Biography of Dr. J. Alonzo Greene | WEIRS BEACH - WHERE LAKE WINNIPESAUKEE BEGINS

Dr. J. Alonzo Greene (J.A. Greene)

Late 1890s photos of the Hotel Weirs and its personnel. A young Dr. Greene is the gentleman on the far right of both photos. Both photos have been colorized. The first colorized photo is ©2023 and may not be used without permission. It was colorized by a human, not an AI. The colorizer was Dana Keller, who specializes in colorization of historical photos. The second photo was colorized by AI in 2026.

During its 44 years of existence, the New Hotel Weirs was owned for the longest period of time by Dr. J. Alonzo Greene (J.A. Greene) (1845-1917). It was under his ownership that the hotel was greatly expanded to become the grandest hotel in Weirs Beach. Dr. Greene was a fascinating character who served as Mayor of Laconia from 1901-1903. He also served as the President of the NHVA in 1897. Below are various biographical articles concerning Dr. Greene.

From New Hampshire Men, published in 1893 in Concord, NH:

Below is Dr. Greene’s February, 1917 obituary. His gravestone, located at Laconia’s Bayside Cemetery, can be seen online here.

Here is a long and interesting article about Dr. Greene. It was published in the January, 1896 edition of New Hampshire’s Granite Monthly magazine.

Besides Dr. Greene’s ownership of the New Hotel Weirs, Greeene’s ownership of the Roxmont Poultry Farm on Long Island was his other principal land holding. Below are selected pages of a brochure from the farm. For more about the Roxmont Poultry Farm, click here. The farm operated from 1889-1896. In 1907, Dr. Greene converted the former farm property to the Winnipesaukee Inn. The Inn featured a billiard hall, bowling alley, golf course, sandy beach, boat house, tennis courts, livery, guide service, and a U.S. post office. In 1919, the Inn was sold, and became the Geneva Point Center. Scroll down for photos of the Winnipesaukee Inn. Greene’s Roxmont Castle residence burned in 1932.

An 1899 letter from Dr. Greene, written on letterhead of the Roxmont farm, asking for support for the nomination of the Republican party for the election to NH’s First Congressional District. Greene’s effort to secure the Republican nomination was unsuccesful.