"TITLE" Maple Avenue, Keene, NH "CREATOR" "SUBJECT" Streets - NH - Keene Houses - NH - Keene Maples - NH - Keene "DESCRIPTION" Photograph of Maple Avenue, located in Keene New Hampshire. Originally laid out as Woodward Road in 1789, the land passed through what was known then as "Maccaney Plain." About 1853-54 a hand-painted sign was erected at the Park Avenue intersection with the name "Maple Avenue." The name was derived from the majestic trees that lined the street on the Park Avenue end. It is said that these maples were set out by Solomon Woodward and Timothy Colony about 1811 as a border for the street. "PUBLISHER" Keene Public Library "DATE DIGITAL" 20080421 "DATE ORIGINAL" "RESOURCE TYPE" photographs "FORMAT" image/jpg "RESOURCE IDENTIFIER" hsyksts007 "RIGHTS MANAGMENT" No known restriction on publication.