Central Park Pavilion

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There is a large two-story pavilion, containing banquet hall, kitchen and public restaurant on the lower floor, and without doubt the finest dance hall in New Hampshire on the second. The floor of the hall is of hard wood carefully laid and highly waxed. It covers an area of seventy-five thousand square feet. Twenty windows open on a wide veranda surrounding three sides of the building, while in the interior plate glass mirror between the windows extend up from the floor to a distance of eight feet or more, Hundreds of electric bulbs throw their brilliant lights through oriental hangings over dancers while the great mirrors seem to reflect endless couples whirling to the thrilling music.
From Foster's Daily Democrat, August 10, 1916.