Historic Boathouses

Boathouse Al · 10-27-2008, 08:26 AM

Good day all!

I need your help!

I'm writing a book about the history of the boathouses of Lake Winnipesaukee.

I've spent an awful lot of time this past summer in my 1948 CC Sportsman cruising the lake and spotting boathouses.

I'm asking for help in gathering information about your favorite boathouses and the stories behind them.

Here is a link to my photos so far:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/25518315@N07/

Please let me hear from you all!

Alan Gamble

metals@gmail.com

DickR · 10-27-2008, 09:01 AM

If mine doesn't get rebuilt before too many more years, it'll be history. I guess that wasn't what you meant, though. It goes back to early 50's, I think, judging from the old boat plates in it. Just west of light 64.

I moved upshore to the property in 92, so I can't really say if it was used by early settlers or pirates or as an intimate meeting place for noteworthy historical figures. How much history does one expect from the smaller boathouses anyway?

I've often thought of turning it into a torpedo launching facility, for taking out the GFBLs that go by now and then. Imagine the cheers from the shoreline every time I bagged one! Maybe that would create history (and end mine).

SIKSUKR · 10-27-2008, 12:29 PM

That post should be the first thing you "torpedo".

nj2nh · 10-27-2008, 09:27 PM

There's a great one on Echo Point in Alton Bay that used to be part of the Fisher Estate. I know someone bought it a while back and then built a house on the lot behind it.

I remember it being yellow (like the house) and looking like it was about to fall into the cove, but the new owners really fixed it up. I have a postcard with the boathouse and the main house depicted in it. McDude posted it in the Photo Gallery:

http://www.winnipesaukee.com/photopo...php?photo=4167

It's a great boathouse, on the Peggy's Cove side of Echo Point. You can see from pretty far down in Alton Bay.

nj2nh

Steveo · 10-28-2008, 07:06 AM

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Originally Posted by nj2nh

There's a great one on Echo Point in Alton Bay that used to be part of the Fisher Estate. I know someone bought it a while back and then built a house on the lot behind it.

If you are talking about this one it can be yours for just $2.5M:

Boathouse Al · 10-28-2008, 10:09 AM

Only $12.4M for Umbrella Point

tis · 10-28-2008, 11:26 AM

Al. The Piping Rock boathouse in Winter Harbor is very old. I haven't seen that in your pictures yet. Before all the cabins were there, in the winter, all the neighborhood kids used to slide down the big hill right onto the lake. Neighborhood kids used to fish off the dock too. The upstairs is now a condo.
It seems like you are doing all boathouses, not just old ones. I also haven't seen the Marriott's which was rebuilt a few years ago, taking out one boat space and the state didn't like that and after several years of legal actions, the Marriotts were forced to put it back to it's original size.
The Brophy's (by the Marriott's) is a beautiful old boathouse too. Bill Marriott was putting gas in his boat and it exploded, catching his boathouse and the Brophy boathouse on fire. (This is not the one mentioned above which was rebuilt.)
Another one (newer) in Winter Harbor was Okun's which has now been seized by the government as he got into trouble. It was built by Bob Bridert and was very pretty, but the state said it was too tall so they made him remove the top section. That section can be seen as you ride by to the left of the house tucked in the trees. It was much prettier in it's orignal state.
There are of course, lots of others in Winter Harbor, these just have a bit of a story.

ghfromaltonbay · 10-28-2008, 03:15 PM

There are quite a few old boathouses in Alton Bay below Sandy Point. There is 1 right across from Sandy Point on 28A which is one of the few buildings I recognize in a postcard dated 1903! Brian (of Mee-n-Mac) took a picture of this boathouse and has it on page 4 of the autumn scenes in the Gallery. It is white and has a very steep pitched roof (looks like a chalet) with an apartment on the 2nd floor. Farther down near the site of the old Oak Birch Inn there is Pleasant Point which I believe has 1896 on the building.

nj2nh · 10-30-2008, 07:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Steveo

If you are talking about this one it can be yours for just $2.5M:

Yup, that's the one I mean. Doesn't look so historic anymore, does it. I didn't know it was for sale, either.

