John Wingate Weeks Historic Site

Site Owners: State of New Hampshire

Address: 123 Mount Prospect Road,
off Rte 3, PO Box 104
Lancaster, NH 03584

Contact: Kay Whitman,
603-788-4004 (June-Oct) kay_whitman@yahoo.com
Website: www.nhstateparks.org/ParksPages/Weeks/Weeks.html

Description: Set at the very top of Mt. Prospect in Lancaster, New Hampshire, the house and grounds provide a 360-degree panorama of mountain splendor. The 420-acre Mt. Prospect estate was given to the state of New Hampshire in 1941 by John Weeks' children, Katherine Weeks Davidge and Sinclair Weeks. The estate was built at the direction of John Wingate Weeks, leading conservationist, U.S. congressman, U.S. senator, and Secretary of War under Presidents Harding and Coolidge.

Hours: Late June to Labor Day. Wednesday 11am-5pm; Thursday 12-9pm; Friday-Sunday 10am-5pm.
Admission (2006): $5 adults/$1children/ under 5 & over 65 free.

Directions: From I-93: Take Exit 35 onto Route 3. Follow Route 3 into Whitefield. From I-95: Take Route 16 to Route 2 to Lancaster. Take Route 3 south.

Programs Offered: The Weeks State Park Association hosts a series of weekly summer programs related to the north country of New Hampshire. The public is welcome to attend the free programs that are normally scheduled in the park on Thursday evenings