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Mount Orne Covered Bridge

The Mount Orne Bridge is a covered bridge over the Connecticut River between Lancaster, New Hampshire, and Lunenburg, Vermont. It joins Elm Street (New Hampshire Route 135) in South Lancaster with River Road (Town Highway 1) in Lunenburg. Built in 1911, it is one of two Howe truss bridges across the Connecticut River. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. Description and history The Mount Orne Covered Bridge is located in a rural area of eastern Lunenburg and southwestern Lancaster. It spans the Connecticut River in a roughly northwest-southeast orientation. It consists of two spans of wood-and-iron Howe trusses, resting on stone abutments and piers which have been partially faced in concrete. The overall length of the bridge is 267 feet (81 m), with the western span measuring 134 feet (41 m) and the eastern span one foot (0.30 m) less. The bridge has an overall width of 20.5 feet (6.2 m), with a roadway of 15.5 feet (4.7 m). The bridge is covered by a corrugated metal gable roof, and is sided in vertical boarding that extends only partway to the eaves. The siding extends around to the insides of the portals. The bridge was built in 1911 by the Berlin Construction Company, replacing one that was washed away by flooding in 1905. It is one of only two Howe truss bridges over the Connecticut River; the other, the Columbia Bridge, was built in 1912. The two bridges are among the last to be built during the historic period of covered bridge construction in either state. The costs of construction and maintenance are shared by the two towns. In 1983, the bridge temporarily closed on July 5 for repair work; it was reopened and rededicated on November 23. In November 2023, the bridge was closed (for an as yet undetermined amount of time) due to damage caused by an oversized vehicle driving through it. See also List of crossings of the Connecticut River List of covered bridges in Vermont List of covered bridges in New Hampshire List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Vermont List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in New Hampshire National Register of Historic Places listings in Essex County, Vermont National Register of Historic Places listings in Coös County, New Hampshire References External links Mount Orne Bridge at Structurae
Cheshire County Courthouse

The Cheshire County Courthouse, located at 12 Court Street in Keene, New Hampshire, is the center of government of Cheshire County, New Hampshire. Completed in 1859 to a design by Gridley James Fox Bryant, it is believed to be the oldest courthouse in regular use in the state. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 13, 1978. Description and history The Cheshire County Courthouse occupies a prominent position just off downtown Keene's Central Square, at the northwest corner of Court and Winter streets. It is a two-story masonry structure, built out of red brick and set on a rusticated granite foundation. The main facade is five bays wide on the ground floor and three on the second, with round-arch windows set in each bay except where the main entrance is located. The entrance is at the center of the facade, fronted by a hip-roof portico supported by paired square columns on either side of a round-arch entry. The upper floor corners are pilastered, and the central bay projects slightly, housing a large window set in a paneled recess. The main roof features a bracketed cornice, and is topped by an octagonal belfry with a weather vane. Construction on the courthouse began in 1858, and it was first used in 1859. It was built on the site of an early records storage building, whose stone foundation may have been partly reused in construction of this building. The building was designed by Gridley James Fox Bryant, an architect from Boston, Massachusetts, who was well known for his many civic designs. The exterior of the building is virtually unaltered, and the interior is also little altered, mainly to provide modern amenities such as plumbing and electricity. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Cheshire County, New Hampshire References External links Media related to Cheshire County Courthouse (Keene, New Hampshire) at Wikimedia Commons Photos from the NRHP nomination
Crotched Mountain Ski & Ride

Crotched Mountain Ski & Ride is a medium-sized ski area located on Crotched Mountain in Bennington and Francestown, New Hampshire. The ski area reopened in 2003 after having been closed for 13 years. Crotched Mountain is 30 miles (48 km) east of Keene, 26 miles (42 km) west of Manchester, and 77 miles (124 km) northwest of Boston. The resort has become popular destination for night skiing. Visitors can ski until midnight during extended-hours on several nights each winter. History The original Crotched Mountain Ski Area opened in 1964 on a different face of the mountain - the northeast side, entirely in Francestown. In 1970, a second area opened on the north side with the name Onset, later changed to Bobcat. Bobcat and the original Crotched Mountain merged in 1980 and operated jointly as Crotched Mountain. More than 100 adjacent condominium units were constructed in the late 1980s, creating a burden of debt that contributed to the demise of the resort in 1989. The resort was bought in 2002 by St. Louis-based Peak Resorts, a company that ran a few North American ski areas, including Attitash Mountain Resort and Wildcat Mountain Ski Area in New Hampshire. The company spent an estimated $9 million to build a new lodge, install new, state of the art snowmaking equipment and chairlifts, and to recut trails, and in 2003 reopened what had been the Onset/Bobcat side as Crotched Mountain Ski Area. In 2012, the resort installed a high-speed quad, bought from Ascutney Mountain Resort in Vermont. The portion of the mountain with the original Crotched Mountain ski area is now largely owned by the town of Francestown. In October 2019, Vail Resorts became the owner when it closed on a deal to buy Peak Resorts and all of its 17 ski areas. References External links Crotched Mountain Ski & Ride website Archived 2011-05-26 at the Wayback Machine
Dublin Town Hall

