We continue our series looking at the original Kezar Falls Village businesses and
public buildings still in existence by looking down Federal Road to the building at 31 Federal Road next to the library. It is now an apartment building owned by Leslie Croteau.

This old building has been part of the Kezar Falls Village scene on the Parsonsfield side since the 1880’s. At that time it was the “Corporation Store”. By 1903 it was Net Cotton’s boarding house. From 1908 – 1911 it was the “White Mountain Calendar Company” where the “Ossipee Valley Weekly Newspaper” was printed before it moved to Cornish. There were apartments on the second floor for the families of the manager and foreman. It later became an apartment house.

This picture of the dining room in Net Cotton’s boarding house was taken in 1903.

In 1971 the building was purchased from the Kezar Falls Woolen Company by Fred and Carol Leavitt who had a grocery store on the first floor for a short time.  Denise Day then had a gift shop here.  In 1986 it was followed by the “Peppermint Stick Restaurant” owned and run by Sandra and Wayne Mills for six years.   In 1989 it was purchased by Chester Munro who ran “The Country Falls Restaurant” here until 2009.   Today it is an apartment building owned by Leslie Croteau since 2015.  The “Country Falls Restaurant” sign still hangs on the front of the building but no longer exists.  A new roof and other improvements have been made. We hope the building will continue to serve a useful purpose in the village for years to come.