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Adams Memorial Building

The Adams Memorial Building, now also known as the Derry Opera House, is a historic municipal building at 29 West Broadway near the center of Derry, New Hampshire. Built in 1904, it is a remarkably sophisticated Colonial Revival structure for what was at the time a small community. The building originally housed a variety of municipal offices and the local library. Local events are occasionally held in the theater ("opera house") of the building, located on the upper level. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. The theater is now operated by a local nonprofit arts organization, the Greater Derry Arts Council. Description and history The Adams Memorial Building stands near the west end of Derry's central business district, on the north side of West Broadway (New Hampshire Route 102) at its junction with Maple Street. It is a two-story masonry structure set on a raised basement, built out of brick with granite and wooden trim. Stone beltcourses separate the first and second floors, and the second floor and the elaborate roof cornice. The main facade is three bays wide, articulated by brick pilasters with stone capitals. The main entrance is in the center bay, recessed in a round arch framed by a projecting cornice supported by clustered columns. Upper level windows are set in large round-arch openings. On the left side, facing Maple Street, is a single-story single-bay round projecting section. The building was designed by Lawrence, Massachusetts, architect George G. Adams, and completed in 1904. It originally housed a variety of municipal offices and the local library. Local events are occasionally held in the theater ("opera house") of the building, located on the upper level. The building is an unusually elaborate Colonial Revival structure for what was at the time a fairly small town (population c. 3,600 in 1920). It was twice damaged by fire (1914 and 1927), necessitating rebuilding of portions of its interior. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Rockingham County, New Hampshire References External links Media related to Adams Memorial Building at Wikimedia Commons Derry Opera House website
Samuel Beck House

The Samuel Beck House is a historic house at 407 The Hill in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Built about 1761, it is a well-preserved example of late colonial architecture with an early Federal period door surround. The building was moved to its present location as part of a project to widen nearby Deer Street. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. Description and history The Samuel Beck House stands near the southwestern corner of The Hill, a cluster of historic houses southwest of the junction of Deer and High Streets. These houses were relocated to this area as part of a road widening project. The Beck House is 2+1⁄2 stories in height, with a side gable roof and clapboarded exterior. It is five bays wide and two deep, with a large central chimney, and an early Federal-period front door surround with an arched fanlight. The interior retains original 18th-century features, including paneled fireplace surrounds, and a three-run winding staircase in the front entry vestibule. The land where this house originally stood on Deer Street was platted in 1710 and subdivided in 1756. It was purchased by Samuel Beck in 1761. The neighborhood, populated in the early 20th century by Italian immigrants, was subjected to urban renewal activities in the 1960s and 1970s. This house was one of a number that was relocated to form The Hill, while others were razed or moved elsewhere. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Rockingham County, New Hampshire References
G.O. Sanders House

The G.O. Sanders House is a historic house at 10 Derry Street (New Hampshire Route 102) in the center of Hudson, New Hampshire. Built in 1873-75 by George Sanders, this 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame house is a well-preserved example of French Second Empire style. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. Description and history The G.O. Sanders House occupies a visible position in the village center of Hudson, facing its town common across Derry Street. It is a 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure, its walls finished in wooden clapboards. It has a mansard roof with flared eaves, and a three-story tower topped with a mansard roof, above which is a platform with Stick style decoration, a wrought-iron railing, and a wrought-iron canopy topped by a spire. The main facade has elaborate window framing elements and a highly decorated porch. The house was built between 1873 and 1875 by George Sanders when he was relatively young. Sanders, trained in the building trades by his father, went on to have a productive career in Hudson and neighboring Nashua, where he established a box factory. Sanders was also instrumental in bringing public water to Hudson, and was a driving force in the establishment of a street railway. His house was later converted into a multiunit apartment house, and portions of its once more elaborate exterior have been lost. Also lost was an elaborate picket fence that once extended across the front of the property, with styling similar to that of the house. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire References
Smyth Tower

