CONWAY — Come July 11, the Eastern Slope Inn and Resort — the flagship independent resort that has proudly presided for a century over the north end of North Conway Village’s Main Street since July 1926 — will be holding a weeklong celebration to mark the past as the resort moves into the future.
The series of events will honor the key figures who have preserved the resort over the years, including Harry Randall, who built it in 1926 after a fire in 1925; Cranmore ski developer and financier Harvey Dow Gibson, who bought it from Randall in 1937 as part of his plan to create a world-class ski resort in his hometown of North Conway; and Joe Berry, who with a partner bought it in 1980 and restored the inn, opening it in 1981 and getting it recognized by the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
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