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Historic "Summer Cottage" in the White Mountains

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A lakeside campsite with two Adirondack chairs and a fire pit.
A two-story house with a stone foundation, a large front porch, and a chimney.
A kitchen with wooden cabinets, a sink, and a dining area with a table and chairs.
Upstairs porch
A spacious dining area with a large round table, wooden columns, and a fireplace in the background.

Reviews

9.2 out of 10
Wonderful

Highlights

  • Room to spread out
    Enjoy spacious layout that give everyone more room to relax.
  • Centrally-located
    You're never far from where you need to be with this convenient location.
  • Discover nearby landmarks
    Near Chocorua Lake

Popular amenities

  • Balcony
  • Dog-friendly
  • Barbecue
  • Refrigerator
  • Washing machine
  • Internet

Explore the area

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Tamworth, NH
  • Place, Chocorua Lake
    ‪6 min walk‬
  • Place, Frank Bolles Preserve
    ‪7 min drive‬
  • Place, White Mountain National Forest
    ‪7 min drive‬
  • Airport, Laconia, NH (LCI-Laconia Municipal)
    ‪58 min drive‬

Rooms & beds

8 bedrooms (sleeps 15)

1 Master bedroom

1 Queen Bed

Bedroom #2

2 Single Beds

Bedroom #3

1 Queen Bed

Bedroom #4

2 Single Beds

Bedroom #5

1 Double Bed

Bedroom #6

1 Double Bed

Bedroom #7

2 Single Beds

Bedroom #8

1 Single Bed

4 bathrooms, 1 half bathroom

Bathroom #2

Bathtub or shower · Toilet

Bathroom #3

Bathtub · Toilet

Bathroom #4

Toilet · Shower only

Downstairs bathroom

Toilet

Master en suite bathroom

Towels provided · Toilet

Spaces

Porch or lanai
Kitchen
Balcony
Separate dining area
Outdoor play area
Garden
Dining area

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About the area

Chocorua

Chocorua is home to this holiday home. Silver Lake Railroad and The Barnstormers Theatre are cultural highlights, and some of the area's landmarks include Conway Scenic Railway and Albany Covered Bridge. Travelling with kids? Consider Conway Station and Kahuna Laguna.
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Map
Tamworth, NH

What's nearby

  • Chocorua Lake - 6 min walk - 0.5 km
  • Frank Bolles Preserve - 7 min drive - 2.0 km
  • White Mountain National Forest - 7 min drive - 5.6 km
  • Conway Scenic Railway - 30 min drive - 31.5 km
  • Cranmore Mountain Resort - 31 min drive - 32.2 km

Getting around

  • Fryeburg, ME (FRY-Eastern Slopes Regional) - 46 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪McDonald's - ‬11 min drive
  • ‪Hobbs Tavern & Brewing Company - ‬10 min drive
  • ‪Aroma Joe's - ‬11 min drive
  • ‪China Chef - ‬9 min drive
  • ‪Eldridge Family Sugar House - ‬11 min drive

Frequently asked questions

Is Historic "Summer Cottage" in the White Mountains pet-friendly?

Yes, this property allows dogs (limit 2 total).

How much is parking at Historic "Summer Cottage" in the White Mountains?

On-site parking is available at the property.

What time is check-in at Historic "Summer Cottage" in the White Mountains?

Check-in begins at 4:00 PM.

What time is check-out at Historic "Summer Cottage" in the White Mountains?

Checkout is at 11:00 AM.

Where is Historic "Summer Cottage" in the White Mountains located?

This family-friendly Chocorua holiday home is within 1 mi (2 km) of Chocorua Lake and Frank Bolles Preserve. Forrester A. Clark Reserve and Bowditch Reserve are also within 2 miles (3 km).

Reviews

9.2

Wonderful

Reviews are presented in chronological order, subject to a moderation process, and verified unless otherwise labelled.
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Rating 10 - Excellent. 15 out of 21 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 4 out of 21 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 1 out of 21 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 1 out of 21 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 21 reviews

9.2/10

Cleanliness

10/10

Check-in

10/10

Communication

10/10

Location

9.0/10

Listing accuracy

Reviews

Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Amazing place for a large group
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2025
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great place for a large family!

