The site continues to be a polling place for the New Hampshire midnight voting on the day of state's primary and general elections.

Located along the old Coös Trail, now Route 26, through Dixville Notch, it first opened just after the Civil War as the Dix House, a 25-room summer inn established by George Parsons.

In 1918, Hale completed the Hampshire House, the towering wing which doubled the resort's capacity to 400 guests.

[4][5] In 2014, former American Skiing Company head Les Otten joined the Balsams redevelopment effort.

[9] Otten seeks to sell $28 million of bonds under the municipal finance structure in order to begin the redevelopment.