Der Smyth Tower ist ein Folly in Manchester im Hillsborough County, New Hampshire. Der Turm wurde von dem Politiker und früheren Gouverneur von New Hampshire, Frederick Smyth, im Jahre 1888 errichtet und ist seit 1978 im National Register of Historic Places eingetragen. Beim Smyth Tower handelt es sich um den Nachbau eines Aussichtsturms in Schottland, den Smyth auf einer Europareise angetroffen hatte. Das unterkellerte, aus lokalem Granit und Stein gebaute Folly ist etwas über 12 m hoch und hat einen äußeren Durchmesser von 8,50 m. Die Wände sind 0,6 m dick. Der Turm hat drei Stockwerke sowie eine Aussichtsplattform mit Zinnen und stand ursprünglich im Park eines größeren Anwesens von Smyth, das The Willows hieß und im 20. Jahrhundert abgerissen wurde. Die Witwe von Smyth vermachte der Stadt Manchester das Bauwerk. Von November 1938 bis Juni 1939 führte die Works Progress Administration am Folly Renovierungsarbeiten durch. Der Smyth Tower ist das einzige erhaltene Bauwerk aus dem Besitz von Smyth und steht heute auf dem Gelände eines Krankenhauses des Kriegsveteranenministeriums. Literatur Leslie S.F. Brown: National Register of Historic Places: Nomination Form; hier: Smyth Tower. In: National Register Information System. National Park Service September 1977, abgerufen am 12. November 2018 (666 KB). Anmerkungen
Smyth Tower

The Smyth Tower is a folly located on the grounds of the Manchester VA Medical Center at 718 Smyth Road in Manchester, New Hampshire. The fieldstone tower was built in 1888 by Frederick Smyth, and is the only surviving architectural structure related to his life. Smyth served as Governor of New Hampshire in 1865-67, and was an active promoter of veterans' issues in the post-Civil War period. The tower was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. Description and history The Smyth Tower is located in eastern Manchester, on the west side of the Manchester VA facility on the north side of Smyth Road. The tower is 40 feet (12 m) high, with walls 2 feet (0.61 m) thick, built out of locally gathered fieldstone. Its outside diameter is 28 feet (8.5 m). It has a basement level 8 feet (2.4 m) high, and three floors topped by a crenellated parapet. The tower was built in 1888 by Frederick Smyth. Smyth owned an extensive estate, part of which became the VA facility. Smyth built it as a replica of a tower he saw while visiting Scotland, and located on land that was among the earliest of his purchases in Manchester. Smyth's country house "The Willows," built near the Amoskeag Falls, no longer stands. During his tenure as governor, Smyth promoted the establishment of soldiers' homes for returning Civil War veterans, and established what is now the University of New Hampshire. The tower was given to the city by Smyth's widow in 1938. During late 1938 and early 1939, it was renovated by WPA workers for use as an amateur radio station to provide emergency radio communication capability for the city. The call sign of the station was W1LVK. During World War II, it continued to house radio communication facilities. During early construction of the VA facility, it was used as an engineering office. It was slated for demolition by the VA, and was rescued from demolition at the last minute by appeals from the family. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire References
Gen. George Stark House

The Gen. George Stark House is a historic house at 22 Concord Street in Nashua, New Hampshire. Built in 1856, is one New Hampshire's finest Italianate houses. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980, and included in the Nashville Historic District in 1984. Description and history The General George Stark House is located north of downtown Nashua, on the west side of Concord Street, just north of a triangular grassy area formed by its junction with Manchester Street. It is a 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure, covered by a low-pitch gabled and hipped roof with elongated eaves supported by brackets. It has an irregular plan, with a three-story square tower rising over its entrance, which is set in an arched opening. The main block is finished in flushboarding, while an ell extending west behind the tower is clapboarded. A single-story hip-roofed porch extends across its street-facing eastern facade, with arched openings and a dentillated and bracketed cornice. The house was built by George Stark, a Manchester native and civil engineer who worked on railroad projects across northern New England. He became superintendent of the Nashua and Lowell Railroad in 1857. Design inspiration for the house came from Andrew Jackson Downing's works. The house was used for many years of the 20th century by the local congregation of the Church of Christ, Scientist. Despite this conversion of use, the interior retains many original finishes, including builtin bookcases with glazed doors. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire References
Temple Town Hall

The Temple Town Hall, also known as the Union Hall and the Miller Grange Hall, is a historic municipal building in the center of Temple, New Hampshire. Built in 1842, it is a fine example of Greek Revival architecture, which has served the community as a church, Grange hall, and town hall. It continues to be used for social functions. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in June 2007, and the New Hampshire State Register of Historic Places in April 2007. Description and history The Temple Town Hall is located in the village center of Temple on the west side of Main Street. It is a single-story structure, its original core built out of heavy timber framing. It is covered by a gabled roof and sheathed in wooden clapboards. A square tower rises above the east-facing front facade. The main facade is three bays wide, with corner pilasters rising to an entablature and fully pedimented gable. The main entrance is at its center, topped by a large multipane transom window. The tower has a plain first stage finished in clapboards, while the second stage, housing the belfry, is finished in flushboarding with louvered openings. The structure was built in 1842 as a church. In 1875, the building was sold to the local grange chapter, which enlarged the building in the 1880s, adding 20 feet (6.1 m) to its length. This additional space provided interior space for a stage, which was used for grange rituals and dramatic presentations. The town purchased the building from the grange in 1889, although it continued to be used by the grange in addition to serving as a place for town functions. It was used by the town as a meeting space until 1990, and continues to be used for social functions. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire References
The Beach Club (Rye, New Hampshire)

