About Spindle Point Association
A website for residents of the Spindle Point Subdivision for landowner information sharing and communication.
Spindle Point is located in the beautiful Lakes Region of New Hampshire. There are ~115 private homes plus common areas consisting of 87.5 acres of prime conservation land which the Spindle Point Association keeps from development for the benefit of both subdivision residents and the town at large. Our maintenance of these lands helps preserve the character of the entire Meredith area which is increasingly under pressure for development. Spindle Point Association is managed by an all volunteer board of directors in accordance with our Associations' founding documents and by-laws as amended from time to time by the Membership. The Association was formed in 1953 to continue critical functions of the original developer Joseph Melanson, who had begun development of the subdivision in 1949. By 1953 most of the 100 prime waterfront subdivision lots had been sold.
The Story of Spindle Point circa 1949
Sometimes Mother Nature has endowed certain places on the earth with a particularly lavish hand. No better example of this can be found
than the Lakes Region of New Hampshire, where ages ago the retreating glacier left a network of lakes among the hills. Nearby, carved in the rock crown of Cannon Mountain, is the great stone face of "The Old Man", gazing forever out over this veritable paradise of vacation lands and lakes. There are many rivers and brooks, from the mighty Pemigewasset to the busiest little streamlet splashing from pool to pool.
The early Indians saw this land and found it good. They pitched their teepees on the shores of Lake "Winnipiseogee", the "Smile of the Great Spirit," and, in their simple belief, credited Manitou with having created this great lake for them. Its waters teemed with fish, and game abounded in the stately forests that lined its shores. The majestic sunsets turned the lake to gold against a background of ever-changing mountain colors; the moonlight sifted through the pine tops and cast a glimmering path of silver across the bays and coves. It was truly a place where nature had smiled.
The early white settlers also found the land good. Soon their farms lined the shores of Winnipesaukee, and they prospered. From these rugged pioneers of the Granite State have descended the present-day friendly and hospitable people. Through the succeeding years city folks found among these cool lakes and mountains an ideal vacation land. Their numbers grew steadily until today the Lakes Region has become a Mecca for people from all over the country. It is a vacation land that has everything--clean, cool, pine-scented mountain air; sparkling, sunlit waters; sandy beaches and pine forests. Truly, this is a place where both body and soul can relax and be made whole again.
In the early (eighteen) Nineties Colonel Charles Cummings, a man of moderate wealth, world traveler and philanthropist, sought a sanctuary on the shores of Lake Winnipesaukee, a place of beauty where he might spend his declining years in rest and contemplation. After diligent search he purchased the old Spindle Point Farm, a spot where nature had outdone herself. Where the bright waters of the lake gently caressed three miles of sandy shores, where cathedral-like groves of pine and hemlock grew straight and tall on gently-sloping land, great oaks reached a hundred feet into the sky, and giant pines, twelve feet in girth, towered over them. The Spindle itself thrust a thousand feet straight out into The Broads, eighty feet wide and edged on both sides with sand. The rest of the shore was also a delight to see: sculptured rock points flanked by intimate little sandy coves with level land behind, a place where imagination's pictures came true. When the Colonel died in 1920, Spindle Point Farm was left in trust to be sold eventually and the proceeds to go to charity. This was done in 1949, and now the property is open to all.
The pine groves have been untouched; beautiful drives have been built behind the deep shore lots, which have been carefully laid out with an eye to beauty. In the subdivision and development of Spindle Point every care has been taken not to mar its natural beauty. Guarantees will be given to each lot purchaser that the backland forests will be spared the woodman's axe.
It is the consensus among old timers that Spindle Point is Lake Winnipesaukee's finest shore property, and the present owner has pledged himself to keep it so. While the lots will be moderately priced in keeping with the times, they will be carefully restricted for your protection. It is intended that an exclusive summer colony shall develop and carry on the best traditions of the Spindle.
In presenting this little circular with its thumbnail account of Spindle Point and the accompanying sketches, we have tried to give a little of the atmosphere of Lake Winnipesaukee. The map on the reverse shows the location, and its nearness to all sorts of things. Meredith, for example, is only two and a half miles away over town and state roads, with movies, Little Theater, good stores and the church of your choice. The Weirs (it is a mile and a half by water) and to Laconia, with a diversity of shops, entertainment, main-line railroad service, and a big airport accommodating four-motor planes. The town of Meredith is known as "The Latchkey to the White Mountains", and you have only to open the door and drive over boulevards through the beauties of these mountains. The little sketches show the sports and entertainments that may be enjoyed the year around; in such a setting enjoyment is enhanced.
Deep down in all of us is the desire to own a place in the woods on a lake shore, to help plan and build a cabin with our own hands--to hew from the wilderness a home. Some plan and hope but never act, and will never know the joy that they have missed, the pride of possession and accomplishment, and the feeling of security that a snug lodge gives, to be passed on to the next generation. No investment will ever pay such handsome dividends in health and happiness to the whole family as a summer home on Lake Winnipesaukee, and no investment will be so sure of a steady increase in value.
Visit Spindle Point and look around. Plan to spend several hours, visit the lookout on Eagle Mountain with its breathtaking view, see the observatory on the tip of the Spindle built by Colonel Cummings, brouse along the shore paths—with no obligation. Our office on the property is for your convenience. Drop in and ask questions about taxes, insurance, or building, about the countryside or the selection of a lot. We are at your service. If you should find a lot that "just suits", and you do not wish to pay cash for it, we are ready to finance it for you in a very comfortable manner. There is no credit investigation or endorsement necessary.
Spindle Point has been surveyed into over one hundred lots which may be purchased singly or in groups, with an almost endless variety of shore front and lake and mountain scenery, all of exceptional beauty. It is only 105 miles from Boston over excellent roads.
Pay your Spindle Point Annual Membership Dues here..
You can pay your dues online below or you may send a paper check to:
Spindle Point Assn
Box 1462
Meredith NH 03253-1462
There is a Notes box online and a memo line on your paper check. Please enter your house # and street on either form of payment so that we may correctly attribute your dues e.g. "1 Spindle Point Rd"