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Woodman Sanbornton Academy
Woodman Sanbornton Academy was a coeducational boarding school in Sanbornton, New Hampshire, now a part of the Sanbornton Square Historic District. The site of the building was near the location of what later became the Congregational meeting house. The institution was named for Aaron Woodman and was incorporated on June 27, 1826. The first preceptor was D. L. Nichols, in 1826, and the last, Albert P. Whittemore, in 1858. The school's last term was held 1857, and thereafter, the building was left in a dilapidated condition. In 1867, the Sanbornton school district bought and repaired the building so that it could be used again as a school, the upper floor being furnished as a hall. Early history The school received its name from Aaron Woodman (1790-1826), youngest son of Rev. Joseph Woodman, who, being a prosperous merchant in Boston, gave liberally for its building and endowment, but suddenly died in little more than a month after the Act of its incorporation was approved a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanbornton Square Historic District
The Sanbornton Square Historic District encompasses the historic center of Sanbornton, New Hampshire. The town, granted in 1748 and incorporated in 1777, is the mother town of Franklin and Tilton, and was one of the first to be established by the Masonian proprietors. Unlike towns settled earlier, no specific plan was made for a town center, with the result that Sanbornton Square arose organically as the principal site of civic and religious life in the town. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. The historic district is centered on a stretch of New Hampshire Route 132, between Tower Hill Road and Gulf Road, and radiates for a short distance along a number of secondary roads that meet there. Its western bound is roughly Gulf Brook. The oldest surviving element of the original town is the old cemetery, which lies at the northern end of the district. The present church and town hall both date to c. 1834. These two buildings, along ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canterbury, New Hampshire
Canterbury is a town in Merrimack County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 2,389 at the 2020 census. The Canterbury Shaker Village is in the eastern part of the town. History First granted by Lieutenant Governor John Wentworth in 1727, the town was named for William Wake, Archbishop of Canterbury. It was originally a militia timber fort and trading post of Capt. Jeremiah Clough located on a hill near Canterbury Center, where the Pennacook people came to trade. The town would be incorporated in 1741. There were several garrison houses or stockades in the area as late as 1758. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which are land and are water, comprising 1.86% of the town. The town's highest point is an unnamed summit near Forest Pond and the town's northern border, where the elevation reaches approximately above sea level. Bounded by the Merrimack River on the west, Canterbury is drained on the east by th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Defunct Schools In New Hampshire
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Mary Baker Eddy
Mary Baker Eddy (July 16, 1821 – December 3, 1910) was an American religious leader and author who founded The Church of Christ, Scientist, in New England in 1879. She also founded ''The Christian Science Monitor'', a Pulitzer Prize-winning secular newspaper, in 1908, and three religious magazines: the ''Christian Science Sentinel'', ''The Christian Science Journal'', and ''The Herald of Christian Science''. She wrote numerous books and articles, the most notable of which was '' Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures'', which had sold over nine million copies as of 2001. Members of The First Church of Christ, Scientist consider Eddy the "discoverer" of Christian Science, and adherents are therefore known as Christian Scientists or students of Christian Science. The church is sometimes informally known as the Christian Science church. Eddy was named one of the "100 Most Significant Americans of All Time" in 2014 by ''Smithsonian Magazine'', and her book ''Science and H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hill, New Hampshire
Hill is a town in Merrimack County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 1,017 at the 2020 census. It is home to William Thomas State Forest. History Originally granted as "New Chester" in 1753, the town took the name "Hill" in 1837 in honor of Isaac Hill, governor of New Hampshire from 1836 to 1839. To accommodate the construction of the Franklin Falls Dam, the village of Hill was relocated in 1941. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which are land and are water, comprising 0.66% of the town. The Pemigewasset River forms the eastern boundary of the town, and its tributary the Smith River forms two portions of the northern boundary. The southwest corner of the town drains south via Mountain Brook to the Blackwater River in neighboring Andover, a tributary of the Contoocook River. Via the Pemigewasset and Contoocook rivers, Hill lies fully within the Merrimack River watershed Watershed is a hydro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salisbury, New Hampshire
Salisbury is a town in Merrimack County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 1,422 at the 2020 census. History While still part of Massachusetts, the town was granted as "Baker's Town" after Captain Thomas Baker in 1736. After the border between Massachusetts and New Hampshire was fixed, the town was on the New Hampshire side of the border. It was re-granted by the Masonian proprietors in 1749 with the name "Stevenstown", after Colonel Ebenezer Stevens of Kingston, New Hampshire, and settled as early as 1750. Additionally known as "Gerrishtown" and "New Salisbury", the name "Salisbury" was taken when the town incorporated in 1768. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which are land and are water, comprising 0.56% of the town. The highest point in Salisbury is along its western boundary, where the eastern slopes of Mount Kearsarge climb to above sea level. The Blackwater River, a south-flowing tributary of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cupola
