Littleton
Main Street Town On The Ammonoosuc River, Gateway To The Northern White Mountains; Birthplace Of Eleanor H. Porter, Author Of Pollyanna, With A Pollyanna Statue By The Library, And Home Of Chutters, Long Cited For One Of The World'S Longest Candy Counters. · Littleton, New Hampshire
A lively small town in the northern White Mountains, strung along a long Main Street above the Ammonoosuc River where I-93 comes out of the mountains. Littleton grew as a mill and railroad town, and its brick and clapboard blocks still hold independent shops, bookstores, galleries, diners and a historic inn rather than chain stores. It is the birthplace of Eleanor H. Porter, author of the 1913 novel Pollyanna, and a bronze statue of the always-glad girl stands outside the public library, with the town marking a Glad Day each year. Chutters, a candy store on Main Street, has long been cited for one of the longest candy counters in the world, lined with jars of penny candy. Behind the shops a riverwalk follows the Ammonoosuc to a covered footbridge and an old grist mill beside the falls. Littleton is a practical base for the northern mountains, with groceries, gas and hospitals that small villages lack, and Franconia Notch and Bethlehem are a short drive away. It is busiest in foliage season and quiet on winter weekdays.
Main Street, Littleton, New Hampshire, 03561, United States
Main Street, the riverwalk, the covered footbridge and the Pollyanna statue are public and open all year at all hours; the riverwalk is not cleared of snow everywhere in winter. Shops on Main Street generally open from about 9 or 10 in the morning to 5 or 6 in the evening, with shorter hours on Sundays and some closing a day or two midweek in winter (confirm). Chutters typically keeps daily shop hours, longer in summer and foliage season. Restaurants and the brewery keep their own hours, and a few close for a week or two in the April and November mud seasons. The public library and the town's small museum have limited weekly hours; confirm before a visit.