The Eli Morse Sawmill Foundations are the surviving remnant of the first industrial site in
Dublin, New Hampshire
Dublin is a town in Cheshire County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 1,532 at the 2020 census. It is home to Dublin School and ''Yankee'' magazine.
History
In 1749, the Masonian proprietors granted the town as "Monadnock No. ...
. The site is located astride a stream, near an old logging road, in a wooded area south of Old Marlborough Road, not far from the
Eli Morse Farm
The Eli Morse Farm is a historic farm on Lake Road in Dublin, New Hampshire. It is one of the earliest settlements in the town, settled by Eli Morse in 1764, and has been in the hands of just two families. Its transformation to summer resort us ...
. It consists of four foundation walls made of dry laid granite boulders. The northern wall measures about , and the others measure about . To the west of the main mill's foundations are smaller foundations of extensions or outbuildings.
The foundations are the only surviving elements of a sawmill erected c. 1765 by Eli Morse, one of Dublin's first settlers and a prominent participant in the town's civic affairs. The proprietors of the town offered Morse financial incentives to build the mill in 1764; he is also credited with building the town's first grist mill a few years later. This mill was operated by Morse and later his son Peter, who died in an accident at the site. The mill is known to have ceased operation by 1886.
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The mill site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.]
See also
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References
{{NRHP in Cheshire County, New Hampshire
Industrial buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in New Hampshire
Commercial buildings completed in 1765
Buildings and structures in Dublin, New Hampshire
National Register of Historic Places in Dublin, New Hampshire
Sawmills in the United States