07-07-25 Flying Yankee whole length between trees

The Flying Yankee rests on tracks near the Conway Scenic Railroad station in Conway, seen from a small field off North Street on July 7. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)

CONWAY — The State Historical Resources Council recently announced 23 new additions to the New Hampshire State Register of Historic Places, and five Mount Washington Valley edifices are on it.

The properties include the mid-19th century Ham House on Dundee Road, now part of the Upper Saco Valley Land Trust’s Dundee Community Forest; and the 1930s vintage Flying Yankee, now stored by the Conway Scenic Railroad and awaiting further restoration through fundraising by the non-profit Flying Yankee Association.

Flying Yankee in Boston black and white

The Boston and Maine-Maine Central Flying Yankee is seen here in Boston in the 1930s. (COURTESY COLLECTION OF ROBERT A. BUCK)

05-27-25 Barnstormers head-on best

The Barnstormers Theatre in Tamworth, seen May 27. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)

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Ed Goodnow (right) directing Francis Cleveland and Vera Andress in "The Ghost Train," the first ever Barnstormer production, in 1931. (COURTESY PHOTO)

05-27-25 Hall-Dyer House wide

The historic Hall-Dyer House is home to the Tamworth Historical Society, seen May 27. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)

05-27-25 Hall-Dyer House lawn wide

The front of the historic Hall-Dyer House, seen May 27. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)

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The Whittier Lodge circa 1915. (TAMWORTH HISTORICAL SOCIETY PHOTO)

05-27-25 Whittier Lodge wide looking south

The historic Whittier Lodge is located just south of the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of the Eastern Slopes church on Route 113 in Tamworth, seen May 27. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)

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