Rye Beach, New Hampshire
History
The Ocean House, built in 1844, was owned by Job Jenness. The hostelry was financed by Stacy Nudd. It started out small and eventually reached four stories, with accommodations for 250 guests. By 1865, it was operated by John Colby Philbrick and was known as the Philbrick Hotel—a visit by Admiral David Farragut caused the building to be coined "Farragut House"; it was town down in the mid-1970s.
In 1874 and 1875, the Direct United States Cable Company's CS Faraday laid a transatlantic communications cable between Ballinskelligs, Ireland, and Rye Beach via Tor Bay, Nova Scotia, encompassing 3,104 miles (4,995 km). The company's communications station was located on Old Beach Road near the Rye Beach life saving station and beyond the Sunken Forests of New Hampshire. A New Hampshire historical marker, number 63 on New Hampshire Route 1A near Jenness State Beach, commemorates the communications station and nearby sunken forest.