The New Hampshire State Register of Historic Places (NHSRHP) is a register of historic places administered by the state of New Hampshire and the New Hampshire Division of Historical Resources. Buildings, districts, sites, landscapes (such as cemeteries, parks or town forests), structures, or objects can be added to the register. The register was initiated in 2001 and is authorized by RSA 227 C:33.
, there were 406 properties in the State Register, 54 of which were also in the National Register of Historic Places.[1] In some instances, the State Register lists multiple buildings individually, while the same buildings are encompassed by a single entry in the National Register—two such examples are the Hebron Village Historic District and the Waumbek Cottages Historic District. Bennington and Francestown, neighboring towns in Hillsborough County, each have 35 properties listed in the State Register,[1] the most of any town or city. An unknown number of properties were formerly in the State Register, but have been de-listed.
Once a property is listed, there are no restrictions or requirements imposed by the state, and owners can maintain, manage or demolish the property as they choose. However, any change that harms or destroys its historical significance can result in removal from the register.[2]
Sites eligible for listing are those that possess any of the following:[2]
Properties listed in the New Hampshire State Register of Historic Places may also be recognized in the National Register of Historic Places, be listed as a National Historic Landmark, or listed as a contributing property in a National Historic District.
The following table is a partial list of properties in the New Hampshire State Register of Historic Places.[2] [1] The New Hampshire Division of Historical Resources is the agency responsible for overseeing the State Register, and other state historic preservation programs. All properties added to the State Register through July 2012 are listed; more recently added properties are incomplete.
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Image | County | Description | |||||
Rockingham | Previously located on East Perimeter Road within Manchester. Moved to its current location in late June 2004; houses the Aviation Museum of New Hampshire.[3] | ||||||
Abbot-Spalding House | Hillsborough | Built in 1804. | |||||
Abenaki Indian Shop and Camp | Carroll | Established in the late 19th century by Chief Joseph Laurent; now a small town park. | |||||
Acworth Town Hall | Sullivan | Built in 1821.[4] Located next to the Acworth Congregational Church. | |||||
Coös | Built in 1846. | ||||||
Allenstown Meeting House | Merrimack | Built in 1815. | |||||
Allenstown Public Library | Merrimack | WPA-erected, circa 1934–35. | |||||
Rockingham | Built circa 1737. | ||||||
Baptist New Meeting House | Merrimack | Built in 1826. | |||||
Bartlett Engine House | Carroll | Built in 1887–88. | |||||
Bennington Village Historic District | Hillsborough | District consists of 130 individual properties; 36 listed when added to the register. | |||||
Benson's Wild Animal Farm | Hillsborough | Photo shows Office and Kitchen building. Three buildings have been listed: the Bush Hill Road Barn, the Office and Kitchen, and the Hudson Center Railroad Station (which may have been delisted). | |||||
Bethany Chapel | Rockingham | Still in use by the United Church of Christ.[5] Address sometimes listed as Manchester, as it sits on the border of the two communities. | |||||
Blair Covered Bridge | Grafton | Built in 1829 over the Pemigewasset River. Damaged by a tropical storm in 2011; repaired and reopened in 2015. | |||||
Blanchard-Bowers House | Hillsborough | Building is at left of photo. Built circa 1726 and subsequently expanded twice. Now houses administrative offices of Thomas More College of Liberal Arts. | |||||
Bolduc Block | Carroll | Also known as the Majestic Theater; built in 1923. | |||||
Bow Bog Meeting House | Merrimack | Built in 1835. Steeple houses a bell donated in 1904 by Mary Baker Eddy. | |||||
Cheshire | Built in 1866. Italianate architecture. | ||||||
Brick Schoolhouse | Hillsborough | Built in 1832. | |||||
Bridges House | Merrimack | Built in 1836. Governor's official residence since 1969. | |||||
