Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The town of Francestown was settled in the late 1740s, and was incorporated in 1772. In that year John Fisher gave the town 4 acres (1.6 ha) of land for use as a town common and civic center. The northern part of this land was dedicated for the town cemetery and for its first meetinghouse, which was used for both civic and religious functions ...
The Old County Road South Historic District is a rural historic district encompassing a well-preserved collection of 18th and early 19th-century rural farm properties in Francestown, New Hampshire. It includes nine houses, whose construction dates from 1774 to 1806, and the only two extant 18th-century saltbox-style houses in the town.
This list of museums in New Hampshire is a list of museums, defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.
The Concord Historic District encompasses the least altered portion of the historic heart of Concord, New Hampshire.The 25-acre (10 ha) district, located just north of the modern commercial and civic heart of the city, includes the city's oldest surviving house, the site of its first religious meetinghouse, and the Pierce Manse, a historic house museum that was home to President Franklin ...
The Levi Woodbury Homestead is a historic house at 1 Main Street in Francestown, New Hampshire. With a construction history dating to 1787, it is a good local example of Federal period architecture. The house is most significant as the only known surviving structure that has a significant association with statesman Levi Woodbury (1789–1851 ...
Francestown is a town in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 1,610 at the 2020 census . [ 2 ] The village of Francestown , population 201 in 2020, is in the center of the town.
Marked by New Hampshire Historical Marker No. 258. Was moved across NH 111A in 2008 and restored by the town's Heritage Commission. [44] Governor Wentworth State Historic Site: 56 Wentworth Farm Road, Wolfeboro: Carroll: July 30, 2007 (WOL0025) Former estate of New Hampshire's second Royal Governor, John Wentworth. West Street Mill Building ...
Example of a New Hampshire historical marker The U.S. state of New Hampshire has, since 1958, [ 1 ] placed historical markers at locations that are deemed significant to New Hampshire history. The New Hampshire Division of Historical Resources (DHR) and the Department of Transportation (DOT) are jointly responsible for the historical marker ...