CONWAY — As timeless today as it was in 1957, when it first appeared on the cover of The Saturday Evening Post, North Conway's Gibson-Woodbury home is back on the cover of the national magazine this month.
The house today is the home of Mark and Victoria Butterfield, relatives of the Gibsons and Woodburys.
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