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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…

The Toppan House, 1920s. Mary C. (Toppan) Clark operated a hoarding house on the corner of Lafayette and Winnacunnet Roads. After her marriage to Lewis P. Clark in 1928 it became known as Clark's Tourist House. Mary Clark died in 1956 and the James…

The Savory Street Restaurant, July 1970, at the south comer of Lafayette and Winnacunnet Roads. Formerly the Mustard Pot Restaurant, it became Savory Street when purchased by Mike and Kay Tinios. At the time it was strictly a fast-food restaurant,…

The old Toppan farm at 340 Lafayette Road, probably in the 1940s. From 1837 to 1849 Edmund Toppan was Hampton's postmaster, and the town's second post office was located here. During the 1930s and '40s Christopher Toppan operated a boarding house…

The Edgewood Shopping Center, 350-358 Lafayette Road, about a year after its construction in 1966. The A&P Food Stores operated from this location from 1967 until 1980. They went by the official name of The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company. They…

A view south down Lafayette Road from the town center, early 1900s. From here the trolley tracks headed south to Winnacunnet Road, then out to the Beach or south to Massachusetts. The Odd Fellows Building is at the right. A trolley car can be seen on…

A view from the railroad bridge of Depot Square, the train station and the Odd Fellows Building, early 1900s. The latter was built in 1895 and burned in 1990. Its clock tower was added in 1898. Train tracks stretch away to the south.

The Cogger Block buildings, 1923, with Buck's Variety Store at the corner of Depot Square. Buck's was owned by Charles P. Buck and went out of business in 1924. He also dealt in real estate from this location. This location later became the first…

Lamie's Lunch, 1920s. Albert Lamie opened this restaurant in the Cogger Block, on the corner of Route One and Depot Square, in 1925. In 1931 he relocated to the old E. Warren Lane homestead on the north corner of Lafayette and Exeter Roads, where…

The Hampton railway station and Depot Square (now Marellia Square), seen from the Odd Fellows Building, early 1900s. The station was built in 1900 when the Exeter Road overpass was constructed. Passenger service ended in 1965; the site has since been…