53. Wentworth Estate | ||
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| located at the Wentworth State Park wayside area, on the south side of NH109, east of its northern junction with NH28, Wolfeboro, NH |
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"This marker stands on the northwesterly part of a
4,000-acre tract which comprised the elegant country estate of John Wentworth, last royal governor
of New Hampshire (1767-1775). The manor house, erected in 1769 on the northeast shore of this lake,
was the earliest summer home in the Lakes Region. It was destroyed by fire in 1820." erected 1968 |
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Stalking New Hampshire's Historical Markers Historical Markers of the Lakes Region |
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All text and images on this website (c)2002 Mary Lizie and Robert Marville |
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