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Back in the early 1960's my family owned the Golden Gate Cottages on the Weirs Boulevard just opposite Small Island. There was a house on the island back then, but it was abandoned. The house was a two story structure and the outside was covered in a gray-like artificial looking brick shingle.

I recall that a boat slip was built into the southern end of the house. Inside the boat slip there were some open glass battery cells that must have been used to supply DC power for the house.

I had heard that the house had been owned by the Laconia Fire Chief at one time.