How do you get into The Depths?
We have not confirmed it. The Depths is in the directory because it calls itself a speakeasy, and that is the whole of what we can stand behind about its door.
Drinks of the era
We have not seen this venue’s own list, so what follows is the period rather than the bar: Mary Pickford, El Presidente, and Hotel Nacional Special are all drinks of this era, and each links to its origin and its build.
Where The Depths sits
The Depths is in Franklin, New Hampshire, in Merrimack County, in the Northeast of the United States.
This is currently the only verified hidden bar our directory lists in Franklin. If you know another, tell us.
New Hampshire holds thirteen listed venues in this directory. See them all on our New Hampshire speakeasy guide.
Prohibition in New Hampshire
New Hampshire did not wait for the federal government. Statewide prohibition took effect here in 1918, two years before the Eighteenth Amendment came into force nationally on 17 January 1920. By the time the Volstead Act was being enforced across the country, New Hampshire already had an established illegal trade and the habits that went with it.
More on the period in our history of Prohibition in New Hampshire.
What the newspapers recorded in New Hampshire
Searching the Library of Congress run of New Hampshire newspapers for speakeasy, blind pig and bootlegger across 1920 to 1933 returns dated pages anyone can open. These are from New Hampshire:
- The White Mountain echo, July 18, 1925 — read the page at the Library of Congress
Planning a visit
You can reach The Depths by phone on (603) 671-7118, through its own website, and on Facebook.
The address is 361 Central St, Franklin, NH 03235-1784. Open in Google Maps.
What we have confirmed
For The Depths we hold street address, telephone number, official website, and social accounts. We do not yet hold opening hours, a published drinks list, an online booking link, or a listed-building record.
It is in the directory because the description in the source data describes it as a speakeasy.
Overture Maps carries this venue; OpenStreetMap has no matching record.
The source data classifies the premises as a bar.