The Mount Washington Summit Road Company Records contain administrative, operational, and legal records of the corporation dating to the 19th and 20th century. The Mount Washington Summit Road Company was chartered in 1859 to complete and administer a half-finished carriage road leading to the summit of Mount Washington. The records digitized in this online collection represent a small proportion of the physical collection. Digitized records include photographs from the 1861 opening of the road and maps chiefly dating to the 1880s and 1890s. These papers were digitized with the support of the Pingree heirs.

For additional historic information and a folder listing of the collection, click the link to the finding aid below.

The Documents

The majority of the digitized collection includes maps, surveys, and plans, as well as some ephemera. Legal documents and correspondence have not yet been digitized. To browse the digitized portion of this collection, please click the button below. 

Mount Washington Timeline

Mount Washington Timeline

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Detail of Leavitt's map of the White Mountains, MSS 911, box 20, folder 2. Phillips Library, Peabody Essex Museum.
Soule, John P., Detail of photograph of Mt Washington from Glen House, digital ID G90F468_001F, New York Public Library.