“Born November 11, 1812, in Old Center Goshen, this rugged individualist attended Hopkinton (N.H.) Academy and taught school in a nearby log cabin before graduating from West Point in 1837…. Read more »
Today we take a look at the history of the beautiful New Hampshire Savings Bank Building (NHSBB) in Concord, New Hampshire: The New Hampshire Savings Bank Building is significant historically… Read more »
If you read our first post, “Undoing the Damage from Vinyl-Siding,” you know we have been hard at work this summer removing the vinyl-siding (actually aluminum) from our house, scraping,… Read more »
As alluded to in our recent post on The Endicott Hotel in Concord, New Hampshire, we now will visit the history of the Opera Block in Woodsville, New Hampshire. The… Read more »
The Foster’s Daily Democrat recently reported on a proposal that has been floated to demolish St. Charles Church in Dover, New Hampshire to make way for “workforce housing:” The property… Read more »
For our new readers, this is part of our “Building History” series where we work to document as much of a building’s history as possible with sources ranging from building… Read more »
What is Cost of Living? Cost of living refers to the necessary expenses that are made by a household to live in a certain geographic location. This includes housing, food,… Read more »
Bayley-Hazen Military Road 1776-1779 Began Just North at Wells River Conceived, planned, laid out & financed by Newbury founder, Gen. Jacob Bayley 1726-1815, who on Nov. 24, 1775, presented his… Read more »
The winters in Northern New England are long and dark. Sometimes you can go weeks without really seeing the sun. So capturing as much of the winter sun as you… Read more »
The historical road marker for “Joel McGregor, Last Surviving Soldier of the Revolution” can be found in Newport, New Hampshire. Here is the inscription: Born in Endfield, Conn. in 1760,… Read more »