Better let my mom know. She looooves this boathouse. Yeah, right.

nj2nh

RPM · 06-07-2009, 04:54 PM

there is one ( the only one ) in Morrison cove, It is suppost to have been built in 1902. It looks it

10-27-2008, 08:26 AM	#1
Boathouse Al Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Newburyport, MA Posts: 4 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Historic Boathouses Good day all! I need your help! I'm writing a book about the history of the boathouses of Lake Winnipesaukee. I've spent an awful lot of time this past summer in my 1948 CC Sportsman cruising the lake and spotting boathouses. I'm asking for help in gathering information about your favorite boathouses and the stories behind them. Here is a link to my photos so far: http://www.flickr.com/photos/25518315@N07/ Please let me hear from you all! Alan Gamble metals@gmail.com

10-27-2008, 12:29 PM	#3
SIKSUKR Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 5,075 Thanks: 215 Thanked 903 Times in 509 Posts	That post should be the first thing you "torpedo". __________________ SIKSUKR

10-27-2008, 09:27 PM	#4
nj2nh Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: NJ Posts: 529 Thanks: 80 Thanked 47 Times in 27 Posts	Echo Point There's a great one on Echo Point in Alton Bay that used to be part of the Fisher Estate. I know someone bought it a while back and then built a house on the lot behind it. I remember it being yellow (like the house) and looking like it was about to fall into the cove, but the new owners really fixed it up. I have a postcard with the boathouse and the main house depicted in it. McDude posted it in the Photo Gallery: http://www.winnipesaukee.com/photopo...php?photo=4167 It's a great boathouse, on the Peggy's Cove side of Echo Point. You can see from pretty far down in Alton Bay. nj2nh __________________

10-28-2008, 10:09 AM	#6
Boathouse Al Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Newburyport, MA Posts: 4 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Umbrella Point Only $12.4M for Umbrella Point Attached Images

10-28-2008, 03:15 PM	#8
ghfromaltonbay Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Clifton, NJ, Alton Bay Posts: 827 Thanks: 255 Thanked 225 Times in 131 Posts	Alton Bay boathouses There are quite a few old boathouses in Alton Bay below Sandy Point. There is 1 right across from Sandy Point on 28A which is one of the few buildings I recognize in a postcard dated 1903! Brian (of Mee-n-Mac) took a picture of this boathouse and has it on page 4 of the autumn scenes in the Gallery. It is white and has a very steep pitched roof (looks like a chalet) with an apartment on the 2nd floor. Farther down near the site of the old Oak Birch Inn there is Pleasant Point which I believe has 1896 on the building. Last edited by ghfromaltonbay; 10-29-2008 at 01:45 PM.

10-27-2008, 09:01 AM	#2
DickR Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Moultonborough Posts: 750 Thanks: 4 Thanked 259 Times in 171 Posts	If mine doesn't get rebuilt before too many more years, it'll be history. I guess that wasn't what you meant, though. It goes back to early 50's, I think, judging from the old boat plates in it. Just west of light 64. I moved upshore to the property in 92, so I can't really say if it was used by early settlers or pirates or as an intimate meeting place for noteworthy historical figures. How much history does one expect from the smaller boathouses anyway? I've often thought of turning it into a torpedo launching facility, for taking out the GFBLs that go by now and then. Imagine the cheers from the shoreline every time I bagged one! Maybe that would create history (and end mine).

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10-28-2008, 11:26 AM	#7
tis Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 6,702 Thanks: 751 Thanked 1,454 Times in 1,011 Posts	Al. The Piping Rock boathouse in Winter Harbor is very old. I haven't seen that in your pictures yet. Before all the cabins were there, in the winter, all the neighborhood kids used to slide down the big hill right onto the lake. Neighborhood kids used to fish off the dock too. The upstairs is now a condo. It seems like you are doing all boathouses, not just old ones. I also haven't seen the Marriott's which was rebuilt a few years ago, taking out one boat space and the state didn't like that and after several years of legal actions, the Marriotts were forced to put it back to it's original size. The Brophy's (by the Marriott's) is a beautiful old boathouse too. Bill Marriott was putting gas in his boat and it exploded, catching his boathouse and the Brophy boathouse on fire. (This is not the one mentioned above which was rebuilt.) Another one (newer) in Winter Harbor was Okun's which has now been seized by the government as he got into trouble. It was built by Bob Bridert and was very pretty, but the state said it was too tall so they made him remove the top section. That section can be seen as you ride by to the left of the house tucked in the trees. It was much prettier in it's orignal state. There are of course, lots of others in Winter Harbor, these just have a bit of a story.

06-07-2009, 04:54 PM	#10
RPM Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Westford Posts: 27 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 1 Thanked 4 Times in 1 Post	check it out there is one ( the only one ) in Morrison cove, It is suppost to have been built in 1902. It looks it