Lisbon Inn

United States historic place

Lisbon Inn

U.S. National Register of Historic Places

The Moulton

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Location| 40 S Main St.,
Lisbon, New Hampshire
Coordinates| 44°12′47.5″N 71°54′42.9″W﻿ / ﻿44.213194°N 71.911917°W﻿ / 44.213194; -71.911917
Area| 1.5 acres (0.61 ha)
Built| 1901 (1901) \- 1903 (1903)
Built by| Herbert Moulton
Architectural style| Queen Anne, Colonial Revival
Restored| 1922
Restored by| Ralph Olney
NRHP reference No.| 80000287[1]
Added to NRHP| December 1, 1980

The Lisbon Inn, formerly The Moulton, is a historic former hotel building on United States Route 302 in Lisbon, New Hampshire. Located at the southern end of Lisbon's central business district, the 1901 three story wood-frame building is an imposing presence, with Queen Anne-style pyramidal roof turrets at the corners of the main facade. The front of the building has two stories of porches with Colonial Revival styling.[2]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980 for architecture as its area of significance.[1]

## History of the site

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The Lisbon Inn is built on the site of Brigham's Hotel, which was destroyed in the Great Fire of 1901. The fire started in a peg mill owned by James G. Moore on November 3, 1901, and it destroyed most of Lisbon's business district.[3]

Herbert Moulton purchased the site for $10,000 and rebuilt a hotel after the fire of 1901. The new hotel was named "The Moulton", and opened in 1903. Several years later, Moulton sold the hotel to Edwin Morse. The hotel was lost to fire again in 1922 and rebuilt by Ralph Olney who built it up to become one of the most prominent small hotels in New Hampshire.[4]

## Statement of significance

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> The Lisbon Inn is a key architectural component in Lisbon's central business district. The rectangular clapboard block with traditional two-tiered piazza employs both Queen Anne and Colonial Revival details. The resulting transitional style is an outstanding example of turn-of-the-[20th ]century vernacular architecture, and exemplifies the generally eclectic architectural fabric of the surrounding village. Because of its grand scale and prominent corner towers, the Inn provides an emphatic visual terminus to downtown Lisbon's commercial streetscape.

> — North Country Historical Foundation, NRHP nomination for Lisbon Inn[2] (Oct 29, 1980)

Gallery of Lisbon Inn

* Lisbon Inn July 2015

* Postcard of Main St featuring Lisbon Inn circa 1910

* A map of Lisbon showing Brigham's Hotel before it was destroyed in the fire, circa 1883

## See also

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* National Register of Historic Places listings in Grafton County, New Hampshire

## References

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1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. ^ a b "NRHP nomination for Lisbon Inn". National Park Service. Retrieved 2014-04-06.
3. ^ "Fire Nearly Destroys a Town". Tyrone Daily Herald, Pennsylvania. Retrieved 2018-02-18.
4. ^ "Business Leaders of Lisbon, New Hampshire - 100 Years Ago". Lisbon Area Historical Society. Retrieved 2018-02-18.

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National Register of Historic Places in Grafton County, New Hampshire

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* Ashland Gristmill and Dam
* Canaan Street Historic District
* Central Square Historic District
* Colburn Park Historic District
* Dorchester Common Historic District
* Enfield Shaker Historic District
* Enfield Village Historic District
* Haverhill Corner Historic District
* Hebron Village Historic District
* Lyme Center Historic District
* Lyme Common Historic District
* Orford Street Historic District
* Plymouth Historic District
* Shepard Hill Historic District
* True Farm
* Webster Estate

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* Ashland Junior High School
* Ashland Railroad Station
* Bath Covered Bridge
* Bedell Covered Bridge‡
* Boulderwood
* Brick Store
* Bristol Town Hall
* Burleigh Brae and Webster Boathouse
* Burt–Cheney Farm
* Camp Carnes
* Camp Mowglis
* Camp Ossipee
* Canaan Meetinghouse
* Centre Village Meeting House
* Chapel of the Holy Cross
* Chocorua Island Chapel
* Daniel Carr House
* Dorchester Community Church
* Dow Academy
* Edward H. Lane House
* Enfield Center Town House
* Felsengarten
* First Free Will Baptist Church and Vestry
* Frost Place
* Goodall-Woods Law Office
* Great Hollow Road Stone Arch Bridge
* Hanover Town Library
* Haverhill–Bath Covered Bridge
* Hewitt House
* Holderness Free Library
* Holderness Inn
* Jeremiah Hutchins Tavern
* Lisbon Inn
* Littleton Town Building
* Lovett's by Lafayette Brook
* Lyme–East Thetford Bridge‡
* Minot–Sleeper Library
* Morey Memorial Bridge‡
* Moses Kent House
* Norman and Marion Perry House
* North Holderness Freewill Baptist Church–Holderness Historical Society Building
* Old Grafton County Courthouse
* Owls Head
* Piermont Bridge‡
* The Rocks
* Rockywold–Deephaven Camps
* Sawyer–Medlicott House
* Sphinx Tomb
* Spring Hill Farm
* St. Mark's Episcopal Church
* Stone Arch Underpass
* Swiftwater Covered Bridge
* Thayer's Hotel
* Trinity Church
* US Post Office and Courthouse–Littleton Main
* Watch Rock Camp
* Whipple House
* Woodsville Opera Building

Footnotes|

‡This historic property also has portions in an adjacent state.

See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Grafton County, New Hampshire and List of National Historic Landmarks in New Hampshire
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