Glen House

For the estate in the Scottish Borders, see The Glen, Scottish Borders.

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Glen House in a stereoscopic photograph by the Kilburn Brothers

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Stereoscopic photograph of the summit of Mount Washington and the Glen House stage coach by Kilburn Brothers circa 1872. The cog railway line is visible in the background, along with the Summit House atop the peak

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Stereoscopic photograph by John B. Heywood of the Glen House and Carter Range near Mount Washington in the White Mountains

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Haying scene in front of the Glen House (by John P. Soule)

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Stereoscopic image of the drawing room at the Glen House by John P. Soule

Mount Washington from Glen House in a stereographic image by John P. Soule

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Stereoscopic image of "Bear at Glen House, White Mountains, N.H." by Bierstadt Brothers

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Stereoscopic image of the Glen House with (l-r) Mount Jefferson, Mount Adams, and Mount Madison in the background (by John P. Soule)

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Glen House from Mount Washington carriage road

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Glen House from base of Mount Washington by John P. Soule

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Dining hall

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Glen House from Jackson Road

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Glen House in a hand colored albumen print

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Glen House from the summit of Mount Washington

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Glen Ellis Falls on the Ellis River near Glen House

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"Garnet Pool" near Glen House; photograph by Joseph L. Bates

Glen House was the name of a series of grand resorts in Pinkham Notch very near Mount Washington in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, United States. The completion of the Grand Trunk Railway in 1851 established a route from Portland, Maine, to Gorham, New Hampshire, and brought increased visitors to the area. John Bellows converted a farmhouse into a hotel the same year and then sold the hotel in April of 1852 to J. M. Thompson, who renamed it the Glen House and finished work on its rooms.

The hotel was expanded by 1866. Guests included Albert Bierstadt, and the Bierstadt Brothers captured stereoscopic photopgraphs of scenery in the area including a bear.John P. Soule, G. W. Woodward, Nathan W. Pease, and the Kilburn Brothers also captured stereoscopic images from the area, including mountain landscapes and other scenery as well as some of the grand hotel an its interior spaces.

Albert Bierstadt discovered hotel proprietor Thompson's body in 1869 at the sawmill. Ownership of the Glen House was then taken over by the Milliken brothers. It was completely destroyed by a fire in 1884. Rebuilt and expanded over the next few years, the hotel burned again in 1893 and was not rebuilt. Property ownership was acquired by the Libby family of Gorham who converted the servant's quarters into a 40-room hotel that was also destroyed by fire.

The hotel featured views of Mount Washington, Tuckerman Ravine, and the northern Presidential Range. Guests could visit Mount Washington on the newly-opened Carriage Road (now the Mount Washington Auto Road) to its summit, visit other natural attractions in the area, or recreate in the hotel's game rooms, parlors, library, listen to an orchestra, dance, play lawn tennis, fish, play croquet, hike, horseback ride, enjoy a guided carriage ride, or take in a theater show.

Further reading

• The Glen House Book by Charles Milliken (1889)
• The Grand Resort Hotels of the White Mountains by Bryant Tolles

• Glen House White Mountain History
• Grand Hotels of New Hampshire New Hampshire Notes