Concord Historic District
Concord Historic District | |
The Pierce Manse | |
43°26′43″N 71°38′10″W / 43.44528°N 71.63611°W / 43.44528; -71.63611 | |
Area | 25 acres (10 ha) |
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Architectural style | Greek Revival, Georgian, Federal |
NRHP reference No. | 75000234[1] |
Added to NRHP | June 11, 1975 |
The Concord Historic District encompasses the least altered portion of the historic heart of Concord, New Hampshire. The 25-acre (10 ha) district, located just north of the modern commercial and civic heart of the city, includes the city's oldest surviving house, the site of its first religious meetinghouse, and the Pierce Manse, a historic house museum that was home to President Franklin Pierce during his rise to national prominence.[2] The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.[1]
The original heart of Concord was platted out in 1726, on a terrace above the floodplains on the western banks of the Merrimack River. The lots, about 1.5 acres (0.61 ha) in size, were arrayed in the vicinity of Horseshoe Pond, and it is the earliest of these that make up the district. The area is characterized by a uniformity of setting, despite a diversity in architectural style, in part because most of the buildings are similarly-sized dwellings set on equal-sized lots. Larger buildings, including a church, school, and professional offices, stand on larger lots.[2]
The oldest surviving house, that of Reverend Timothy Walker, was built in 1735. It was also the first house in the area to be garrisoned (fortified and surrounded by a palisade) against Native attacks. The district was also home to Concord's first meeting house (no longer extant). The residential structures in the district represent the variety of architectural styles popular during the 19th century, including the fine Greek Revival Pierce Manse, a Victorian Gothic cottage at 278 North Main Street, and the late Gothic brick house at 266 North Main Street. There are only a few buildings in the district built after the 1920s, among them the Lutheran church.[2]
See also
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b c "NRHP nomination for Concord Historic District". National Park Service. Retrieved February 26, 2014.
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- Canterbury Shaker Village
- Daniel Webster Family Home
- Bear Brook State Park Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Camp Historic District
- Blossom Hill and Calvary Cemeteries
- Concord Civic District
- Concord Historic District
- Downtown Concord Historic District
- East Andover Village Center Historic District
- Franklin Falls Historic District
- Hay Estate
- Hersey Farms Historic District
- Murray Hill Summer Home District
- Page Belting Company Mills
- Pittsfield Center Historic District
- Suncook Village Commercial–Civic Historic District
- Waterloo Historic District
- 2½ Beacon Street
- Boscawen Academy and Much-I-Do Hose House
- Boscawen Public Library
- Bradford Town Hall
- Concord Gas Light Company Gasholder House
- Contoocook Railroad Depot
- Eagle Hotel
- Endicott Hotel
- Hall Memorial Library
- Henniker Town Hall
- Jacob Noyes Block
- Merrimack County Bank
- Merrimack County Courthouse
- Millville School
- New Hampshire Savings Bank Building
- Old Post Office
- Pembroke Mill
- Pillsbury Memorial Hall
- Pleasant View Home
- Potter Place Railroad Station
- Robie's Country Store
- Rolfe Barn
- Salisbury Academy Building
- Stanley Tavern
- Tucker Mountain Schoolhouse
- William H. Long Memorial
- Bennett Farm
- Chamberlin House
- Charles S. Hall House
- Dimond Hill Farm
- Donald D. Tuttle House
- Dr. Solomon M. Whipple House
- Farrington House
- Franklin Pierce House
- Gershom Durgin House
- Gov. Frank West Rollins House
- H. Styles Bridges House
- Henry J. Crippen House
- Howe-Quimby House
- Leavitt Farm
- Lewis Downing, Jr. House
- Matthew Harvey House
- Morrill-Lassonde House
- Reuben Foster House and Perley Cleaves House
- Upham-Walker House
- White Farm
worship
- Allenstown Meeting House
- Baptist New Meeting House
- Bradford Center Meetinghouse
- Center Meetinghouse
- First Congregational Church of Boscawen
- Hill Center Church
- Loudon Town Hall
- Lower Warner Meetinghouse
- Northfield Union Church
- Old Webster Meeting House
- South Danbury Christian Church
- South Sutton Meeting House
- Webster Congregational Church
- Beaver Meadow Brook Archeological Site
- Old North Cemetery
- White Park