All services are located in Weirs Beach unless otherwise indicated

CONVENIENCE STORES
(Weirs Beach Citco, Cumberland Farms, and Anchor Marine also sell gasoline.)

NAME OF STORE
TELEPHONE
ADDRESS

Weirs Beach General Store


Built in 1911

366-5400 329 Lakeside Ave
Anchor Marine Variety Store 366-4311 263 Lakeside Ave
Weirs Beach Citco 366-5152 1198 Weirs Boulevard

Cumberland Farms
Opened in October, 2007. Not the first gas station at this location, as shown here


366-7309 183 Endicott St N

SERVICE STATIONS

NAME OF STATION
TELEPHONE
ADDRESS
Gulbicki's Towing & Auto Repair 366-5402 1193 Weirs Boulevard
(Garage burned down on March 12, 2008. Owner intends to rebuild.)
Probably Weirs Beach's first "service station", the Lakeside Garage was located on the north end of Lakeside Avenue, where the concrete patio of the Paradise Beach Club is now. It was converted to several different businesses over the years, mostly restaurants or nightclubs, known sequentially as the Knotty Pine, Teen Haven, and even "Nashville North". The building burned down around 1995. Click here to enlarge the photo.


CHURCHES

NAME OF CHURCH
TELEPHONE
ADDRESS

Weirs United Methodist Church


Built in 1926

366-4490
35 Tower St


Original Methodist Church, opened October 17, 1886. Burned November 9, 1924, in the Great Weirs Fire.


Cornerstone Christian Fellowship


Located in the former Grange Hall, at the corner of Foster Avenue and Lakeside Avenue

366-2449
1 Foster Ave

The Grange Hall featured an auditorium that seated about 100. The webmaster recalls, as a child in the early 1960's, attending a Halloween party at the Grange Hall, where a magician "levitated" an audience volunteer several feet off the stage in a prone position. I still wonder how it was done!


St. Helena Mission Church



524-1357 Rt. 11B
 
CITY SERVICES

NAME OF SERVICE
TELEPHONE
ADDRESS

Fire Department


Weirs Beach Fire Station

366-2229
(Dial 911 in an emergency)
Lucerne Avenue at Route 11B

Police Department



524-5252
(Dial 911 in an emergency)
126 New Salem St, Laconia

Laconia Library


Gale Memorial Library, 1910's
Added to the National Register of Historical Places in 1985


Opened June 1903
Recent addition opened 2006

524-4775

695 Main St, Laconia
Weirs Beach Public Docks (39 boat slips) The Boardwalk 
Weirs Community Center 366-5185  Lucerne Avenue at Route 11B
Weirs Community Park (27 acres) Lucerne Avenue at Route 11B 

For information on other city services, go to the
CITY OF LACONIA WEBSITE


Aerial View of Opechee Park, 1920's

 
MEDICAL SERVICES

NAME OF SERVICE
TELEPHONE
ADDRESS

Lakes Region General Hospital


Laconia Hospital, 1910's

524-3211 80 Highland St, Laconia
Laconia Clinic 524-5151
800-564-5150
724 N Main St, Laconia
Weirs Health Center
Bradley Libenson, DO, MPH
(Doctor of Osteopathy/
Master of Public Health)
366-7700 Alpenrose Plaza
36 Endicot St E
Darren Boles (Dentist) 366-4400 Alpenrose Plaza
36 Endicot St E
 
OTHER SERVICES

NAME OF SERVICE
TELEPHONE
ADDRESS

Weirs Beach Post Office
03246 & 03247
03246 for all of Weirs Beach began July 1, 1963
03247 for PO Boxes only began March 18, 1983

SUMMER HOURS
JUN 1 - SEP 30

Mon-Fri
Postage Counter:
8:30am-1pm;
2pm-3:45pm
Lobby: 7:30am-4:45pm
Last mail pickup: 4:15pm

Sat: Postage Counter closed;
Lobby open 7:30am-2:00pm;
Last mail pickup: 2pm

WINTER HOURS*
OCT 1 - MAY 31
*Dec 2-24 same as summer hours

Postage Counter: Mon-Fri 8:30am-Noon
Lobby and mail pickups: Same as summer hours

366-4424



"
The Weirs Station"
Post Office, 1945
Until around 1990, the Weirs Beach PO was located in this very small building, which still stands at the SW corner of Lakeside Avenue and Foster Avenue.

