Evidence points to the New Hampshire Central House in Goffstown as the subject. Period sources document a well-known hostelry on the town common called the “N. H. Central House,” later renamed the Bretton Inn; an 1887 bird’s-eye map labels the property and names F. B. White as proprietor. The New Hampshire Historical Society also notes holdings that include an “old photograph of the New Hampshire Central House tavern,” corroborating the hotel’s prominence.

The adjacent barn fronted by a bold “Horses & Carriages to Let” sign fits a stage-coach era hotel with a livery operation. Contemporary descriptions of New Hampshire resort and roadside hotels emphasize their in-house stables and carriage facilities that served guests and travelers before rail service was widespread. Signage of this wording was common for nineteenth-century liveries offering short-term hires rather than simple boarding.

Dating aligns with an early sixth-plate daguerreotype: the paper mat style and simple presentation are consistent with American work of the mid-1840s, just before brass mats became standard. The architecture, a broad, clapboarded inn with double galleries and paired interior chimneys, matches vernacular hotel forms found in New Hampshire towns of the 1840s–50s and is compatible with known references to the Central House standing on or near Goffstown’s common.

Attribution remains probable rather than certain, since several New Hampshire towns maintained “Central House” hotels (for example, Jaffrey and Farmington). However, the combination of the name, the on-site livery, and documentary references specific to Goffstown makes that location the leading candidate.