Cupolas of Center Harbor

MRJS · 06-14-2024, 07:41 PM

Bonus: widow's walk

fatlazyless · 06-14-2024, 08:22 PM

Presidential-Center Harbor, cupola factoid; re the first photo; on August 3, 1852, President Millard Fillmore remained high up in the Coe House cupola watching the Harvard-Yale crew rowing race on Center Harbor Bay to avoid interrupting the race with his presence down at the dock.

Honest, no fool'n ..... a Center Harbor 1852, long time ago, legend!

Lakegeezer · 06-15-2024, 09:43 AM

Thanks! Nice set of photographs. Here is a panorama photo from inside the cupola, when Lavinia's owned it. https://maps.app.goo.gl/E3accWj4UpjQrKFC8

MRJS · 06-15-2024, 09:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Lakegeezer

Thanks! Nice set of photographs. Here is a panorama photo from inside the cupola, when Lavinia's owned it. https://maps.app.goo.gl/E3accWj4UpjQrKFC8

Thank you for the link. I know a couple who dined in the cupola. I've never been there. It looks amazing!

MRJS · 06-18-2024, 09:38 AM

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Originally Posted by fatlazyless

Presidential-Center Harbor, cupola factoid; re the first photo; on August 3, 1852, President Millard Fillmore remained high up in the Coe House cupola watching the Harvard-Yale crew rowing race on Center Harbor Bay to avoid interrupting the race with his presence down at the dock.

Honest, no fool'n ..... a Center Harbor 1852, long time ago, legend!

Thank you for the fun fact. I'll take your word for it because I'm more familiar with the comic strip Mallard Fillmore than the president!

SAMIAM · 06-19-2024, 09:01 AM

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Originally Posted by MRJS

Thank you for the link. I know a couple who dined in the cupola. I've never been there. It looks amazing!

Hope Gustos will be serving up there it’s a romantic dining experience
FYI…when we restored the building back in 2000, we ran ductwork to the cupola so it is air conditioned. When we operated the Coe House it was booked months in advance

Newbiesaukee · 06-19-2024, 10:56 AM

Years ago we celebrated an anniversary in the cupola. It was a once in a lifetime experience. We are small people and it was a tight squeeze. Also difficult for servers. Not for the claustrophobic.

But we are glad we did it…once in a lifetime.

winni83 · 06-19-2024, 11:35 AM

As a surprise for my wife on an anniversary I reserved the Cupola and had a custom menu prepared. It was a home run.

Newbiesaukee is right. It is tight up there. Only room for a relatively small table and two chairs. As I recall you go up a set of stairs from the second floor to an attic on the third floor and then up another set of steep stairs to the Cupola. Our server was on the UNH track team and even he said it was a work out.

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fatlazyless Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 9,168 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 310 Thanked 1,102 Times in 811 Posts	Isn't that Millard Fillmore in that Coe House cupola, up there? Presidential-Center Harbor, cupola factoid; re the first photo; on August 3, 1852, President Millard Fillmore remained high up in the Coe House cupola watching the Harvard-Yale crew rowing race on Center Harbor Bay to avoid interrupting the race with his presence down at the dock. Honest, no fool'n ..... a Center Harbor 1852, long time ago, legend! __________________ .... Banned for life from local thrift store!

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Lakegeezer Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Moultonboro, NH Posts: 1,692 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 356 Thanked 646 Times in 294 Posts	Lavinia's Copola Thanks! Nice set of photographs. Here is a panorama photo from inside the cupola, when Lavinia's owned it. https://maps.app.goo.gl/E3accWj4UpjQrKFC8 __________________ -lg

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Newbiesaukee Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Coral Gables, winter; Long Island, summer Posts: 1,366 Thanks: 965 Thanked 575 Times in 300 Posts	Tight squeeze Years ago we celebrated an anniversary in the cupola. It was a once in a lifetime experience. We are small people and it was a tight squeeze. Also difficult for servers. Not for the claustrophobic. But we are glad we did it…once in a lifetime. __________________ "You're only young once, but you can be immature forever."

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winni83 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Moultonborough, NH Posts: 439 Thanks: 17 Thanked 218 Times in 138 Posts	As a surprise for my wife on an anniversary I reserved the Cupola and had a custom menu prepared. It was a home run. Newbiesaukee is right. It is tight up there. Only room for a relatively small table and two chairs. As I recall you go up a set of stairs from the second floor to an attic on the third floor and then up another set of steep stairs to the Cupola. Our server was on the UNH track team and even he said it was a work out.