Harlakenden, located in Cornish, New Hampshire, was the residence of American novelist Winston Churchill, and was also the Summer White House of Woodrow Wilson from 1913 until 1917. [1] [2] President Wilson spent his summers at Harlakenden Hall golfing, entertaining guests and taking automobile tours. [3]
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Harlakenden Hall was a thirty-room colonial-style brick home built in 1899. [4] It occupied a spot on a bluff on with hundreds of acres of land. [5] [6] Harlakenden Hall was named after Mabel Harlakenden Hall Churchill. [4] [7]
It was destroyed by fire on October 6, 1923. [8] During the 1923 fire, nearly 200 residents formed a bucket brigade to move water from the Connecticut River. [2] Furniture in the house was saved by volunteer workers. [2] At the time of the fire, the house was valued at $150,000. [2]