Alpenrose Plaza
36 Endicot St E

First post office in Weirs Beach:
"Weirs Bridge"-
opened August 1, 1849
Official name change to
"Weirs" (dropping the word "Bridge")-
October 10, 1884
Official name change to
"Weirs Beach"-
Probably 1956


Laconia Post Office, 1920's
Added to the National Register of Historical Places in 1986

Official name change to "Laconia" (from "Belknap County") - July 26, 1855

ATM Machines Located at the Half Moon Penny Arcade, at the train station on the boardwalk, and at Brookside Pizza
Public Rest Rooms Located at the train station on the boardwalk, and in the bathhouse at the beach
Endicott Wash & Dry 366-5195 45 Endicott St E
Econo Wash 524-9067 589 Union Avenue, Laconia
Red Carpet Salon 366-5830 Alpenrose Plaza
36 Endicot St E
Gateway Spa 366-5500 Alpenrose Plaza
36 Endicot St E
House of Tattoos 366-9900 347 Lakeside Ave
Ganong Real Estate 366-2600 357 Weirs Boulevard
         For more information on other services in Laconia, check with the
Greater Laconia/Weirs Beach Chamber of Commerce (603) 524-5531 at their main office on South Main St in Laconia, or at their
Summer Information Booth (603) 366-4770 on Weirs Boulevard. Stop by the booth to pick up some brochures and to have your questions answered in person. The booth is open Memorial Day weekend, Motorcycle Week, and from late June through late August.

A trio of Laconia Chamber of Commerce brochures from the 1930's. Until the late 1940's, Weirs Beach was part of the Laconia Chamber. At that time Weirs Beach started its own independent Chamber, built an information booth, and began producing an annnual brochure.

         The original Weirs Beach information booth was located on the boardwalk. Click here to enlarge the 1940's postcard, above, or here to enlarge the 1950's postcard, below.

Below, an advertisment in the 1947 Lakes Region Association's "Where To" guidebook.
The ad appeared prominently on the inside front cover of the guidebook.

Below, in 1948, the first of the annual Weirs Beach brochures was produced, in black and white, and featured an artistically detailed map of the Weirs Beach area. The 1949 brochure sported an identical cover and map, but different interior photos.

1948 & 1949
Recreation Center of Lake Winnipesaukee and the Lakes Region - New England's Favorite Inland Resort
         1951
Once again in succeeding years the Weirs Beach chamber produced brochures with identical covers. However, notably, the name of the area had changed from "The Weirs" in 1950 to "Weirs Beach" in 1951, thanks to the brand new beach. Both of these brochures featured a separate, artistically detailed map in the inside middle pocket of the brochure.

         1950
         1952
The Weirs Chamber of Commerce had changed its name to the Weirs Beach Chamber of Commerce by 1952, but as can be seen on the bottom of the cover of this map/brochure, old habits die hard — the location was still known as "The Weirs".
Click here to see an artistically detailed, supersized map from this 1952 brochure!
In this photo from the 1952 brochure, passengers arriving from the Boston & Maine train carry their luggage down the boardwalk. Click here to enlarge the photo.
         1954          1955          1956
In 1954 the marketing slogan changed to the "Recreation Center of New Hampshire" and the name of the organization was now the Weirs Beach AREA Chamber of Commerce. Instead of an artistically detailed map of the Weirs Beach area these brochures featured a generalized map of Lake Winnipesaukee with numbered dots pinpointing the Weirs Beach area businesses.