We had plenty of room for our family of 11. We took advantage of the local hiking almost every day and enjoyed the quietness of the area.
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2023
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Pinecone warmth

We loved our stay at this roomy, historic, family summer home. The house has a great first floor that opens to the expansive patio and lawn. Our family filled the space with music from the pianos and badminton on the lawn. The access to the lake and the kayaks and floats provided added to our family memories. Totally recommend
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2025
Verified review

8/10 Good

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Family vacation

Well equipped spacious, beautiful historical house. Perfect for our family vacation to accommodate us all. Great private lake access with all swimming essentials and kayaking. Thank you for contributing to a great family memory
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2022
Response from VrboOwner on 13 July 2025
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Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Memorial Service/Family Reunion

Pinecone is a sprawling and historic estate in the famous Lake Chocorua/Chocorua Mountain summer destination community. And it was the perfect gathering place for three generations of our Bowditch and Watt families who have deep roots in this community.Everything we needed was there, and the host was so wonderfully supportive and accommodating. If you love old summer homes in the woods with full access to swimming, boating,and lazy days on the lovely outdoor porch, or in the wonderful "great room", then you must experience Pinecone!
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2025
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Checkin was easy. Kitchen is well stocked with Pans, utensils ect...So old fashioned but comfortable and great if you have a lot of kids. Was certainly beautiful in its day, Im sure. very spacious, everything you need for a large family, private, great contact from owner if needed. A Walk to the boat house, but once there the lake is great and the kayak and canoe is a bonus. I would return and recommend to others.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2025
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great getaway with plenty of room

Plenty of space in this home for entire extended family. Bedrooms were very comfortable, deck and outside spaces were perfect and the loooooong living room meant plenty of room for reading, puzzles, games and conversation. Location is perfect with easy access to North Conway (outlets, golf, restaurants), Tamworth Village (Distillery, Theater) and Ossipee. Plenty of beautiful hikes around as well as nice canoeing and swimming at the local lake.
Stayed 21 nights in Jul 2021
Response from VrboOwner on 13 July 2025
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Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Family Vacation

We enjoyed our time in Chocorua. The pictures do not even begin to do this house justice. We spent most of our time down by the lake - we did end up bringing our own canoe and kayaks even though there are boats there. The new boathouse was great. Communication with the Gills was great. Would recommend for a family group like ours.
Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2022
Response from VrboOwner on 13 July 2025
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Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Wonderful Family Gathering!

We had a family gathering of 15 - adults and children under 10. Geoffrey's place was perfect! The pictures don't do justice to the amazing house built in the 1890s. The multiple bedrooms and very large living room allowed for gatherings but also privacy when needed for our little ones. The kitchen was very well stocked for any type of cooking, and baking!, you would want to do. Access to the lake after a short walk down the driveway and across the road was easy for all. Lake Chocorua is a beautiful lake. Geoffrey was very responsive and helpful. We hope to return and highly recommend this location.
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2024
Response from VrboOwner on 13 July 2025
Thank you. It was a pleasure to host you.
Verified review

4/10 Poor

Liked: Check-in, communication, location
Disliked: Cleanliness, listing accuracy

Barely maintained

Property was unheated, which we weren't told until three days before. Fortunately They did have space heaters and the weather wasn't too cold. Dusty furniture; light bulbs missing making bathrooms dark, all plumbing was barely up to serviceable levels. Six of us came for a wedding and thought we'd enjoy being together. We all left early; eager to go home
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2023
Response from VrboOwner on 17 August 2024
We are sorry that the property did not meet your expectations. The light bulbs must have burned out without our knowing, but we do have extra light bulbs on the property. I am not sure what the issue with the plumbing was, as everything is in working order. The plumbing is historic, and we only have two showers (one in a claw foot tub and a small modern shower). Much of the furniture is antique, but we will look into the dustiness.
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great older house, great price, great communication

As stated it is an old historic house. There are so many interesting things the back stairway that leads to the kitchen, the beautiful main floor stair case, the front porch of the home, all the interesting photos thru out the house and all the bookshelves with interesting books. I was a little worried about there being only 2 showers and no little children for the bathtubs (4 bathrooms 2 with tubs only) but we had no issues with everyone getting showered. The boat house was great there were a few chairs, tubes for little kids, the canoe, 2 kayaks and plenty of life jackets for everyone. Since there were 3 families with kids coming there were a lot of questions, responses were always quick. Thank you Susan for your patience. We highly recommend if you have a large family who wants to stay in one house.
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2023
Response from VrboOwner on 13 July 2025
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Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

A beautiful and historical mountain estate.