Brown Company Barns | Coös | Thompson Farm Barn and Maynesboro Farm Barn. | |||||
Brown Library | Rockingham | Built in 1892; moved by the town in 1994. | |||||
Burch House | Grafton | ||||||
Burley Homestead | Rockingham | Two houses dating to c. 1752 on 290acres. | |||||
Carroll County Courthouse | Carroll | Built in 1916. | |||||
Centennial High School | Hillsborough | Built in 1894 and served as the town's high school; became the Bales Elementary School in 1969—no longer in use.[6] | |||||
Chamberlain Bridge | Hillsborough | Double stone arch bridge built in 1921 over the Souhegan River. | |||||
Cheshire Place | Cheshire | Now site of the Hampshire Country School. | |||||
Chichester Grange Hall | Merrimack | Built in 1889; part of the building has served as town offices since the early 1980s.[7] | |||||
Chichester Town House | Merrimack | Built in 1845–1847; has served as the town library since 1899.[8] | |||||
Chocorua Grange Hall | Carroll | Was owned by the Tamworth Historical Society from 1961 to 2007.[9] | |||||
Citizens Hall | Cheshire | First property, along with Clark House Museum Complex, added to the State Register. Built in 1886 in West Chesterfield, it now houses the Actors Theatre Playhouse.[10] | |||||
Clark House Museum Complex | Carroll | First property, along with Citizens Hall, added to the State Register. | |||||
Clinton Grove Academy | Hillsborough | Built in 1874. | |||||
Colonial Theater | Grafton | Built in 1915. | |||||
Colonial Theatre | Cheshire | Originally opened on January 29, 1924, it fell out of use by 1945, then was restored and reopened in 1995.[11] | |||||
Cheshire | Built in 1791; moved to current site in 1973. State Register listing includes archeological site. | ||||||
Corner School House | Cheshire | Also known as High Tops School or Schoolhouse No. 9. Built in 1789 and remodeled in 1846. | |||||
Daloz / Johnson / Bradford Mill | Hillsborough | ||||||
Dana House | Grafton | Built circa 1765.[12] | |||||
District No. 2 Schoolhouse | Hillsborough | Also known as the Old High School. | |||||
District No. 5 Schoolhouse | Rockingham | In use from 1873 to 1944. | |||||
District No. 8 Schoolhouse | Sullivan | Built in 1824; dimensions of approximately 21feetby17feetft (byft).[13] | |||||
District No. 13 Schoolhouse | Grafton | Also known as the Pines School or Depot School. | |||||
East Grafton School / Town Hall | Grafton | Built in 1900; now serves as the East Grafton Town Hall. | |||||
East Grafton Union Church and Parsonage | Grafton | Dates to 1785; moved and renovated during the 19th century. | |||||
Emery's Tavern | Merrimack | align=center bgcolor=lightgrey | Two-story Georgian-style house; operated as a tavern by 1812, possibly built circa 1804.[14] | ||||
Enfield Village Historic District | Grafton | align=center bgcolor=lightgrey | Apparently de-listed and replaced by individual properties added to the register in 2012. | ||||
Epsom Town Hall | Merrimack | ||||||
Evans Block | Coös | Evans Block is on the right side of the photo. | |||||
First Congregational Church | Strafford | Built in 1875. | |||||
Folsom Tavern | Rockingham | Built in 1775. Now part of the American Independence Museum. | |||||
Folsom's Tavern / Odiorne Farm | Strafford | align=center bgcolor=lightgrey | Built circa 1805. | ||||
Forest Glade Cemetery | Strafford | Developed in 1851, Forest Glade Cemetery is a notable example of the mid-19th century Rural Cemetery Movement[15] | |||||
Fort at Number 4 | Sullivan | Open-air museum dating to 1960 that re-creates the mid-18th century stockade fort.[16] | |||||
Four Corners Farm | Hillsborough | First settled circa 1760. Now home to the Temple-Wilton Community Farm. | |||||
Francestown Main Street Historic District | Hillsborough | District consists of 44 individual properties; 27 listed when added to the register. | |||||
Francestown Mill Village Historic District | Hillsborough | District consists of 10 individual properties; six listed when added to the register. | |||||
Freedom Village Grammar School | Carroll | Built in 1895; remained in use through 1983. | |||||
Glidden House | Strafford | Built in the mid-18th century; Greek Revival architecture.[17] | |||||
