Railroads, Trains, Locomotives, Stagecoaches