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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26WR_rounsevel-building_Littleton-NH.html
When erected in 1889, this building housed the Littleton Public Library and the Christian Science Society, in which R.D. Rounsevel was prominent. Its tenants included diverse retailers, insurance offices, the Republic-Journal newspaper, and photo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26WP_early-franconia_Franconia-NH.html
This quiet site once buzzed with activity as the center of Franconia's economy during the time of the Industrial Revolution. A dam about 200 feet upstream provided water power for an iron smelter across the river and for grist, saw and bobbin …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26WO_iron-furnace_Franconia-NH.html
Across the Gale River stands New Hampshire's sole surviving blast furnace. It is unusual, as well, in its octagonal shape and its remarkable condition. A huge wooden shed protected the furnace and workers from the weather. The shed filled the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26WN_1889-iron-bridge_Franconia-NH.html
This wrought iron bridge is a rare surviving example of the pin-connected lenticular truss design used for iron bridges from 1880 to 1890. The Dow Bridge, a mile southeast of here on Main Street, is of the same rare design. It has been restored …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26WJ_methodist-church_Littleton-NH.html
This building was graced with the first church bell and spire in town. Built in 1850 on the site of the Old Red Store, a pioneer tavern, the church was dedicated on January 8, 1851. A Greek Revival portico with two fluted Doric columns was repla…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26WI_first-congregational-church_Littleton-NH.html
On July 4, 1833, Main Street's first house of "publick worship" was dedicated here on Meetinghouse Hill. Several denominations shared the English Gothic church, and it was a famed forum for abolition and temperance causes. The Reverend…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26WH_salomon-block_Littleton-NH.html
When fire claimed Jacob M. Salomon's dry goods store on this site, he built this angled Georgian Revival showpiece in 1912, capping three decades of Main Street development begun by H. L. Tilton. Salomon (1878-1945) saluted his neighbor with cast…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26WF_harrington-block_Littleton-NH.html
In 1850, merchant Fry Gile (1819-1898) built a block here. When he moved to Kansas in 1854, it was purchased by retailer Nathan McCoy (1813-1886). The McCoy Block housed studios for the Kilburn Stereoscopic View Factory (1860-68) and in 1879 for…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26W8_littleton-stamp-coin-co_Littleton-NH.html
Millions of coin and stamp collectors know Littleton thought the Littleton Stamp & Coin Company, a mail order firm launched in December, 1945 on the second floor of Tilton's Opera Block. Fannie Kasper Sundman, impressed by the friendly and scenic…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26W7_parkers-marketplace_Littleton-NH.html
Ira Parker (1846-1938) built a house here in 1885. He had left his family's tannery in 1866 to make gloves. By 1889 he had become general manager of the Saranac Buck Glove Company, the town's major manufacturer. Parker sold his share in Saranac…
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