Glidden-Towle-Edgerly House | Strafford | Sections date to 1749 and 1828; nearly lost to arson in 2010.[18] | |||||
Gorham Town Hall | Coös | Building is at right of photo. Built in 1919. | |||||
Cheshire | Built in 1833. | ||||||
Goss Farm Barn | Rockingham | Built c. 1800. | |||||
Grace Episcopal Church | Hillsborough | Built in 1860 on the site of a earlier church dating to 1843.[19] | |||||
Grasmere Schoolhouse No. 9 and Town Hall | Hillsborough | Built as the town meetinghouse for Grasmere and currently used as a preschool. | |||||
Graves Homestead | Rockingham | Built circa 1809. | |||||
Gregg-Montgomery House | Hillsborough | Built during 1773–1778. | |||||
Strafford | align=center bgcolor=lightgrey | [20] | |||||
Greenfield Elementary School | Hillsborough | Now the Greenfield Town Office. | |||||
Gunstock Mountain Ski Area | Belknap | Opened in 1937. | |||||
Haley Homestead | Strafford | ||||||
Hampstead Congregational Church | Rockingham | A fine example of transitional Greek Revival and Italianate architecture which has long served as a place of worship and musical performance. | |||||
Hampton Beach Fire Station | Rockingham | Built in 1923; demolished in late 2013 after a replacement station was built on an adjacent lot.[21] | |||||
Strafford | |||||||
Haverhill Lime Kilns | Grafton | Two kilns, constructed in 1838 and 1842. | |||||
Head Chapel and Cemetery | Merrimack | Built in 1839 as a school, remodeled in 1922 to serve as a chapel. | |||||
High Street Cemetery | Grafton | 46 grave markers, dating from 1812 to 1877. | |||||
bgcolor=aqua | Hildreth-Jones Tavern | Hillsborough | Located within the Amherst Village Historic District. | ||||
Hills Memorial Library | Hillsborough | Opened June 1909; closed May 2009. | |||||
Holman & Merriman Machine Shop | Cheshire | Built in 1837. | |||||
Holy Resurrection Orthodox Church and Rectory | Sullivan | An Eastern Orthodox Christian style church with a bell tower and onion dome topped with bronze Eastern Orthodox crosses. | |||||
Hooksett Town Hall | Merrimack | In continuous use from 1828 to 2008.[22] | |||||
Hooksett Village Bridge | Merrimack | Also known as the Lilac Bridge; demolished in July 2017.[23] Built in 1909, it spanned the Merrimack River between Riverside Street and Veterans Drive, near Robie's Country Store. Replacement footbridge installed on original piers.[24] | |||||
Indian Stream Schoolhouse | Coös | Built in 1897. | |||||
Island Street Mill Building | Cheshire | Formerly 11 Island Street. See also West Street Mill Building. | |||||
Jackson Road Railroad Trestle | Hillsborough | Now part of the town’s rail trail. | |||||
Joshua Hill House | Rockingham | A two-story timber-framed structure with a central chimney featuring Georgian architecture and Federal details. | |||||
Kelley’s Corner School | Belknap | Built circa 1778. | |||||
Kentlands | Merrimack | Summer house near Little Sunapee Lake, built circa 1909. | |||||
Kinsman Cemetery | Grafton | Donated to the town in 1798. | |||||
Kona Farm | Carroll | Built in 1900–1902. Now operates as a hotel. | |||||
Lake Company Office | Belknap | Located in the Lakeport neighborhood. | |||||
Lamprey House | Carroll | Built circa 1812. Now headquarters of the Moultonborough Historical Society and adjacent to the also-listed Moultonborough Town House. | |||||
Sullivan | Also known as the R. P. Claggett Farm. Built circa 1782. | ||||||
Langdon Town Hall | Sullivan | Has hosted town meetings since 1803. Also known as the Old Meeting House. | |||||
Lee Town Hall | Strafford | ||||||
Coös | Property now used by the Tri-County Community Action Program.[25] | ||||||
Lisbon Station | Grafton | Built circa 1875. Now a site along the Ammonoosuc Rail Trail.[26] | |||||
Little Red Schoolhouse | Hillsborough | Building now houses the Milton Free Public Library.[27] | |||||
Littleton Community House | Grafton | Built in 1884 as a private residence; has served as a community center since 1919. | |||||
Hillsborough | Built circa 1770. | ||||||
Londonderry Grange #44 | Rockingham | Built in 1909. | |||||
Long Island House Inn | Carroll | Established in 1874.[28] | |||||
Grafton | On the grounds of Plymouth State University; built in 1915. Named after Mary Lyon (1797–1849), an American pioneer in women's education. | ||||||
