Come along with me on a tour of
The Fells, an early 20th century summer estate overlooking Lake Sunapee. The Fells was the summer retreat of John Milton Hays and his wife Clara. Hays was the private secretary to President Abraham Lincoln during the civil war and the Secretary of State to President Theodore Roosevelt. The Fells is named after the Scottish word for rocky upland pastures.
The colonial revival buildings were designed by architects George Hammond in 1891 and Prentice Sanger in 1915.
This season the gardens are filled with numerous outdoor sculptures.
This sculpture looks exactly like a granite rock suspended by the poles. The same artist created the sculpture below.
The Fells is located in Newbury, New Hampshire. More than eighty acres are filled with gardens and hiking trails throughout the pastures and forests. Thanks for reading and for all your comments.
beautiful gardens and love that view to the water through the trees
ReplyDeleteHi Anna, thanks, I suspect they have to keep cutting back the trees to keep the water view visible.
ReplyDeleteYou sure are getting around !
ReplyDeleteLove the sculptures!
ReplyDeleteHi Dennis, thanks, we're not letting any grass grow under our feet. Ha.
ReplyDeleteHi Barb, thanks, they were very inspiring.
We have potter friends that live near the Fells. I have driven by many times on the way to their house but it's another place I haven't visited. The whole Sunapee area is just beautiful.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful photos. I've been enjoying your travels, what a nice trip you are on. I've had limited computer access but am back home now.
ReplyDeleteHi Michele, thanks, the next time you go up there you should go to the gardens there are paths down to the lake and it is sure to be beautiful any time of year.
ReplyDeleteHi Barbara, thanks, I had a ton more photos but thought the post would be too long.
Simply gorgeous! I would love to tour New Hampshire, as I have never been there.
ReplyDeleteHi Gigi, thanks, it is beautiful but the roads are terrible, lots of pot holds and bumps.
ReplyDeleteWHAT a place. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteHi Sue, thanks, I was surprised at all the plant material that can grow in that cold zone.
ReplyDeleteThe pot holes and bumps come from the "frost heaves" that occur with the deep freeze in winter. During the spring thaw the state imposes load limits on many secondary roads, which in turn brings anyone in business with heavy trucks to a screeching halt.
ReplyDeleteIf you think NH is bad... wait until you travel Massachusetts roads, they are even slower to repair them!
Hi Michele, thanks, but no thanks, I wish there was something that could be done about that frost heaving, and then our relatives told us about the mud season. oh my
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