More on Spindle Point

coltgov101 · 11-16-2008, 11:03 AM

Just read the posts that a fellow reader suggested about the lighthouse on Spindle Point. (June '08). The part about Col. Cummings Iwas told is fact. As a young man I was able to climb to the top of the lighthouse as it was of sound structure back then. The property was owned by a family named Nickerson then. The part that comes into question (for me ),is I was told the lighthouse was built by a real estate developer as an ad for selling the related properties. Not by Col. Cummings. This I do not know for sure, again, it was what I heard as a young man. If anyone can still shed some light on the Spindle Point Civic Assoc. I would love to hear about it!

mcdude · 11-16-2008, 08:57 PM

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Spindle Point features the only lighthouse on Lake Winnipesaukee. It is rumored that the costume designer for the “Wizard of Oz” designed the witch's hat after seeing this conical stone lighthouse during a visit to Meredith.

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The light house was built in 1892 by Colonel Charles Cummings for his daughter as an art studio. The lighthouse is a stone and wood structure which stand 40 feet above the lake.

SIKSUKR · 11-17-2008, 09:59 AM

Oh Mcdude,you've done it again.I happened to be watching the Wiz this weekend and thought the castle might have been modeled after the Castle in the Clouds.Always made me wonder that the witch could not fly in rainy weather or go water skiing on Winni cuz she would melt!

wifi · 11-17-2008, 10:10 AM

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Originally Posted by SIKSUKR

......Always made me wonder that the witch could not fly in rainy weather or go water skiing on Winni cuz she would melt!

Never thought of that one....

mcdude · 11-17-2008, 12:07 PM

Here are some up-close and interior photos of the "lighthouse". The name Chas. H. Cummings is engraved right into the rock so I'm thinking that, indeed, the lighthouse was built by him.

nj2nh · 11-17-2008, 07:18 PM

Wasn't Spindle Point for sale not so long ago? I remember seeing the listing on the web. It had interior shots. Wasn't a great place to actually live, but there was a house that went with the tower. Can't seem to find the listing again so it was either sold or taken off the market.

nj2nh

Skipper of the Sea Que · 11-18-2008, 06:45 AM

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Originally Posted by nj2nh

Wasn't Spindle Point for sale not so long ago? I remember seeing the listing on the web. It had interior shots. Wasn't a great place to actually live, but there was a house that went with the tower. Can't seem to find the listing again so it was either sold or taken off the market.

nj2nh

You remember correctly, it was for sale a few years ago. Here's the thread from July 2005:
Spindle Point for sale. Some history and background of the property also in that thread. Some of the links in the old thread no longer work - like the real estate listing.
The Concord Monitor story on the proposed sale is still on their web site and has info and history of the people and the property.

sidenote to nj2nh: Your screen name is in the format of a FCC issued Amateur (HAM) Radio call sign. I still look at your name and think HAM before I think you are from NJ going to NH

pats fan · 11-18-2008, 08:29 AM

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Originally Posted by nj2nh

Wasn't Spindle Point for sale not so long ago? I remember seeing the listing on the web. It had interior shots. Wasn't a great place to actually live, but there was a house that went with the tower. Can't seem to find the listing again so it was either sold or taken off the market.

nj2nh

You are correct that The Spindle Point Light House property was for sale. It sold on 31 March 08 for $775,000.

flyguy · 11-18-2008, 01:32 PM

I love the lighthouse! In fact, I used this image for the month of May on our 2009 calendar.

nj2nh · 11-20-2008, 05:28 PM

No ham radio for me. I shamelessly stole that screen name from the license plate of a car I saw once in Wolfeboro many years ago and then again, remarkably, on a highway here in Jersey.

nj2nh

11-16-2008, 11:03 AM	#1
coltgov101 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Nj now. Spindle point in the past.(35 yrs.) Posts: 87 Thanks: 106 Thanked 10 Times in 4 Posts	More on Spindle Point Just read the posts that a fellow reader suggested about the lighthouse on Spindle Point. (June '08). The part about Col. Cummings Iwas told is fact. As a young man I was able to climb to the top of the lighthouse as it was of sound structure back then. The property was owned by a family named Nickerson then. The part that comes into question (for me ),is I was told the lighthouse was built by a real estate developer as an ad for selling the related properties. Not by Col. Cummings. This I do not know for sure, again, it was what I heard as a young man. If anyone can still shed some light on the Spindle Point Civic Assoc. I would love to hear about it!

11-17-2008, 09:59 AM	#3
SIKSUKR Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 5,075 Thanks: 215 Thanked 903 Times in 509 Posts	Oh Mcdude,you've done it again.I happened to be watching the Wiz this weekend and thought the castle might have been modeled after the Castle in the Clouds.Always made me wonder that the witch could not fly in rainy weather or go water skiing on Winni cuz she would melt! __________________ SIKSUKR

11-17-2008, 12:07 PM	#5
mcdude Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Rock Haven Lake - West Newfield, ME Posts: 5,367 Thanks: 374 Thanked 1,057 Times in 495 Posts	Here are some up-close and interior photos of the "lighthouse". The name Chas. H. Cummings is engraved right into the rock so I'm thinking that, indeed, the lighthouse was built by him. __________________

11-17-2008, 07:18 PM	#6
nj2nh Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: NJ Posts: 529 Thanks: 80 Thanked 47 Times in 27 Posts	For Sale? Wasn't Spindle Point for sale not so long ago? I remember seeing the listing on the web. It had interior shots. Wasn't a great place to actually live, but there was a house that went with the tower. Can't seem to find the listing again so it was either sold or taken off the market. nj2nh __________________

11-18-2008, 01:32 PM	#9
flyguy Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Laconia NH Posts: 383 Thanks: 9 Thanked 101 Times in 20 Posts	Spindle Point from the air I love the lighthouse! In fact, I used this image for the month of May on our 2009 calendar. __________________ Bill Hemmel LakesRegionAerials.com "We have a slightly different point of view"

11-20-2008, 05:28 PM	#10
nj2nh Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: NJ Posts: 529 Thanks: 80 Thanked 47 Times in 27 Posts	No ham radio for me. I shamelessly stole that screen name from the license plate of a car I saw once in Wolfeboro many years ago and then again, remarkably, on a highway here in Jersey. nj2nh __________________