Abenaki Indian Shop and Camp

History

The Abenaki Indian Shop and Camp is a historic Native American site in the Intervale section of Conway, New Hampshire. The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991 and has also been listed on the New Hampshire State Register of Historic Places. It is located on Intervale Cross Road, about one mile east of New Hampshire Route 16, and is now a local public park. The area of the camp is in a grove of white pines known as Cathedral Woods.4 At the southern end is a single-story wood-frame building with a gabled roof, and a descriptive plaque set in a stone. A short way north of this are a grouping of small shingled gable-roofed cabins, set around a clearing in the woods. The shop was originally a service shed built by the Maine Central Railroad; it was purchased by Chief Joseph Laurent around 1900. Laurent is also credited with construction of the cottages in which the Abenaki lived. Since 1985, the property has been owned by the town, which now operates it as a small park with interpretive signage describing its history. View the 90 page application for the NRHP here, which includes a lengthy description and photographs.

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