Governor Wentworth Historic Site

Governor Wentworth Historic Site

Parks Directory of the United States / State Parks / New Hampshire
Location:Off NH Route 109, near Wolfeboro.
Activities:Picnicking.
Special Features:Site holds the remains of the former summer estate of Royal GovernorJohn Wentworth, last of New Hampshire's colonial governors. The mansionburned to the ground in 1820. An archeological dig there unearthedartifacts that reveal details about daily life and work methods of theprivileged class of the period.
Address:Rt 109
Wolfeboro, NH 03894

Phone:603-823-7722
Web: www.nhstateparks.org/ParksPages/GovWentworth/GovWentworth.html
Size: 96 acres.

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