New Hampshire - Grafton County - Historic Districts
Grafton County New Hampshire (Historic Districts) has 18 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 2 places of National significance and 4 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Enfield Shaker Historic District, Orford Street Historic District, Ashland Gristmill and Dam, Canaan Street Historic District and Central Square Historic District.

The famous person F.G. Webster is associated with one of more of the Grafton County historic places.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Grafton County places including Wales & Holt, Gordon MacDougall, C. Willis Damon and Ammi Burnham Young. Prominent architectural styles found in Grafton Country are Federal, Greek Revival and Late Victorian.

Ashland Gristmill and Dam (added 1979 - - #79000317)
Main St. , Ashland
Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Camp Ossipee (added 2013 - - #13000154)
11 & 13 Porter Rd., Holderness
Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Area of Significance:
Entertainment/Recreation, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924
Canaan Street Historic District (added 1973 - - #73000163)
Also known as Broad Street
Canaan St. , Canaan
Neil.m.young, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Greek Revival, Federal
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Community Planning And Development
Period of Significance:
1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education
Historic Sub-function:
College, Hotel, Restaurant, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic, Education, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Library, Museum, Single Dwelling
Central Square Historic District (added 1983 - - #83001139)
2--27 Central Square, 1 Summer St., 1--3 N. Main St., and 2 S. Main St. , Bristol
TheCatalyst31, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Multiple
Architectural Style:
Late Victorian, Federal
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Commerce, Community Planning And Development
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Monument/Marker, Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Monument/Marker, Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling
Colburn Park Historic District (added 1986 - - #86000782)
N., S., E., and W. Park Sts., 3 Campbell St., 1 School St., 1 Bank St., and 9--10 Lebanon Mall , Lebanon
File Upload Bot (Magnus Manske), CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Et al., Young,Ammi Burnham
Architectural Style:
Colonial Revival, Chicago, Queen Anne
Area of Significance:
Community Planning And Development, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799
Owner:
Federal, Local, Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Government
Historic Sub-function:
City Hall, Financial Institution, Hotel, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government
Current Sub-function:
City Hall, Multiple Dwelling, Specialty Store
Dorchester Common Historic District (added 1985 - - #85000477)
Also known as See Also:Dorchester Community Church
Roughly bounded by N. Dorchester 2 mile NW of intersection with NH 118 , Dorchester
Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Multiple
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Education, Government
Historic Sub-function:
City Hall, School
Current Function:
Government, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Museum
Enfield Shaker Historic District (added 1979 - - #79000198)
Also known as LaSalette--Shaker Community
SR 4A , Enfield
Neil.m.young, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Information Potential, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Invention, Architecture, Commerce, Landscape Architecture, Community Planning And Development, Religion, Social History
Cultural Affiliation:
Shaker
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic, Recreation And Culture, Religion
Current Sub-function:
Outdoor Recreation, Single Dwelling
Enfield Village Historic District (added 2010 - - #10000186)
Main St, US Rte 4, High St, Balti St, Shaker Hill Rd, Wells St, Stevens, Union, & Pillsbury Sts, Shedd & Mill St. , Enfield
Neil.m.young, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architectural Style:
Late Victorian, Greek Revival
Area of Significance:
Community Planning And Development, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824
Owner:
Local, State, Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Religion, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
City Hall, Department Store, Manufacturing Facility, Multiple Dwelling, Rail-Related, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Religion
Current Sub-function:
City Hall, Energy Facility, Multiple Dwelling, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store
Haverhill Corner Historic District (added 1987 - - #87001415)
Also known as Haverhill Corner
NH 10 from N. Piedmont to bisection of NH 25 and Court St. , Haverhill
Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Multiple
Architectural Style:
Federal, Greek Revival, Late Victorian
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Landscape
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Plaza, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Education, Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Plaza, School, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Hebron Village Historic District (added 1985 - - #85000492)
Roughly bounded by Hebron Village Cemetery, N. and W. Shore Rds., Hobart Hill and Groton Rds. , Hebron
Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Et al., MacDougall,Gordon
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Community Planning And Development
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Funerary, Landscape
Historic Sub-function:
Cemetery, Plaza, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic, Funerary, Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Cemetery, Plaza, Single Dwelling
Lyme Center Historic District (added 1987 - - #86003381)
34--55 Dorchester Rd. , Lyme
Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Greek Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Lyme Common Historic District (added 1988 - - #88001435)
Dorchester Rd., John Tomson Way, On the Common; Pleasant and Union Sts., E. Thetford Rd., Main and Market Sts. , Lyme
Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Multiple
Architectural Style:
Greek Revival, Federal
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799
Owner:
State, Local, Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Landscape, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Religion
Current Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Orford Street Historic District (added 1977 - - #77000163)
Also known as Orford Street and the Ridge
Orford St. (NH 10) from Rt. 25A to Archertown Rd., E to include cemetery , Orford
MGA73bot2, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Multiple
Architectural Style:
Greek Revival, Late Victorian, Federal
Area of Significance:
Art, Architecture, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Department Store, Manufacturing Facility, School, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Social
Current Sub-function:
Clubhouse, Library, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store
Plymouth Historic District (added 1986 - - #86000343)
Also known as See Also:Old Grafton County Courthouse
Bounded by Court, Main, and Highland Sts. , Plymouth
Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Et al., Damon,C. Willis
Architectural Style:
Romanesque
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Art
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799
Owner:
Federal, Local, Private
Historic Function:
Government
Historic Sub-function:
City Hall, Courthouse
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Education, Government
Current Sub-function:
City Hall, Financial Institution, Library
Rockywold--Deephaven Camps (added 2013 - - #13000382)
Pinehurst Rd., Holderness
Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Entertainment/Recreation, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Shepard Hill Historic District (added 2014 - - #14000843)
Holderness, Holderness
Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
True Farm (added 2012 - - #12000507)
53, 64, 70 True Farm Rd., & 884 NH 113, Holderness
Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Webster Estate (added 1989 - - #89000448)
NH 113 , Holderness
Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Wales & Holt
Architectural Style:
Shingle Style
Historic Person:
Webster,F.G.
Significant Year:
1903, 1896
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Social History, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
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