The Dublin Town Hall is the seat of municipal government of Dublin, New Hampshire, prominently located at 1120 Main Street (New Hampshire Route 101) in the village center. Built in 1883 and redesigned in 1916, it is architecturally a prominent local example of Colonial Revival architecture with some Shingle style details. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. Architecture The Dublin Town Hall is located at the southwest corner of Dublin village's rotary-like junction of NH 101 (Main Street) and Church Street. It is a 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame building, with a clapboarded exterior and gabled roof. The building is approximately rectangular with the short side facing Main Street. This short (front) side has a Palladian second-floor window, and a number of columns in the first floor, fronting a recessed porch area. The main roof is a plain gable, except for two appendices in the middle of two longer sides, covering semi-octagonal bays. The side bays are the main remaining feature of the original 1883 building's Shingle style. The building originally had a church-like spire, but this has been lost (see photos). The building was constructed in 1883 to a design by Rotch & Tilden, architects from Boston, Massachusetts. It was redesigned in 1916 by John Lawrence Mauran to have a Colonial Revival appearance that harmonized better with the community church, located across Main Street. Alterations included changing the front facade to its present appearance, and addition of the Palladian window. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Cheshire County, New Hampshire References
Francestown Meetinghouse

The Francestown Meetinghouse is a historic meeting house on Route 136 in the center of Francestown, New Hampshire. The white clapboarded building was built c. 1801–03, and rebuilt in 1837, at which time it received its Greek Revival styling. It was used as a church until 1987, and for town meetings until 1833. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999. It is now managed by a nonprofit as a community resource. Description and history The Francestown Meetinghouse is prominently set in the village center of Francestown, on the east side of the triangular junction of Main Street with New Boston and Greenfield roads. It is a two-story wood-frame structure, with a gabled roof and clapboarded exterior. Its main facade resembles a Greek temple front, with four Doric pilasters rising two stories to an entablature and triangular pediment with semi-elliptical fan in the tympanum. Its tower has two square stages topped by a steeple, with a town-owned clock in the first stage, and an open belfry in the second, with round-arch openings. Francestown's first meetinghouse stood near this site, and was built between 1801 and 1803, due to the cost involved to the relatively poor community. It served both Congregationalist and Presbyterian congregations (who shared the publicly funded minister) until 1825, when a new Calvinist congregation objected to a tax-funded minister. The town auctioned off its share of the building in 1833, and its ownership came to the Congregationalists. A schism in the congregation led to court action in 1877, the result of which was the eviction of the congregation by the society that was judged to own the building. The building continued to be used predominantly for religious services until 1987, when it was sold to a local non-profit as a community center. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire References External links Media related to Francestown Meetinghouse at Wikimedia Commons Official website
Hollis/Brookline High School

Hollis Brookline High School (HBHS) is a public school located in Hollis, New Hampshire, serving the towns of Hollis and Brookline. It is administered by New Hampshire School Administration Unit (SAU) 41. Academics Hollis Brookline High School offers accelerated and honors courses and has an Advanced Placement (AP) program including English Literature and Composition, English Language and Composition, Calculus, US History, Statistics, Physics, Computer Science, Chemistry, Biology, Environmental Science, and World History. HBHS was named a Blue Ribbon School in 2010 and has appeared on the Newsweek list of top high schools in America. Performing arts HBHS has hosted the New Hampshire Band Directors Association (NHBDA) Jazz Clinic for ten years, besides one cancellation due to snow in 2015. Notable alumni Guy Ferland, film and television director Ludwig Ahgren, YouTube live streamer, YouTuber Our Last Night, the band was formed while the core members attended the high school References External links Official website SAU 41
Indian Stream Schoolhouse