Madison Corner School | Carroll | Built in 1835. | |||||
Maplewood | Hillsborough | Also known as the Abner Hutchinson Farm. | |||||
Marelli's Market | Rockingham | Built circa 1841; moved to its current location in 1900. | |||||
Maynard-Gates House | Cheshire | Built in 1767.[29] | |||||
Methodist Cemetery | Rockingham | Also known as Smithtown Cemetery. In use by 1826. | |||||
Methodist-Episcopal Church | Coös | ||||||
Moore-Scott House | Rockingham | Built in the early 18th century. | |||||
Moulton-Greene-Leach House | Carroll | Built circa 1840.[30] | |||||
Moultonborough Town House | Carroll | Built in 1834. Now used by the Moultonborough Historical Society and adjacent to the also-listed Lamprey House.[31] | |||||
Coös | |||||||
Grafton | The cemetery's earliest graves date to 1795. | ||||||
Hillsborough | In operation circa 1930 until 1995. | ||||||
New Castle Congregational Church | Rockingham | Built in 1828. | |||||
New England College Covered Bridge | Merrimack | Also known as the Henniker Covered Bridge. Built in 1972, over the Contoocook River. Foot traffic only. | |||||
New England Masonic Charitable Institute | Carroll | Built in 1858; now houses the town's public library. | |||||
New London Barn Playhouse | Merrimack | Building dates to circa 1820; has housed summer stock theatre since July 1934.[32] | |||||
North District School | Rockingham | Opened in 1847; has housed the Greenland Veterans Association since 1938. | |||||
North Hampton Town Hall | Rockingham | Built in 1844; the tower has a Paul Revere bell. | |||||
North Hampton Town Library | Rockingham | Built in 1907; Tudor Revival architecture. Now houses town offices. | |||||
Coös | Built in 1893. | ||||||
Odiorne Homestead | Rockingham | Includes a circa 1800 farmhouse, a barn and a greenhouse. | |||||
Old Meeting House | Rockingham | Built in 1773. | |||||
Odd Fellows Hall / Old Town Hall | Belknap | Built in 1902–1903. | |||||
Old Thornton Town Hall | Grafton | Built in 1789; renovated in 1861. | |||||
Old Town Hall | Rockingham | ||||||
Ossipee Mountain Grange | Carroll | Built in 1904. | |||||
Oyster River Dam | Strafford | align=center bgcolor=lightgrey | Also known as the Mill Pond Dam.[33] Dates to 1913.[34] | ||||
Carroll | The owner ran a feed and grain store, later a general store, at this farm house and barn. | ||||||
Pawtuckaway CCC Camp Recreation Hall | Rockingham | Marked by New Hampshire Historical Marker No. 214. | |||||
Pelham Library and Memorial Building | Hillsborough | Built in 1895. | |||||
Penacook Academy | Merrimack | Building is now the Boscawen Municipal Facility. | |||||
People's Baptist Church | Rockingham | Originally built in 1857; enlarged in 1868. | |||||
Sullivan | Second Empire style, built in 1890. | ||||||
Grafton | align=center bgcolor=lightgrey | Modernist architecture residence built in 1960. | |||||
Peterborough Town Library | Hillsborough | Designed by George S. Morison in 1892; built in 1893. A portico was added in 1914. | |||||
Merrimack | align=center bgcolor=lightgrey | Rocky hill overlooking the Merrimack River; photo shows view of the river and village from The Pinnacle. | |||||
Pittsburg Town Hall | Coös | Built in 1883. | |||||
Portsmouth Marine Railway | Rockingham | In operation from 1833 to 1855. Now houses The Players' Ring Theatre. | |||||
Merrimack | Built in 1910. | ||||||
Province Road Meeting House | Belknap | ||||||
Hillsborough | Built in 1906; Queen Anne style. Has been a funeral home since the 1950s. | ||||||
Randall Farm | Strafford | ||||||
Randolph Church | Coös | Built in 1884. | |||||
Ray Farm | Hillsborough | Late 18th century farmstead on 130acres. | |||||
Hillsborough | Also known as Aiken Academy. | ||||||
Robie's Country Store | Merrimack | In operation from 1822 to 1997. | |||||
Rochester Commons Bandstand | Strafford | ||||||
bgcolor=aqua | Rolfe Family Historic District | Merrimack | First listed as Nathaniel Rolfe Barn on July 28, 2003; enlarged to Rolfe Homestead on October 31, 2005; enlarged to Rolfe Family Historic District on April 28, 2008. | ||||
Roller Shed | Carroll | Built in 1901 to house the town’s road-grading equipment. | |||||
Rossview Farm | Merrimack | ||||||
Belknap | Built circa 1835. | ||||||