The Beach Club is a private oceanfront club at 2450 Ocean Boulevard in Rye, New Hampshire. Founded in 1925, it is the only beachfront private club to survive from the early 20th century along New Hampshire's coast. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013. Description and history The Beach Club consists of a cluster of four buildings built around a saltwater swimming pool on the beach near the junction of Ocean Boulevard (New Hampshire Route 1A) and Sea Road. The main clubhouse, facing roughly south, is a single-story frame structure with modest Victorian styling, to which a stone addition was made on the east side. The frame portion is five bays wide, with a shed-roof portico sheltering the center entrance. The stone addition is two bays wide, with a chimney prominently rising at the center of its facade. The interior has open timber-frame woodwork, with kitchen and service facilities in modern additions to the north. Surrounding the saltwater pool are three bathhouses, which house changing rooms and service equipment and storage for the pool. On the east side of the pool is a covered cabana-like area with views of the ocean. The main clubhouse was built c. 1882, and has been repeatedly modified since then. It originally was run as a concession to all local visitors. The oldest of the bathhouses was built about 1900 by this business. It became a private club in 1925, catering to the elite of New Hampshire and Massachusetts, who felt their summer resort was becoming overrun by a less savory and more transient type of visitor. Prominent leaders of the club included Massachusetts Governor Alvan T. Fuller, who had a summer residence nearby. The swimming pool was originally built in 1927 by the club, and was replaced in 2007. It features an underwater lighting system that is a near replica of one the original pool had. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Rockingham County, New Hampshire References External links The Beach Club website
Varney School

The Varney School is a historic school building at 84 Varney Street in Manchester, New Hampshire. Built in 1890 and enlarged in 1914-15, it is a well-preserved example of a Late Victorian school building, and an emblem of the growth in that time of the city's west side. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. It has been converted to residential use. Description and history The former Varney School building is located southwest of downtown Manchester, on the south side of Varney Street at its junction with Bowman Street. It is a 2½-story red brick building, consisting of a cruciform main block, to which a wing has been added to the rear. It is covered by a slate hip roof and is trimmed in granite. The main facade has a central gabled bay, with the main entrance set in a large round-arch recess lined with wooden paneling. The gable has a half-round light at its center, and is surmounted by an open square belfry capped by a pyramidal roof and finial. The main portion of the school was built in 1890, due to residential growth in the surrounding Piscataquog Village neighborhood, with the expansion wing added in 1914–15. It was designed by Frederick Stickney of Lowell, Massachusetts, whose work made provision for its eventual expansion. When first opened, it housed six classrooms. The south wing, originally a single story, was raised to two stories in the 1915 addition. The building was named for David Blake Varney, who was mayor of Manchester at the time of its construction. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire References
Wilton Public and Gregg Free Library

The Wilton Public and Gregg Free Library is the public library of Wilton, New Hampshire. It is located in a Classical Revival brick building on Forest Street, near the north end of Wilton's downtown area. The building was designed by the Boston, Massachusetts, firm of McLean & Wright, and built 1905–07. It was a gift of David Almus Gregg, a local manufacturer of building parts; Gregg further gave the library an endowment in 1912. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. Description and history The Wilton Public Library is located near the north end of Wilton's principal downtown thoroughfare, on the east side of Forest Street just beyond the junction of Main Street and Island Street. It is a 2+1⁄2-story masonry structure, built out of red brick with limestone trim. It is covered by a hip roof whose eave is studded with heavy modillion blocks. The main facade is three bays wide, with a projecting center bay topped by a fully pedimented gable and fronted by four large Corinthian columns. The outer bays house windows set in rounded-arch openings, with the openings surrounded by a keystoned arch, side pilasters, and a limestone balustrade below. The main entrance is in the center bay, flanked by smaller columns set in antis which rise to an entablature. Above this entablature is a large half-round transom with a keystoned arch. David Almus Gregg was a native of Wilton who owned a successful building parts business in Nashua, manufacturing doors, window blinds, and window sashes. Gregg was significantly involved in the design and construction of the building, providing the highest quality building materials and contractors to the project, which was estimated to cost $100,000 when completed in 1907. He then followed up the building construction with an endowment for its care, given in 1912. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire References External links Wilton Public Library
Dudley House (Exeter, New Hampshire)

