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He was at Who knows? the Portsmouth Naval Ship- But soon, thanks to the yard overseeing the funeral generous donor, it will wel- arrangements for George Pea- come visitors to the upcom- body, whose body was escort- ing "Rye on the Rocks: Stories ed from London, via a Naval From 400 Years on the Land," escort, back to his native New an exhibit which opens Max' 2, England to be buried. While Todd Lincoln, the eldest son "My father used to take me rian style," he says. "If it had suit was eventually filed to and will run every Saturday staying in Portsmouth, Far- of President Abraham Lincoln; there. He'd go into the cock- survived, I think it would be a tear down the Farragut once through October, including ragut died of a heart attack on acclaimed author Edward tail lounge and I'd sit there world dass hotel today." again. images and artifacts, of how August 14, 1870. Everett Hale; and President while he had a drink," Herlihy However, it did not sur- The rest, so they say, is people have used the land and But the story of the Far- Franklin Pierce, just to name says with a laugh, adding that vive. With changing times and history. water of Rye over the years ragut Hotel- didn't begin with a few. the entire hotel was detailed an increasingly-dilapidated Or is it? and will cover current issues his visit to Rye five years Legend has it that F. Scott with "dark beautiful wood," condition, the F'arragut Hotel When the Farragut was of development and conserva- before his death. The site had Fitzgerald paid a visit as well, and was a classic example of was about to turn the page in torn down in 1975, seemingly tion. Humor, art, mannequins, been welcoming travelers for and later went on to write period architecture. its history. In 1974 it was pur- the architectural pieces of the extensive albums of further years prior. What started as "The Great Gatsby" (could Guests would arrive from chased by a prominent New splendor that once was were documents, stories and pho- a farmhouse was dismantled the Farragut Hotel have so afar by rail to the North Hamp- England family with entrepre- cast to the wind. tos, film, etc. will all be utilized and moved across the street, inspired him?) The Farragut ton Depot, where Concord neurial roots in the supermar- "Who knows what hap- to support the exhibit. enlarged, and opened as the casino building, which sat next Coaches would be waiting to ket industry, and the following pened to it all? Some of it, Today, the site where the public back in 1846. It served door, purportedly welcomed deliver them to the Farragut year it was razed. I'm sure, was auctioned off; Farragut once stood so proud- as the Atlantic House for nine famed pianist Liberace, where — and not just any Concord Like the Wentworth by the probably scavengers got their ly is a rare, undeveloped piece years, until Admiral Farragut he is said to have practiced his Coaches. Sea to the north, in New Cas- hands on a lot of it. The rest of grassy plain overlooking came calling, when the name playing in the theater. Could "A Concord Coach at that tle, the Farragut was a classic probably just wound up at the the sea, where the golden was changed. it be his own keystrokes that time cost $1,000," Herlihy example of a grand Gilded dump," Herlihy says. At the Gilded aristocrats once came That structure burned to is faintly heard by passers-by says, pointing to a picture at Age dinosaur facing extinc- Rye Town Museum, the collec- to revel in New Hampshire's the ground 127 years ago this today? the museum of guests arriving tion. But while the Wentworth tions include some rare snip- summer splendor. very week, in the late-night The casino building had at the Farragut, "But this Con- was saved through the efforts pets of the Farragut, including It is here where some say hours of April 18, 1882. multi-functions, as Rye Town cord Coach cost $2,000. They of a group called "Friends of Chinaware, menus, room keys they hear piano music — and It was quickly replaced Museum Director Alex Her- ordered the best one available, the Wentworth," no such life- and photos — until early this more. with a much grander and lihy recalls. the special model with all the line was tossed to preserve the week when the door swung Renowned author and elaborate building, designed "They would gamble trimmings." Farragut. to welcome all the upper crust there, hold church services. It The Philbrick family spared "There were no 'Friends of of the Gilded Age high society was a theater, it served what- no expense when it came to the Farragut' that came calling, who were increasingly spend- ever the people's needs were transporting or housing their and this location is better than ing their leisure summer days at the time," says Herlihy, who guests in lavish, opulent style the Wentworth — it's right on at the resort by the sea. fondly remembers. the casino at the Farragut. the ocean," Herlihy says. The hotel played host to and hotel itself — and often "It was such a magnificent Construction soon began such dignitaries as Robert .visited the site years ago. structure in the classic Victo- on yet another version of the hotel, *arid a new Farragut was erected on the site, pay- ing tribute to the former in its layout. However, it was never O MAC completed, and the skeleton of the building sat idly waiting for a new day of hotel gran- deur that was not to be. Iprvnt Wagging tongues in social circles may lead to a range of conclusions as to why the fam- W d l.,. ily that owned the property open with a donor holding a ghost tour director of "New never completed the third Far- historical treasure. England Curiosities," Roxie ragut Hotel. But news reports It was discovered in Dur- Zwicker, says that some have at the time outline various ham, where it had been con- encountered more than music hurdles that town officials laid verted into a bench. Today, it at the site. out, essentially prohibiting the is back in Rye, and will soon "I have heard that there hotel's completion. be on display for all to see: is the belief that one of the There it sat, with a tidy The original hand-painted Philbrick descendents, from lawn but empty rooms, for sign with red, green and black the turn of the 20th century, more than 20 years before a lettering which reads, "The has been seen, described as Farragut at Rye Beach, NH, wearing an old, dark suit and wearing a gold pocket watch and disappearing when Sfd approached," Zwicker says.

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