Roy House | Hillsborough | Built in 1915. | |||||
Rumford House | Merrimack | Built c. 1732 in Concord, moved to Franklin in 1925. | |||||
Rockingham | Built in 1839 as a church; purchased by the town in 1873. | ||||||
Coös | Now houses the St. Kieran Community Center for the Arts.[35] | ||||||
Salem Depot | Rockingham | Built in 1867. | |||||
Sanborn Mills | Merrimack | Saw mill dates to 1829;[36] grist mill dates to 1830.[37] | |||||
Sandown Depot Railroad Station | Rockingham | Built in 1873–74. | |||||
Sawyer Tavern | Cheshire | Built circa 1803–06. | |||||
Sellin Farm | Belknap | ||||||
Shaw Warehouse | Rockingham | Built in 1806. | |||||
Sheafe Warehouse | Rockingham | Built circa 1720. Moved to Prescott Park in 1940. | |||||
Shedd Free Library | Sullivan | Built in 1881. | |||||
Shedd-Porter Memorial Library | Cheshire | Built in 1910. | |||||
Simon's Store | Hillsborough | ||||||
Simonds Rock | Hillsborough | Second-largest boulder in the state, surpassed only by the Madison Boulder. | |||||
Smith Chapel | Strafford | Built in 1900. | |||||
Strafford | Organized as a Grange in 1891—the building had previously been a Baptist church—and was named after Jeremiah Smith (1837–1921), son of Jeremiah Smith (1759–1842), 6th Governor of New Hampshire.[38] | ||||||
Belknap | In use from 1805 to the 1920s. | ||||||
Smyth Library | Rockingham | Built in 1932. | |||||
Spinney Meeting House | Carroll | Built circa 1831 and rebuilt in 1876.[39] | |||||
Stanley Tavern | Merrimack | Built circa 1791. | |||||
Merrimack | Also known as the Capt. Caleb Page House. | ||||||
Stark Park | Hillsborough | Opened in 1893. | |||||
Stoddard Town Hall | Cheshire | Built in 1868. | |||||
Stone Arch Bridge | Cheshire | Built in 1847. Now carries a multi-purpose rail trail. | |||||
Stone Homestead | Cheshire | Built circa 1791. | |||||
Stone Memorial Building | Hillsborough | Built in 1896, designed by William M. Butterfield. | |||||
Sunapee Harbor House Livery Stable | Sullivan | Also known as the Old Town Hall; built circa 1889. | |||||
Sugar Hill Meetinghouse | Grafton | ||||||
Sunapee Mountain Grange #144 | Sullivan | Built in 1853.[40] | |||||
Temple Town Hall | Hillsborough | Built in 1842 as a church. Sold to a local grange in 1875. Purchased by the town in 1889. | |||||
Thayer Public Library | Cheshire | Built in 1823 as a private residence; renovated as a library in 1902. Located in Ashuelot village in the town of Winchester. | |||||
Thomas Farm | Cheshire | 130acres, including houses built in 1771 and 1839. | |||||
Union Chapel | Hillsborough | Built in 1887. | |||||
Union Meetinghouse | Belknap | Built in 1834.[41] | |||||
Universalist Chapel | Sullivan | Built in 1845. Now the Miner Memorial Library, located in the village center of East Lempster. | |||||
Upper Village Hall | Rockingham | Built in 1875. | |||||
Valley Cemetery | Hillsborough | Dates to 1841. | |||||
Wagon Hill Farm | Strafford | align=center bgcolor=lightgrey | Farmhouse built circa 1804; 139acres.[42] | ||||
Wakefield Town Hall | Carroll | Built in 1895. | |||||
Waumbek Cottages Historic District | Coös | Six cottages: Bashaba (14 Starr King Road), Beit-el-Hakeen / The Birches (25 Cottage Road), Onaway (18 Cottage Road), The Bungalow (38 Starr King Road), Wayonda (36 Cottage Road), and Wyndybrae (13 Cottage Road). | |||||
Weare Free Library | Hillsborough | Built in 1926. | |||||
Carroll | |||||||
Webster Stagecoach Stop and Store | Rockingham | Marked by New Hampshire Historical Marker No. 258. Was moved across NH 111A in 2008 and restored by the town's Heritage Commission.[43] | |||||
Carroll | Former estate of New Hampshire's second Royal Governor, John Wentworth. | ||||||
West Street Mill Building | Cheshire | Formerly 272 West Street. See also Island Street Mill Building. | |||||
Westmoreland Town Hall | Cheshire | Built in 1916–1917. | |||||
Whipple House | Grafton | Built in 1904; has operated as a bed and breakfast since 1985.[44] | |||||
Rockingham | Designed by Charles Howard Walker and built in 1912; now houses the Stratham Historical Society. | ||||||
Wiggin-Raynes Barn | Rockingham | Pre-Civil War 95feetby42feetft (byft) barn. | |||||
Winter Street Cemetery | Rockingham | Served as Exeter's burial ground from 1743 to 1850. |