National Register of Historic Places - New Hampshire (NH), Coos County

Coos County New Hampshire has 29 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 5 places of National significance and 7 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Columbia Covered Bridge, Meadow Bridge, Mount Orne Covered Bridge, Mount Washington Hotel and Tip-Top House.

Prehistoric cultural affiliation(s) include Woodland and Archaic dating back to 8999 BC.

Several famous people are associated with these Coos County historic places including John Wingate Weeks and Frank H. Shapleigh.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Coos County places including Groton Bridge and Manufacturing Co., Samuel F. Spaulding, Charles Babbitt, Charles Alling Gifford, Berlin Iron Bridge Co., Joseph S. Hall, Maine Central Railroad, Joseph Austin Martin, Tennant/Wallace and H.M. Roy. Prominent architectural styles found in Coos Country are Bungalow/Craftsman, Greek Revival and Stick/Eastlake.

Aldrich, Benjamin, Homestead (added 2003 - - #03000109)

E terminus of Aldrich Rd., 0.46 E of Piper Hill , Colbrook

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Agriculture

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Animal Facility, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields, Processing, Single Dwelling, Storage

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Balsams, The (added 2002 - - #02000166)

Also known as The Balsams Grand Resort Hotel

NH 26, 10 mi. E of Colebrook , Dixville

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Entertainment/Recreation

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Hotel, Outdoor Recreation, Restaurant, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Hotel, Manufacturing Facility, Outdoor Recreation, Restaurant, Single Dwelling

More Information:

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Columbia Covered Bridge (added 1976 - - #76000123)

Also known as Columbia Bridge

Across Connecticut River between US 3 and VT 102 , Columbia

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Babbitt,Charles

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Transportation, Engineering

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Road-Related

Current Function:

Transportation

Current Sub-function:

Road-Related

More Information:

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Congregational Church (added 1980 - - #80000282)

Also known as The United Church of Christ (Congregational)

921 Main St. , Berlin

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Stick/Eastlake

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Religion

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Religious Structure

Current Function:

Religion

Current Sub-function:

Religious Structure

More Information:

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Crawford Depot (added 1982 - - #82001672)

Also known as Maine Central Passenger Railway Station

Off US 302 , Gorham

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Maine Central Railroad

Architectural Style:

Queen Anne

Area of Significance:

Transportation, Architecture, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Rail-Related

Current Function:

Education

More Information:

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Crawford House Artist's Studio (added 1985 - - #85002193)

Also known as Shapleigh,Frank,Studio

Address Restricted , Carroll

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Historic Significance:

Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Stick/Eastlake

Historic Person:

Shapleigh,Frank H.

Significant Year:

1880

Area of Significance:

Art, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Museum

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Fabyan Guard Station (added 2018 - - #100002400)

.7 miles north of junction of New Hampshire (NH) Route 302 and Cherry Mountain Road, Carroll

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Rustic

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Conservation, Politics/Government

Period of Significance:

1923-1967 AD

Garland Mill (added 1982 - - #82000616)

Garland Rd. , Lancaster

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Industry

Period of Significance:

1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Manufacturing Facility

Current Function:

Industry/Processing/Extraction

Current Sub-function:

Manufacturing Facility

More Information:

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Holy Resurrection Orthodox Church (added 1979 - - #79000196)

Also known as The Russian Church

Petrograd St. , Berlin

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Art, European, Education, Architecture, Religion

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Religious Structure

Current Function:

Religion

Current Sub-function:

Religious Structure

More Information:

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Indian Stream Schoolhouse (added 2011 - - #11000730)

Tabor Rd., Pittsburg

Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Education

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

More Information:

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Martin Homestead (added 1998 - - #98001145)

US 1, 3 mi. N of North Stratford , North Stratford

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Martin, Joseph Austin

Architectural Style:

Other, Colonial

Area of Significance:

Agriculture, Community Planning And Development, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Animal Facility, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields, Camp, Forest, Natural Feature, Unoccupied Land

More Information:

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Meadow Bridge (added 2003 - - #03001284)

Also known as Depot Bridge

Spur of North Rd. in Ahelburne across the Androscoggin R. , Shelburne

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Groton Bridge and Manufacturing Co.

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Transportation, Engineering

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Road-Related

Current Function:

Transportation

Current Sub-function:

Road-Related

More Information:

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Mount Orne Covered Bridge (added 1976 - - #76000124)

Also known as Mount Orne Bridge

SW of Lancaster off NH 135 , Lancaster

Denimadept, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Berlin Iron Bridge Co.

