9 Towle Road on Northwood Lake

5-9 Towle Road, Northwood, New Hampshire

Presented by Michael Travis 10 Endicott Street • Wolfeboro, NH 03894 Office: 603-569-0700 • Cell: 603-303-2599 www.WaterfrontAgent.com

Come home to your own private peninsula with over 1700 feet of frontage on Northwood Lake, with a classic log home, a guest cabin, and panoramic views east to west.

Sink your toes into the sugar sandy beach. There are three docks and islands. Live in the main home and rent the yearround one bedroom guest cabin with its own dock, or use it as a place for a music or art studio, or for a caretaker, friends and family to stay. There has been a loon nesting ground next to the property for years. Enjoy the warmth of the large log interior year-round in the main home, with a wood stove and propane stove, soaring cathedral ceiling, and wall of windows looking down the biggest views of the lake.

Enjoy lake life from the huge main deck, or private deck off the master bedroom. There are also two private bedrooms with baths and a sleeping loft. Full kitchen with custom wood cabinets, granite, stainless appliances, and butcher block island. This is truly a unique, one-of-a-kind lake compound where

generations of fond

memories to be born. Life is good here.

Main House View from the Water Water View from the Main House

Northwood Lake in Northwood, Epsom and Deerfield New Hampshire

Life on Northwood Lake--or any of the 9 lakes in Northwood. Life is Good here.

Facing the beautiful sunsets on Northwood Lake

Northwood Lake is a 653 acre full-activity lake in North-

wood and Epsom NH, with public boat launch, town beach, and one of the very few lakes in New Hampshire with a full service marina, dock company and boat storage. On the Eastern most part of the lake is a protected loon nesting grounds to complete the “On Golden Pond” experience. The lake feeds both Pleasant Lake in Lakes home on the Lake Deerfield and eventually the Merrimack River. There is also a very strong Lake Association to the benefit of all property owners and to help preserve the natural surroundings. It is a warmwater fish lake, with observed species including smallmouth and largemouth bass, chain pickerel, brown bullhead, and white perch.

History of Northwood Lake Northwood was known as the “North Woods” of Nottingham. The lake was originally named Suncook Pon and renamed Northwood Lake in 1929 ,by the New Hampshire legislature officially changed the name to clear up any confusion with the Suncook Ponds in Barnstead.

Solomon Bickford, the first settler in the Narrows section of Northwood near the Lake arrived in 1763. Samuel Johnson who built a gristmill along Narrows Brook soon followed him. In a short time other settlers came, and small mills were built along outlet streams from Jenness, Long, and Harvey Ponds, as well as other areas.

Northwood was incorporate in 1773 and attained a population of 313 by 1775. In addition to the mills, lumbering was the main industry at this time.

In 1796, a turnpike was constructed between the present cap-

ital city of Concord and the coastal towns of Portsmouth, Dover, and Exeter. Northwood became known for its excellent inns and taverns that sprang up to support the increased travel along this main east-west thoroughfare. Later to be known as “Antique Alley for its many antique shops off of Route 4. By 1890 the population turned increasing to agricultural pursuits as most of the Residents of the Lake good lumber had been harvested.

Prized meadowland for hay was located at the outlet end of the Lake, although it later disappeared when the dam was built and the pond enlarged. The lake was used primarily for fishing. All this changed in the early 1900’s as industrial developments allowed people more leisure time. As the “horseless carriages” became available in the 1920’s and the turnpike became a paved Route 4, the lakes of Northwood became prime summer residents.

Berry’s Grove, along Lake Shore Drive, was developed around 1900, providing refreshments, picnic areas, and rental boats. An early dance hall, the Suncook Pond Pavilion, was built out over the swampy area near the present day town beach. It was never very sturdy and was replaced by the Roseland in 1924, which became the center of the area’s summer life until after World War II. A coal-fired steamboat operated on the lake about this time, carrying a dozen or more passenger at a time.

In 1926, the Suncook Mills constructed the present day dam. The mill owned the water rights and the lake was used for the upstream storage of water, to be released during the dry season to power the mills in Suncook. The New Hampshire Water Resources Board purchased the dam from the Suncook Manufacturing Company Northwood Lake Life in 1957 for $1.00. They currently operate and maintain the dam, Northwood Lake lowering the water level 5 feet • Northwood Lake is 653 ac. from mid-November to mid• 3 miles long .

March.

• Car Races on the Ice in winter • Loon nesting grounds Life on Northwood Lake is • Public Boat Launch always rich with fond memories • Full service marina on lake for generations to enjoy. * Full boating activity on lake

©2013 Michael Travis

The Guest Cabin, Artist Studio, Music Room with its own dock at Towle Road, Northwood The Guest House is a one BR private residence with its own dock ideal for caretaker, or a place for your friends & family, artist or music studio.

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Presented by Michael Travis 10 Endicott Street • Wolfeboro, NH 03894 Office: 603-569-0700 • Cell: 603-303-2599 www.WaterfrontAgent.com