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Warren M. Batchelder's residence, 435 Exeter Road, ca. 1899. This house was built ca. 1885 on land immediately west of the Batchelder family homestead, where Warren and his brothers also ran a meat business and slaughterhouse. He also operated an…

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View north from the tip of Great Boar's Head. The new Boar's Head Hotel at left was built in 1901 and burned in 1908. North Shore Road (now Ocean Boulevard) stretches north along North Beach in the distance.

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Two Exeter Road businesses relocated by the railroad overpass construction, c. 1899. The John A. Towle building (right) was home to John W. Mason's dry goods store from 1875 to 1889, and the Edward B. Towle store from 1890 until the building was…

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Thorvald's Rock, showing the 'runic' markings, when it was located in Surfside Park.

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The Work-Rite Garage, 575 Lafayette Road, after 1915. Owner Lawrence Hackett later moved his business up the road to 641 Lafayette, where he operated a Chevrolet dealership. Several businesses have since operated on this site, but this building no…

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The Windham, the Boar's head cottage of the Worledge family, 1907. On the porch are Ethel and Marion Nudd and Mrs. Ella Worledge and her daughter Helen (later Helen Worledge Hayden). In later years Mrs. Worledge opened her cottage to summer boarders,…

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The Whittier Inn. Formerly the Hotel Echo, this hotel operated from the late 1920s through the 1960s. By 1941 it was referred to as the "Hotel Whittier." In 1970 it became the home of Odyssey House, an adolescent drug-treatment facility which is…

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The Union House, before 1890. Located at the north comer of Lafayette and Winnacunnet Roads, this hotel was built about 1816-17 by Josiah Dearborn on the site of Leavitt's Tavern, which began operation in the mid-1700s. First called Josiah Dearborn's…

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The traffic signal in the center of town, with the Lane Block at left, looking east on High Street. The first traffic lights in town were installed in 1924, and were replaced by new ones in 1930. Written at the base of the sign is "Boston", with an…

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The town pump on Exeter Road, before 1900, in front of what is now Lamie's. This popular horse-watering spot is being used by contractor Harry Brown (left) and Dr. Marvin Smith. The Howard G. Lane house at left was moved to 8 Dearborn Avenue when the…
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