The Lake Chocorua area is really unusual. It has a wonderful history dating back to the late1800’s when many of the summer homes were built. And this house (named Pinecone) is a gem amongst them. Its many bedrooms and gathering spaces provide lots of space for a big family gathering. Eighteen of us from four generations celebrated our matriarch’s 80th birthday there and enjoyed every moment. The setting is completely private, located up a long driveway surrounded by forest. The private lake access and boathouse with kayaks, canoes, sunfish and more were fully utilized by our young crew. The lake itself, the product of a half-century conservation effort, has no visible homes on the shoreline. And the homes’ Great room with fireplaces, two pianos, antique furniture and massive dining table held our group comfortably each evening for dinner and board games. We made great memories at Pinecone, everyone is still exchanging photos, and we will return for another visit to this very special place.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2024
Response from VrboOwner on 18 August 2024
We look forward to having you back!!! Geoff
Verified review

8/10 Good

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location

Great old place

This is the third 'stone house' we've stayed at in the Chocorua community built as summer 'cottages' around 1900. We own an 1830 colonial in a historic Massachusetts' town, so we enjoy the atmosphere (and challenges) of an old house. The house is very well preserved and filled with period furniture. I'm a cook and can say I was challenged by a kitchen spread out over 4 rooms. Bedrooms well appointed. Bathrooms typical of an old house when bath tubs ruled over showers.. Downstairs main room runs the width of the house with 2 large fireplaces. No central heating and it was a cold week, but the fireplaces, wood stove and space heaters made for a warm stay. Unreliable internet. It crashed on Sunday, we got it up and running Monday through a technician call. Crashed again on Friday. Gave up. Large yard, not much of a view of Mt. Chocorua because of tree growth. Good walking trails nearby.
Stayed 8 nights in Oct 2022
Response from VrboOwner on 13 July 2025
The kitchen was designed for people with servants. Unfortunately, we don't have them either... We have new fiber optic internet, so it is more reliable.
Verified review

8/10 Good

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location

Family vacation

This house was ideal for a large family reunion gathering. As described it is a very old home. If your looking for something fresh and new this is not for you. Wallpaper is falling off walls and lots of peeling paint on walls and ceilings. One Bathroom is a bit moldy. Furniture is old (antique ish. It’s like a Classic. 2 Grand Pianos, amazing old books and games that bring back memories and pull Chain for toilets and lighting. Makes you feel like your living back in the day. Few Cons: 1- would be poor sleeping. The twin beds are horrible. Your can feel the springs inside. Maybe the original owners beds! Many of the older guests left early in the week as they could not sleep in these conditions. 2- Horrible lightening but to be fair there are tons of lamps but they do not throw off enough light during the night, And again 3-the peeling wallpaper and paint It’s just a old house. So much potential for a lovely home. I would recommend this location and would return. Location was close to many vacation spots, large space for families to spread out and/or gather to play games and chat. We loved the porch with rocking chairs, the grounds outside to play bocce and large living space inside for board games and cards. Pond was lake access with clean and updated boat house. Boats, canoes, kayaks, life vests, paddles all great condition. But there is No floating dock which was a disappointment. Would be nice to get away from mosquitoes. Miss it already.
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2023
Response from VrboOwner on 13 July 2025
Thanks for your review. We have dealt with the moldy bathroom and have made progress on the peeling paint. We are also adding more lights.
Verified review

8/10 Good

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location

McDonough's Chocorua Vacation

We had a great time! The property is expansive and in it's hay day must have been absolutely glorious. The listing should be updated so expectations are properly set specifically with regard to clay tennis court and use of platform, canoe and kayak. What was great: * Grand home with plenty of room for all * Beautiful wrap around porch with chairs to relax * Spacious lawn area for all manner of lawn games * Fully stocked home w plenty of dishes/utensils/ cookware/bedding/laundry/dishwasher * Water access via common path * Views of the night were spectacular * Quick drive to some of our favorite restaurants (Hobbs, Yankee Smokehouse, Pizza Barn) * Short drive to mnt Chocorua Liberty train head * Host was excellent and very responsive to questions we had before we left * Host was great at giving notice regarding a handyman coming to fix a light that was reported by previous renters Just a couple of minor cons: * Really is water access not waterfront. Has a small area shared by another property that 7/8 can sit in the woods and about 6ft wide access that you need to step down into (not for elderly) * Swim platform was not in the water, but made a nice platform in the woods to store our SUPs * Tennis court needs work. Spent 3hr clearing it enough to use it, but only for very casual players. Critter holes had to be filled every 2-3 days * Canoe was down at the water but could only find 1 paddle in the garage * If it is warm you will need more fans. The kitchen and sunroom are very hard to cool down, but a large fan on the floor blowing to the open sliders helped * Note: they do have a lot of fans, we also brought 5 of our own and used every one of them the ones at the property * Outlets in sunroom don't work no lights at the table for playing games at night This is an amazing property. We would rent it again during a cooler week.
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2021
Response from VrboOwner on 13 July 2025
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Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Fun and Sun in Seclusion!

