Rocks Estate

Rocks Estate
Nearest city Bethlehem, New Hampshire
Area 1,333.8 acres (539.8 ha)
Built 1883 (1883)
Architect Multiple
Architectural style Greek Revival, Shingle Style
NRHP Reference # 84003197[1]
Added to NRHP September 7, 1984

The Rocks Estate, also known as the John Jacob Glessner Estate, is a historic summer estate in Bethlehem, New Hampshire. The large estate, covering more than 1,300 acres (530 ha), is located near the junction of U.S. Route 302 and Interstate 93, and includes some twenty buildings. The estate was assembled by John Jacob Glessner (whose Chicago residence is a National Historic Landmark designed by H. H. Richardson) in the 1880s, and is one of the largest and best-preserved surviving private estates in the state. Glessner created The Rocks as a private conservation initiative, to prevent destructive farming methods from destroying the land. The large Shingle-style house he had built in 1883 no longer stands, but a significant number of outbuildings survive, including a carriage house, horse barn, and a sawmill/pigpen building. At least these three buildings were designed by Chicago architect Hermann V. von Holst. There is a subsidiary area of the estate known as the Red Farm, centered on a c. 1840 farmhouse.[2]

The estate was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[2] The property is now owned by the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests, and is open to the public.

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  1. ↑ National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 "NRHP nomination for The Rocks" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2014-04-20.


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