Historic Hotels & Inns in the White Mountains

Bretton Woods · Resort

A 1902 resort at Bretton Woods — where the 1944 international monetary conference established the post-war financial order and created the IMF. The building, a National Historic Landmark, has a red tile roof and white facade that makes it visible from the valley floor. 200+ rooms, a Donald Ross-designed golf course, the Bretton Woods ski area, and a full-service spa. The Crawford Notch landscape around it is among the most dramatic in the White Mountains. The architecture and the history justify the scale.

Site of the 1944 Bretton Woods monetary conference. National Historic Landmark. The Donald Ross golf course. Bretton Woods ski area. Visible from miles away.

Hart's Location · Inn

An 1860s granite mansion on a 100-acre estate in Crawford Notch, with every one of the fifteen rooms having a wood-burning fireplace — not a design feature, a structural fact of the original building. Two pet-friendly cottages for those with dogs. The estate has 8,000 feet of Saco River frontage and two natural swimming holes. Four-course dinners are available Wednesday through Sunday; breakfast is included in all stays. The White Mountain National Forest is the backyard.

Fifteen rooms, every one with a wood-burning fireplace. 1860s granite mansion on 100 acres. Two swimming holes on the Saco River. Crawford Notch. Dinner four nights a week.

Jackson · Inn

An 1869 Victorian inn at the center of Jackson Village, with an 18-hole golf course, spa suites, and the 1869 Room — the fine dining restaurant — plus the Alpine bar and lounge. Jackson is one of the more complete small resort villages in New England: the Jackson Ski Touring Foundation maintains one of the largest cross-country networks in the Northeast, Black Mountain is nearby, and the village's covered bridge is one of the most photographed in New Hampshire.

Whitefield · Resort

A grand 1865 resort in Whitefield with sweeping views of the Presidential Range — including Mount Washington — from the property's elevated position. The Tower Spa, a golf course, and local-ingredient dining are the primary amenities. The renovation, completed in the 2000s, restored the Victorian architecture without modernizing it out of existence. Less famous than the Omni Mount Washington to the south, which means easier access and lower prices for comparable grandeur.

Jackson · Resort

A 96-room resort on a ridge above Jackson Village operating since 1879, when the Gale family first opened the farmhouse to twelve summer guests. The current building grew around that original structure — the 280-foot wraparound veranda and the 1926 hydroelectric elevator (still on display) are original features. A nine-hole USGA-rated golf course on what were once the inn's pastures. Member of Historic Hotels of America. The Jackson village setting — covered bridge, cross-country network, Black Mountain — does considerable work around the edges.

Glen · Inn

A Swiss-inspired inn at the junction of routes 302 and 16 in Glen — a useful location between North Conway and Crawford Notch. Rooms with in-room fireplaces; on-site spa and wellness amenities. The alpine exterior sets the tone before you check in.

Sugar Hill · Inn

Twenty-eight rooms in the surviving 1880s annex of the original Sunset Hill grand hotel on Sugar Hill — the main hotel accommodated 350 guests before it closed in 1973 and was demolished. The annex was restored and reopened in 2015. Views from the ridge reach both the White Mountains to the east and Vermont's Green Mountains to the west. An on-site golf course and dining on the grounds. The setting is the draw. In 2026 it reopened under Hideaway Inns as Hideaway Inn Franconia Notch, with 32 redesigned rooms.

Conway · B&B

A 1790s colonial house beside a covered bridge over the Swift River with period rooms and gardens.

Littleton · Inn

A historic 1850 inn on Littleton's charming main street where Ulysses S. Grant once slept.

Bretton Woods · Inn

A restored 1896 Victorian inn on the Omni resort grounds — more intimate than the main hotel, equally grand.

Bethlehem · Inn

A historic resort in Bethlehem anchored by a 1914 Donald Ross-designed golf course. The original Maplewood hotel complex dates to 1876 — Presidents Grant and Roosevelt were guests — and burned in the 1960s. The surviving 1889 Casino building, now the 20-room Inn at Maplewood, is available for group bookings (minimum 8 rooms required). Individual golfers and day visitors access the course; the inn operates primarily for group events and golf packages.

North Conway · Inn

A 17-room inn built in 1785 by a Revolutionary War veteran granted the land for his service — one of the oldest continuously operating inns in New Hampshire. The views of Mount Washington and the Presidential Range from the property earned a Yankee Magazine Best View from an Inn designation and a Frommer's Top 15 Views in the World from a Hotel citation. The dining room leans into the setting: candlelit, with tableside Caesar salads and flambé desserts.

North Conway · Inn

The summer estate of carpet baron Erastus Bigelow, built in 1872, on 33 private acres one mile north of North Conway. The English manor character visible today — the oak woodwork, lead-glass windows, beamed ceilings, carved oak detailing — comes from an 1895 redesign by Bigelow's daughter Helen Bigelow Merriman. Twenty-six rooms, seven with working wood-burning fireplaces and twelve with Jacuzzi tubs. The Library Martini Lounge, with its fieldstone fireplace and artisan-carved paneling, is the social center.