Winter Harbor - Camp Ashbrook

DPatnaude · 01-13-2020, 12:58 PM

Real Estate listing from a couple of years ago mentions Camp Ashbrook and indicates that this building was for the camp counselors lodge.

https://www.badgerrealty.com/p/60-Wh...mgsid_21312757

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Comments for 60 Whitegate Road, Wolfeboro, NH 03894

Consider the possibilities when you visit 60 Whitegate Road, a fabulous 1.30 acre lot with 226 feet of level shore frontage on Lake Winnipesaukee's Winter Harbor. The southwestern views from the spacious decking at the water's edge are spectacular with year round sunsets and all day sun. A sandy beach and sandy bottom shore along with crystal clear water make this a prime location for swimming, boating and fishing. The 1930's house was originally the counselors' lodge for Camp Ashbrook, and it has now been in the same family as a private residence for over 60 years. Renovations to the structure were started in 1995, but the work is still in progress and the house is being conveyed in its unfinished state. Bring your ideas to complete the work or better yet ... start over and build your new dream home on this exceptional waterfront lot that offers much privacy in an area of beautiful homes just minutes from all downtown Wolfeboro amenities.

camp guy · 01-13-2020, 01:22 PM

This particular house may or may not have been part of a "Camp Ashbrook", I don't know, but the house pictured was sold a few years ago and totally demolished, and a band new house was built on the site.

tis · 01-13-2020, 05:01 PM

Camp guy, I'm with you. I think it must have been a private house. My great grandmother and great aunt owned most of the land above Whitegate- I think beginning where the little brown boat house is, because that is where my mother learned to swim- and up to about Port Wedeln. It seems my mom would have known something about another camp being there until the Korean War.

Susie Cougar · 01-13-2020, 05:26 PM

WinterChris, you could contact Badger Real Estate Company and see where they got their information for the listing. It just sold 2 1/2 years ago, so someone should still have some knowledge.

WinterChris · 01-14-2020, 04:00 PM

Thanks, everyone for the responses. I’ll keep looking for details and share should I find anything.

01-13-2020, 12:58 PM	#1
DPatnaude Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Hopkinton, MA / Moultonborough, NH Posts: 55 Thanks: 1 Thanked 15 Times in 11 Posts	60 Whitegate Road Real Estate listing from a couple of years ago mentions Camp Ashbrook and indicates that this building was for the camp counselors lodge. https://www.badgerrealty.com/p/60-Wh...mgsid_21312757 Copied text: Comments for 60 Whitegate Road, Wolfeboro, NH 03894 Consider the possibilities when you visit 60 Whitegate Road, a fabulous 1.30 acre lot with 226 feet of level shore frontage on Lake Winnipesaukee's Winter Harbor. The southwestern views from the spacious decking at the water's edge are spectacular with year round sunsets and all day sun. A sandy beach and sandy bottom shore along with crystal clear water make this a prime location for swimming, boating and fishing. The 1930's house was originally the counselors' lodge for Camp Ashbrook, and it has now been in the same family as a private residence for over 60 years. Renovations to the structure were started in 1995, but the work is still in progress and the house is being conveyed in its unfinished state. Bring your ideas to complete the work or better yet ... start over and build your new dream home on this exceptional waterfront lot that offers much privacy in an area of beautiful homes just minutes from all downtown Wolfeboro amenities.

01-13-2020, 01:22 PM	#2
camp guy Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: formerly Winter Harbor, still Wolfeboro Posts: 1,206 Thanks: 310 Thanked 537 Times in 300 Posts	Camp Ashbrook This particular house may or may not have been part of a "Camp Ashbrook", I don't know, but the house pictured was sold a few years ago and totally demolished, and a band new house was built on the site.

01-14-2020, 04:00 PM	#5
WinterChris Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2020 Posts: 2 Thanks: 2 Thanked 2 Times in 1 Post	Thanks Thanks, everyone for the responses. I’ll keep looking for details and share should I find anything.

01-13-2020, 05:01 PM	#3
tis Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 6,851 Thanks: 765 Thanked 1,474 Times in 1,029 Posts	Camp guy, I'm with you. I think it must have been a private house. My great grandmother and great aunt owned most of the land above Whitegate- I think beginning where the little brown boat house is, because that is where my mother learned to swim- and up to about Port Wedeln. It seems my mom would have known something about another camp being there until the Korean War.

01-13-2020, 05:26 PM	#4
Susie Cougar Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2019 Location: Parrish, Florida Posts: 626 Thanks: 297 Thanked 225 Times in 160 Posts	WinterChris, you could contact Badger Real Estate Company and see where they got their information for the listing. It just sold 2 1/2 years ago, so someone should still have some knowledge.

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