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Engineering, Transportation

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Road-Related

Current Function:

Transportation

Current Sub-function:

Road-Related

More Information:

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Mount Washington Hotel (added 1978 - - #78000213)

Off US 302 , Bretton Woods

Whipple, CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Et al., Gifford,Charles Alling

Architectural Style:

Other, Renaissance

Area of Significance:

Conservation, Economics, Politics/Government, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Hotel

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Hotel

More Information:

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Mountain View House (added 2004 - - #04000588)

Also known as Mountain View Grand

120 Mountain View Rd. , Whitefield

MGA73bot2, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architectural Style:

Colonial Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Entertainment/Recreation

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Hotel, Outdoor Recreation, Restaurant

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Hotel, Outdoor Recreation, Restaurant

More Information:

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Mt. Jasper Lithic Source (added 1992 - - #92000631)

Also known as 27-CO-1

1 1/2 mi. NW of confluence of Dead R. and Androscoggin R. , Berlin

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Historic Significance:

Information Potential

Area of Significance:

Prehistoric, Industry

Cultural Affiliation:

Woodland, Archaic

Period of Significance:

7000-8999 BC, 5000-6999 BC, 3000-4999 BC, 1499-1000 AD, 1000-2999 BC, 1000 AD-999 BC

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Extractive Facility, Processing Site

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

More Information:

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Noyes, George Washington, House (added 2016 - - #16000643)

Gorham, Gorham

Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Queen Anne

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1892-1892 AD

Philbrook Farm Inn (added 1984 - - #84002804)

North Rd. , Shelburne

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Commerce

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1850-1874, 1825-1849

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Health Care

Historic Sub-function:

Hotel, Resort

Current Function:

Domestic, Health Care

Current Sub-function:

Hotel, Resort

More Information:

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Saint Anne Historic District (added 2018 - - #100002973)

Bounded by Pleasant/Main, Church, School and Success Streets, Berlin

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Late 19th Century, Romanesque Revival, Other

Area of Significance:

Social History, Ethnic Heritage, Education

Period of Significance:

1900-1968 AD

St. Anne Church (added 1979 - - #79000197)

Also known as St. Anne's Roman Catholic Church

58 Church St. , Berlin

AlexiusHoratius~commonswiki, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Roy,H.M.

Architectural Style:

Romanesque, Late Victorian

Area of Significance:

Art, Architecture, Religion

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Religious Structure

Current Function:

Religion

Current Sub-function:

Religious Structure

More Information:

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Stark Covered Bridge (added 1980 - - #80000283)

E of Groveton at NH 10 and Northside Rd. , Groveton

BotMultichillT, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Transportation, Engineering

Period of Significance:

1850-1874

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Road-Related

Current Function:

Transportation

Current Sub-function:

Road-Related

More Information:

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Stark Union Church (added 1983 - - #83004089)

Also known as Stark Church

NH 110 , Stark

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Gothic Revival, Greek Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Religious Structure

Current Function:

Religion

Current Sub-function:

Religious Structure

More Information:

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Tip-Top House (added 1982 - - #82001673)

Mt. Washington State Park , Sargent's Purchase

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Hall,Joseph S., Spaulding,Samuel F.

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Science, Architecture, Entertainment/Recreation

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Hotel, Outdoor Recreation, Research Facility

Current Function:

Government

More Information:

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US Post Office--Lancaster Main (added 1986 - - #86002245)

Also known as Lancaster Main Post Office

120 Main St. , Lancaster

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Et al., Simon,Louis A.

Architectural Style:

Other, Art Deco

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Government

Historic Sub-function:

Post Office

Current Function:

Government

Current Sub-function:

Post Office

More Information:

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Wallace Farm (added 2001 - - #01001353)

Also known as Pioneer Farm

27 Wallace Rd. , Columbia

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Federal

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Agriculture

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Animal Facility, Single Dwelling, Storage

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

More Information:

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Waumbek Cottages Historic District (added 2006 - - #06000142)

13, 18, 25, 36 Cottage Rd.; 14, 38 Starr King Rd. , Jefferson

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Shingle Style

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Entertainment/Recreation

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

More Information:

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Weeks Estate (added 1985 - - #85001190)

Also known as John Wingate Weeks Mansion

NH 3 , Lancaster

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Historic Significance:

Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Bungalow/Craftsman

Historic Person:

Weeks,John Wingate

Significant Year:

1912

Area of Significance:

Conservation, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Camp, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Education, Landscape, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Museum, Park

More Information:

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Weeks, William Dennis, Memorial Library (added 2000 - - #00001464)

Also known as Weeks Memorial Library

128 Main St. , Lancaster

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

McLean and Wright, Tennant/Wallace

Architectural Style:

Beaux Arts

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Education

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Education

Historic Sub-function:

Library

Current Function:

Education

Current Sub-function:

Library

More Information:

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Wilder--Holton House (added 1975 - - #75000231)

Also known as Holton House

226 Main St. , Lancaster

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Exploration/Settlement, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1750-1799

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Religion, Social

Historic Sub-function:

Hotel, Meeting Hall, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Museum, Single Dwelling

More Information:

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