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Coordinates: 43°31′01″N 72°23′34″W / 43.5169°N 72.3929°W / 43.5169; -72.3929
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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]

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]

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  1. ^ Wade, M; Tracy, S.P.; Wood, D.C. (1976). A brief history of Cornish,1763-1974. for the Town of Cornish by University Press of New England. ISBN 978-0-87451-129-1.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Harlakenden House Burned". Vermont Journal. 1923-10-12. p. 6. Retrieved 2025-09-09 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Wilson May Prolong Stay at Harlakenden". The Washington Herald. 1913-09-14. p. 1. Retrieved 2025-09-09 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ a b "Writer Churchill Dies in Florida of Heart Attack". The Times-Herald. 1947-03-13. p. 17. Retrieved 2025-09-06 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Winston Churchill". The Daily Nonpareil. 1903-06-07. p. 2. Retrieved 2025-09-09 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Summer Home of President an Ideal Wooded Retreat". The Sentinel. 1913-05-12. p. 6. Retrieved 2025-09-09 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Brown, Janice (2019-06-28). "New Hampshire Suffragist, Lecturer, Clubwoman: Mabel Harlakenden (Hall) Churchill of Cornish and Plainfield (1873-1945)". Cow Hampshire. Retrieved 2025-09-06.
  8. ^ Rawson, Barbara Eastman. History of Cornish New Hampshire (1962). Littleton, NH: Courier Printing. 207 pp.
  9. ^ "Secretery William G. McAdoo". The Sentinel. 1913-05-12. p. 6. Retrieved 2025-09-09 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ a b "Ascutney Mountain Picnic". The Sentinel. 1913-05-12. p. 6. Retrieved 2025-09-09 – via Newspapers.com.

43°31′01″N 72°23′34″W / 43.5169°N 72.3929°W / 43.5169; -72.3929

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