It’s New Hampshire- so naturally- the area-it’s beautiful. We had great weather. We went out on the lake a few times. We travelled to Story Land and Diana’s Baths, and the Lost River Gorge. We spent an afternoon on the back porch and played risk, croquet, and even attempted to put together a 1000 piece puzzle. It’s an old home, but it is extremely charming. Plenty of room for everyone, Bathrooms which felt like everywhere. A fun old rotary phone I got to teach my teen to use! The owner was extremely responsive, and all directions/instructions were clear. Washer and dryer were extra large (compared to ours at home). Two pianos, lots of books, old and new. Reading a 100yr old publication of Snow White (top of the stairs bookcase) and other stories… terrific dvd collection. There is a maximum WiFi capacity, but we only let my grandmother connect to it (she isn’t a big user of the internet anyway) so the kids struggling for good LTE was great because we saw them in the mornings for sunny breakfast in the kitchen before heading out for the day. We have AT&T so I can’t speak for other service providers. We usually had 2bars max. But we were all about unplugging- so it was great. My father stayed the first night, and we were at first concerned as his old CPap was a three prong, but his current is two. Keep in mind, as it’s an older house- three prongs aren’t in every bedroom. But a cheap adapter would suit you fine. Linens for the beds were all soft and clean. The house is not air conditioned, but they have big box fans in every room. The room we stayed in had large near floor to ceiling windows and the breeze with the fan was perfect. The room my grandparents slept in was cool enough that they never needed the fan, and to be honest, we didn’t need it every night either, but as city folk, the white noise was good for us. There is a gorgeous view of mountains on the back porch, and really everywhere. I would 100% consider staying here again. Our party consisted of five children aged 3-14 and adults from late 30’s and early 60’s and early 80’s, and there wasn’t a single person who had a bad thing to say- except to say they wished we didn’t have to leave. Thank you Susan for sharing your home!
Stayed 5 nights in Jul 2022
Response from VrboOwner on 13 July 2025
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Verified review

6/10 Okay

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location
The house is very large and great for a large group. There were a few things we wished we knew before we booked. They are: 1. The stair cases are very steep. They are not usable by elderly people. 2. There is no air conditioning and it was very hot on the second floor. 3. The drive way is very steep, curvy, and rutted. 4. The lake access is not really for swimming. 5. There is a glassed in sun room that becomes an oven in the afternoon and it’s part of the kitchen. The host was great to work with and the house was well stocked and clean.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2026
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great for bathing if Large Families

My family stayed there for a reunion. Best bang for your buck as far as beds/rooms. The private access to the lake was great. The house is gorgeous. It doesn’t have AC but it was pretty cool at night with fans. It’s close to Conway, and 1.5 hours to old Orchard Beach. Owners were responsive when we asked questions. Our kids enjoyed the play house and the nice yard space to run around , right off the porch.
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2022
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Nice big historic home

The home is very nice and the lake was perfect. There is a short walk option to the lake...or you can drive down the path. We would pack one car with all the chairs and beach bags and then anyone who didn’t want to walk would hop in the car. Owner was very responsive with any questions before and during our stay 😊
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2021
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Wonderful mountain cottage

This home is perfect for large groups looking to get away from the world for a little while. And it’s a slice of history that’s just a delight to inhabit—really feels like another world. Thanks to Geoff for being an awesome host.
Stayed 8 nights in Jun 2021
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Amazing

We had a wonderful month. Geoffrey was a pleasure to deal with. The lake is gorgeous and totally private. The pictures do not do it justice! The property is near all attractions although honestly we could’ve just stayed on the property and made use of the lake. We are looking forward to returning.
Stayed 28 nights in Jun 2020
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