The Indian Stream Schoolhouse is a historic school building on Tabor Road in Pittsburg, New Hampshire. Built in 1897, it is one of the town's few surviving 19th-century district schoolhouses. It was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 2011, and the New Hampshire State Register of Historic Places in 2007. It presently serves as a local history museum, open for tours by appointment. Description and history The Indian Stream Schoolhouse stands in southern Pittsburg, on the west side of Tabor Road, just west of its junction with United States Route 3, amid a small cluster of houses. The eponymous Indian Stream flows south toward the Connecticut River a short way to the east. The school is a 1-1/2 story wood frame structure, with a gabled roof and clapboarded exterior. Its roof is topped by a small square open belfry. The main facade is symmetrical, with a center entrance flanked by sash windows with shallow corniced lintels. A pair of similar windows appear in the attic level. The building corners have pilaster-like raised corner boards, and there are decorative jigsawn brackets at the corners of the eaves. The schoolhouse was built in 1897 and operated as a school until 1939. It was originally built and furnished for just a few hundred dollars, and was one of nine district schools in the town in 1900. After it closed, it stood vacant and fell into disrepair until the early 21st century. The schoolhouse was restored by a group of former students and other community members, and still includes many of the original furnishings. Financial records from its early years still exist, such as documentation for $12 paid on June 30, 1908 for painting the schoolhouse. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Coos County, New Hampshire References
John F. Kennedy Memorial Coliseum

John F. Kennedy Memorial Coliseum is an indoor arena in Manchester, New Hampshire, United States. It hosted the Northeastern Hockey League's Cape Cod Freedoms in 1979. The arena holds 1,600 people and opened in 1963. It has hosted numerous events including concerts, wrestling and high school graduations. It was the primary entertainment venue in the city until the SNHU Arena opened on Elm Street. The JFK Memorial Coliseum is currently home to multiple ice hockey teams. The newly formed Manchester High School unified boys and the Trinity High School Pioneers boys hockey teams play all their home games at JFK, affectionately referred to as "The J". The Manchester unified girls team also call the J home. Each spring the coliseum hosts the NHIAA Boys High School Semifinals. The Manchester Flames youth hockey team also uses the rink for some home games. The Southern New Hampshire Skating Club also uses the ice for figure skating practices and exhibitions. During days when there are no hockey games scheduled, the JFK Coliseum operates as an ice-skating rink. New Hampshire Roller Derby practices there multiple times a week, as well as hosts home games throughout their season. References External links Official site
Moses-Kent House

The Moses-Kent House is a historic house at 1 Pine Street in Exeter, New Hampshire. Built in 1868 for a prominent local merchant, it is one of the town's finest examples of Victorian residential architecture. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 12, 1985. Description and history The Moses-Kent House stands southwest of the town center of Exeter, at the southwest junction of Linden and Pine Streets. It occupies a large lot, more than 5 acres (2.0 ha) in size, of which about 2 acres (0.81 ha) are landscaped. The main house is a 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure, with a mansard roof, granite foundation, and an exterior finished in wooden siding scored to resemble ashlar stone. It is predominantly Second Empire in its styling, with strong Italianate influence. Its most prominent feature is a three-story tower with mansard roof and windows whose molded surrounds match those of the main mansard roof. The property includes a surviving 1868 carriage house. The interior of the house is well-preserved, retaining features from its construction, and from a later early 20th-century renovation. The house was built in 1868 by Henry Clay Moses, a local wool merchant, who purchased two lots and demolished the buildings standing on them to make way for it. Moses hired architect Rufus Sargent of Newburyport, Massachusetts to design the house, and landscape architect Robert Morris Copeland was hired to lay out the grounds. Moses was known locally for his philanthropy, and opened portions of the property to the public as a park. It underwent significant alterations c. 1901-02 after it was purchased by George Kent, owner of the Exeter Manufacturing Company. The landscaping of its grounds are conjectured without evidence to have been influenced (directly or indirectly) by the work of Frederick Law Olmsted. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Rockingham County, New Hampshire References
New Durham Meetinghouse and Pound