         1956
Detail from the map in the 1956 brochure. Recreation Center of Lake Winnipesaukee, New Hampshire - New England's Favorite Inland Resort
The Bright Spot of Lake Winnipesaukee. An ad in the 1956 Where To in the Lakes Region guidebook.
1956
         1957
First modern brochure is created, featuring color photographs thoughout the brochure. A simple map of Lake Winnipesaukee is inside; it does not pinpoint the exact locations of area businesses as previous brochure maps had done.

1957
Everybody has Fun at Weirs Beach... All the family will cheer your choice...nowhere is there so much for so many!
This is it...the ideal vacation spot.
1957
Weirs Beach has everything to offer that a vacationer would want...

In 1958, Tichnor Brothers, a well-know postcard publisher based in Boston, with the "co-operation of the Weirs Beach Publicity Bureau", produces a 12 photo, chrome postcard folder, images from which are dispersed throughout this website. The inside cover of the folder contained the above write-up.

In 2008, 50 years later, many of the activities mentioned in the write-up are still providing the rationale for visitors to come to Weirs Beach.

1958
Beryl H. Plummer & Associates of Lakeport, who produced the 1954-1956 Weirs Beach brochures, produces an independent brochure about the pleasures of vacationing on Lake Winnipesaukee.
           In 1959, the Laconia and Weirs Beach chambers merged. There was a temporary separation of the chambers during the mid-1970's, when the "Weirs Chamber of Commerce" was briefly revived, but since that time, the relationship between the two areas of the city has endured, and has become ever stronger.

1959
1960s
The Pleasure Center of Lake Winnipesaukee
1976
Weirs Beach briefly revives its chamber and produces its own brochure. Bob Lawton is president.
The Complete Four Season Resort - Vacation Center of Beautiful Lake Winnipesaukee - Vacation Crossroads of New England
1996
1998
Weirs Beach - Where Lake Winnipesaukee Begins
WeirsBeach.com website is created.
2000-2007
         On January 1, 2008, the Greater Laconia-Weirs Beach Chamber of Commerce merged with the Greater Franklin Chamber of Commerce to form the Lakes Region Chamber of Commerce. As of March 15, 2008, no logo for the new organization has yet been released, and the two prior entities continue to maintain separate websites.

Below are the page titles from a 1930's Laconia Chamber of Commerce brochure,"The City on the Lakes and The Weirs, Lake Winnipesaukee". (Scroll up to see the brochure cover.)
The glowing descriptions of the area still hold true today!

Laconia, New Hampshire - The Playground of New England

A Place For Play and Rest - With Lake and Mountain Atmosphere

Good Roads for Motoring- Good Trails For Walks

Quiet Waters For Canoeing - Deep Water For Power Boats

The Best Fishing in New England - In Lake And Running Stream

A City of Modern Stores - And Up-to-Date Business Methods

A Place Where Folks Are Friendly- And Strangers Are Ever Welcome

The Progressive Spirit Dominates - But Old Traditions Remain

Facilities for Travel - By Motor, Train, Boat, and Air

The Chamber of Commerce Serves All - Not Only Our Own Citizens But Visitors

The Glory That Is Experienced Is The Product of Nature

A Place Where You Can Dream and Let the Other Fellow Work

A Paradise For Children - Where Health Is In The Air

A Variety of Sports - For Young Or Old

Lake Winnipesaukee - And Its 274 Island Resorts

The Famous Weirs - Where People Play

Surrounded By Mountain Ranges - All Year Vacation Land

With Unassuming Prosperity - Laconia Invites You

With Summer and Winter Sports - Excellent Sites for Summer Homes

Advantages Are Natural - And Unparalled In New England

Schools, Churches and Library - Stores, Theatres and Shops

The More You See of Laconia - The Longer You Will Want to Linger


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