Anasagunticook House

One of several medium-sized hotels that catered to the tourist trade in Bethel a century and a half ago, the Anasagunticook House was erected in 1859 by John S. Chapman on an elevated site opposite and a little downriver from West Bethel village. Active through the 1870s, the hotel boasted a chalybeate spring (one containing salts of iron) known widely for its restorative powers.