The New Durham Meetinghouse and Pound are a historic colonial meeting house and town pound on Old Bay Road in New Durham, New Hampshire. Built in 1770, the wood-frame meeting house stands at what was, until about 1850, the center of New Durham, and was originally used for both civic and religious purposes. Now a public park, the property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. Description and history The old New Durham Meetinghouse stands in central southern New Durham, on the south side of Old Bay Road just northwest of its junction with Davis Crossing Road. It is a single-story wood-frame structure, with a gabled roof and clapboarded exterior. It is very simply styled, with plain corner boards and window surrounds. The main facade has a center entrance, also with simple framing, flanked by sash windows. Side elevations have four windows each. The interior retains only modest elements of its original appearance. Also on the property are the town's first burial ground, and a rectangular stone animal pound. The town of New Durham was chartered in 1762, its settlers formally obligated to build a meeting house by 1768. This structure was erected in 1770 to satisfy the requirement. It was originally built as a two-story structure, but after the church congregation moved to its own building, the town voted to reduce it to a single story in 1838. It served as the town's principal civic meeting space until the construction of the New Durham Town Hall in 1908. It was sold, along with the 1809 animal pound, to a local farmer, who used the building for storage. It was given back to the town by his heirs in 1979. The building was reported to be structurally unsound in 2014, but funding had been secured to stabilize it. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Strafford County, New Hampshire New Hampshire Historical Marker No. 222: New Durham Meetinghouse References
New England Ski Museum

The New England Ski Museum is a non-profit operation in Franconia, New Hampshire. History Founded in 1977, in 1982 it moved into its permanent building near the tramway of Cannon Mountain ski area, in Franconia Notch State Park. Operations The museum was designed to preserve the history of commercial and recreational skiing, both alpine and cross-country, in the northeastern United States. It is one of four ski museums in the United States that are recognized by the United States Ski and Snowboard Association. References External links Official website
New Hampshire Bank Building

The New Hampshire Bank Building is a historic commercial building at 22-26 Market Square, Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Built in 1803 and much altered since, it is one of the nation's oldest purpose-built bank buildings, and was until 1977 the oldest building used continuously to house banking operations. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. Description and history The New Hampshire Bank Building is prominently sited in downtown Portsmouth's Market Square, on the east side of the square, one building south of Daniel Street. Due to its extensive history of alteration, the building now has two different facades, one next to the other. When built, it was a two-story brick structure, with a five-bay front facade, of which the center three bays were recessed. The recessed area was covered by a roof, which sheltered entrances into the projecting outer bays. In 1869 the building was partitioned into two ground-floor spaces, with front-facing entrances to those, and a third center entrance providing access to the upper floor. In 1903 the building was widened, and the left side restyled in the Classical Revival. The right side was renovated in 1904, giving that half a granite Beaux Arts facade. In the 30-foot (9.1 m) lobby hangs a giant stained glass dome depicting the New Hampshire State Seal. The building was erected in 1803 for the New Hampshire Bank after a house which was serving as its office burned in the great fire of 1802. New Hampshire Bank, chartered in 1792, was the first bank in the state. The building's ground floor spaces were occupied by a succession of banking interests, including two different banks beginning with the 1869 partition. Among those occupying offices on the second floor were New Hampshire Governor Levi Woodbury, his pupil, later President, Franklin Pierce, and New Hampshire Attorney General Jeremiah Mason. All three were U.S. senators from New Hampshire for one or more terms. The building was occupied by banks until 1977, when it was sold to a real estate agent, who adapted one side for his agency, and leased the other to a mortgage broker. The building now houses non-banking commercial businesses. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Rockingham County, New Hampshire References
New Hampton School

New Hampton School is an independent college preparatory high school in New Hampton, New Hampshire, United States. It has 330 students from over 30 states and 22 countries. The average class size is eleven, and the student-faculty ratio is five to one. New Hampton School does not require a uniform. New Hampton School is a member of the Independent Schools Association of Northern New England and is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges. The school became an International Baccalaureate World School in 2010. History New Hampton School was founded on June 27, 1821, as a Free Will Baptist-oriented, coeducational institution. On that day the State of New Hampshire issued a charter to the New Hampton Academy, "having had three several readings," before the House of Representatives. That charter, issued to William B. Kelley, Nathaniel Norris and Joshua Drake, provided the framework for the institution that would become the New Hampton School and emphasized the "promotion of science and the useful arts." The school was later known as the New Hampton Literary and Theological Institution. From 1854 to 1870, the Cobb Divinity School was affiliated with the institute before moving to Bates College in Maine. Between 1925 and 1970 the school was a non-denominational school for boys. It returned to coeducation in 1970. Academics New Hampton School serves a wide range of learnings, offering the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program, as well as an Academic Support Program with 30 years experience in serving students with diverse learning profiles. In 2022, the school launched an Entrepreneurial Studies Program that deploys Babson College's EPIC program and instills in entrepreneurial mindset in young learners. Athletics The program admits fifth-year senior basketball players who seek an additional year of preparation before entering a Division I career. Recent examples include Will Davis and Travis Souza, both of whom went on to UC Irvine. Notable alumni References External links School website