Knollwood
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Knollwood is a historic summer estate house on Windmill Hill Road in Dublin, New Hampshire. The large 2+1⁄2-story "summer cottage" was designed by Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge and built in 1899-1900 for banker Franklin MacVeagh. One of Dublin's major summer estate houses, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. Knollwood is located in southeastern Dublin, on the south side of Upper Jaffrey Road at its junction with Snow Hill Road. The main house is located well south of the road, on a cleared plateau with panoramic views of nearby Mount Monadnock and the hills to the south. The house is a 2+1⁄2-story frame structure, with a hip roof and shingled exterior. Its main section is roughly H-shaped, with a long ell extending to the west, and a porch extending across much of its southern facade. A number of Queen Anne-style chimneys project from the roof. The house was built in 1899-1900 for Chicago banker Franklin MacVeagh, to a design by the Boston firm Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge. It is an important work of that firm, depicting its transition from the more elaborate Renaissance styles of its early years to include Georgian Revival and more Classical features. While MacVeagh was United States Secretary of the Treasury (1909–13), he twice hosted President William Howard Taft at Knollwood. It was purchased in 1954 by Ernest Henderson, founder of the Sheraton Hotel chain. As of 2025, it remains a private residence and is now on sale. Fasnacloich - Harrisville summer estate of Franklin's nephew Charles MacVeagh Benjamin Learned House - part of the Knollwood estate National Register of Historic Places listings in Cheshire County, New Hampshire
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When was Knollwood listed on the National Register?
Knollwood was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 18, 1983.
What type of historic resource is Knollwood?
Knollwood is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.
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The period of significance for Knollwood is recorded as the industrial era.
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