The Dudley House, also known as the Perry-Dudley House, is a historic house at 14 Front Street in Exeter, New Hampshire. Built about 1805, it is a prominent local example of Federal architecture, further notable for its occupation by two of the town's leading 19th-century doctors. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. It now houses professional offices. Description and history The Dudley House occupies a prominent position on the east side of Front Street in downtown Exeter, nearly across the street from both the Congregational Church and Exeter Town Hall. It is a three-story wood-frame structure, with a hip roof and two interior brick chimneys. The main facade is five bays wide, with a center entrance sheltered by a gabled portico supported by two columns. The entrance is flanked by sidelight windows and fluted pilasters, and is topped by a transom window. The interior follows a center hall plan, although the main stair ascends from the back rather than the front. Later 19th-century additions include an ell and an attached carriage barn. The house was built sometime between about 1805 and 1813, and is one of Exeter's finest examples of Federal architecture. It was built for Dr. William Perry, who was for many years a leading physician of the town. He was succeeded in this role by his son, William Gilman Perry. During the latter's ownership, they probably hosted writer Sarah Orne Jewett, a family friend. Perry's daughter married Albertus Dudley, descendant of Rev. Samuel Dudley, one of the town's 17th-century ministers. The house remained in the hands of Dudley descendants until 1935. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Rockingham County, New Hampshire References
Mark Wentworth House

The Mark Wentworth House, and also known as the Gov. John Wentworth House, is a historic house. Built in 1763, it is notable for its fine Georgian finishes, and for its associations with leading political and economic figures of 18th and 19th-century Portsmouth. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. It has since the early 20th century been part of a senior care complex. Description and history The Mark Wentworth House stands southeast of downtown Portsmouth, on the south side of Pleasant Street at Wentworth Street. The house is oriented facing north to the street, and is extended southward to the South Mill Pond by a large modern addition that houses the bulk of the senior care facilities. The house is 2+1⁄2 stories in height, with a hip roof and clapboarded exterior. The building corners have wooden quoins, and the cornice is lined with modillion blocks. The main facade is five bays wide, with symmetrical arrangement. The entrance at the center is topped by a half-round transom window, and is sheltered by a Federal-period portico with a modillioned cornice and hip roof surrounded by a low balustrade. The interior of the house continues the high quality wooden finishes. The mansion was built in 1763 by Henry Appleton, a merchant, who sold it to Mark Hunking Wentworth, one of New Hampshire's wealthiest merchants and landowners, the following year. Wentworth's son John was appointed Royal Governor of New Hampshire in 1767, and occupied the house from then until his departure on the eve of the American Revolutionary War in 1775. Mark Wentworth maintained ownership of the house during the first part of this period, and transferred the property to his daughter Anna Fisher in 1770. It was sold out of the Wentworth family in 1797, and repurchased by Ebenezer Wentworth in 1810. In the early 1900s Wentworth descendants adapted the property for use as an elder care facility, a role it continues to serve today. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Rockingham County, New Hampshire References External links Wentworth Senior Living, senior living community
Cheshire Bridge (Connecticut River)

The Cheshire Bridge spans the Connecticut River between Charlestown, New Hampshire, and Springfield, Vermont. History The first bridge at this location was completed in 1806 by the Cheshire Bridge Co. and was described as a Town lattice covered toll bridge, a wooden covered bridge. In 1897 the bridge was purchased by the Springfield Electric Railway. In 1906 the old bridge was replaced by the Iron Bridge Co., at a cost of US$65,000 (US$2,330,000 with inflation). It was a three-span steel Pratt truss bridge, which had a 600-foot (180 m) span and a 20-foot (6.1 m)-wide roadway. Vehicles ran both ways, and also freight and passenger cars. In 1930 the bridge was replaced by the McClintic-Marshall Co. of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, at a cost of US$225,000 (US$4,340,000 with inflation). It is a three-span Pennsylvania truss that is 489 feet (149 m) feet long. The bridge was purchased by the state of New Hampshire in 1992. Tolls were collected until 2001. References