Hill-Woodman-Ffrost House

Hill-Woodman-Ffrost House
The house in 2013
General information
Address	17 Newmarket Road, Durham, New Hampshire, U.S.
Coordinates	43°07′56″N70°55′08″W / 43.13214°N 70.91883°W / 43.13214; -70.91883
Year(s) built	1649;376 years ago (1649) (claimed)
Technical details
Floor count	3
Other information
Number of rooms	23
Number of restaurants	3
Number of bars	1
Website
www.threechimneysinn.com
References
[1] [2]

The Hill-Woodman-Ffrost House in Durham, New Hampshire, is purportedly one of the oldest buildings in the U.S state of New Hampshire. ^[3] Located within the Durham Historic District, the owners claim that the "original homestead" was built in 1649. ^[4] The building is now part of a hotel known as the Three Chimneys Inn & ffrost Sawyer Tavern. ^[5]

History

In 1649, Valentine Hill built a home north of the Oyster River near his mill. The tavern's back ell is alleged by the owners to be Hill's original house, with later additions made by Nathaniel Hill around 1680. In 1694, the house survived a Native American attack, the Raid on Oyster River, which destroyed many of the buildings in the area. Jonathan Woodman eventually inherited the property from his Hill family members; he deeded it to George Frost at some point after 1796, and the Frost family owned it until the 1980s. ^[6]

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  Main entrance in 2013
• 
  Older back ell in 2013

See also

• List of the oldest buildings in New Hampshire

References

1. "Rooms". threechimneysinn.com. Retrieved May 10, 2025.
2. "Dining & Tavern". threechimneysinn.com. Retrieved May 10, 2025.
3. "Houses". First Period New England. March 20, 2017 – via WordPress.
4. "Steeped in NH History". threechimneysinn.com. Retrieved May 10, 2025.
5. "Contact". threechimneysinn.com. Retrieved May 10, 2025.
6. "A Walking Tour" (PDF). durham.nh.us. Durham Historic Association. June 1992.

External links

• Official website