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The Trustees of Franconia College purchased the former Forest Hills Hotel in 1960. The hotel had been in operation since its construction in 1882 and had been donated to the University of New Hampshire in 1956.
Situated north of the White Mountain National Forest, the college provided easy access for students to the outdoor sporting activities for which the North Country is most famous. Several students lived in their own tents and tepees in the nearby woods.
In June 1978, the campus was offered for sale at auction but failed to sell at that time. The main hotel building was torn down in 1985 and the former college president's house, known as "The Lodge" when built in 1892, opened as a bed and breakfast called The Inn At Forest Hills in 1993.
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