In architecture, a cupola () is a relatively small, most often dome-like, tall structure on top of a building. Often used to provide a lookout or to admit light and air, it usually crowns a larger roof or dome. The word derives, via Italian, from lower Latin ''cupula'' (classical Latin ''cupella''), (Latin ''cupa''), indicating a vault resembling an upside-down cup. Background The cupola evolved during the Renaissance from the older oculus. Being weatherproof, the cupola was better suited to the wetter climates of northern Europe. The chhatri, seen in Indian architecture, fits the definition of a cupola when it is used atop a larger structure. Cupolas often serve as a belfry, belvedere, or roof lantern above a main roof. In other cases they may crown a spire, tower, or turret. Barns often have cupolas for ventilation. Cupolas can also appear as small buildings in their own right. The square, dome-like segment of a North American railroad train caboose that contains the seco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rochester, New Hampshire
Rochester is a city in Strafford County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 32,492 at the 2020 census. In addition to the downtown area, the city contains the villages of East Rochester, New Hampshire, East Rochester, Gonic, New Hampshire, Gonic, and North Rochester, New Hampshire, North Rochester. Rochester is home to Skyhaven Airport (New Hampshire), Skyhaven Airport and part of Baxter Lake (New Hampshire), Baxter Lake. Rochester was one of New Hampshire's fastest growing cities between 2010 and 2020. History Origins Rochester was once inhabited by Abenaki Indigenous peoples of the Americas, Indians of the Pennacook tribe. They fished, hunted and farmed, moving locations when their agriculture exhausted the soil for growing pumpkins, Squash (fruit), squash, beans and maize. ''Squanamagonic'' (abbreviated to "Gonic") means "the water of the clay place hill". The town was one of four granted by Thirteen Colonies, colonial governor Samuel Shute of Massachusetts an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthew Harvey
Matthew Harvey (June 21, 1781 – April 7, 1866) was a United States representative from New Hampshire, the 13th governor of New Hampshire and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. Education and career Born on June 21, 1781, in Sutton, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, Harvey studied under private tutors, graduated from Dartmouth College in 1806, and read law in 1809. He was admitted to the bar and entered private practice in Hopkinton, New Hampshire from 1809 to 1814. He was a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives from 1814 to 1821, serving as Speaker for three terms, from 1818 to 1820. Congressional service Harvey was elected as a Democratic-Republican from New Hampshire's at-large congressional district to the United States House of Representatives of the 17th United States Congress and reelected as a National Republican to the 18th United States Congress, serving from March 4, 1821, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanbornton, New Hampshire
Sanbornton is a town in Belknap County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 3,026 at the 2020 census. It includes the villages of North Sanbornton and Gaza. History Located in the fork of the Pemigewasset and Winnipesaukee rivers, the town was first called "Crotchtown". It was granted by colonial Governor Benning Wentworth in 1748 to his friend John Sanborn of Hampton, along with 59 others from Hampton, Exeter and Stratham. Twelve of the grantees were named Sanborn, therefore the community was named "Sanborntown". Among the other settlers were members of the Leavitt family, related to the Sanborns. But ongoing hostilities during the French and Indian War delayed permanent settlement until 1764. It would be incorporated by Governor John Wentworth in 1770. The town originally included Sanbornton Bridge, or Bridge Village, set off in 1869 as Tilton. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which are land and are wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Hubbard
Henry Hubbard (May 3, 1784June 5, 1857) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1829 to 1835, a Senator from New Hampshire during 1835 to 1841, and the 18th governor of New Hampshire from 1842 to 1844. Early life Henry Hubbard was born on May 3, 1784, in Charlestown, New Hampshire in the United States. Hubbard was educated at home, and engaged in classical studies whilst taught by private tutors, before attending Dartmouth College and graduating from there in 1803. He studied law in Portsmouth with Jeremiah Mason, and was admitted to the New Hampshire bar around 1806. That year, he began practicing law in Charlestown. Hubbard married Sally Walker Dean in 1813; together, they would have 5 children. In 1818, Hubbard purchased 50 shares of the Suffolk Bank, a clearinghouse bank on State Street in Boston. Political career In 1810, Hubbard entered politics for the first time, and was elected to the position of Town Moderator; by the end of his l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Concord, New Hampshire
Concord () is the capital city of the U.S. state of New Hampshire and the seat of Merrimack County. As of the 2020 census the population was 43,976, making it the third largest city in New Hampshire behind Manchester and Nashua. The village of Penacook lies at the northern boundary of the city limits. The city is home to the University of New Hampshire School of Law, New Hampshire's only law school; St. Paul's School, a private preparatory school; NHTI, a two-year community college; the New Hampshire Police Academy; and the New Hampshire Fire Academy. Concord's Old North Cemetery is the final resting place of Franklin Pierce, 14th President of the United States. History The area that would become Concord was originally settled thousands of years ago by Abenaki Native Americans called the Pennacook. The tribe fished for migrating salmon, sturgeon, and alewives with nets strung across the rapids of the Merrimack River. The stream was also the transportation route for their ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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