Downtown Concord Historic District
Downtown Concord Historic District | |
Stickney's Block on Main Street | |
43°12′19″N 71°32′15″W / 43.20528°N 71.53750°W / 43.20528; -71.53750 | |
Area | 25 acres (10 ha) |
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Architect | Dow, Samuel H., et al. |
Architectural style | Federal, Greek Revival, et al. |
NRHP reference No. | 00000652[1] |
Added to NRHP | June 9, 2000 |
The Downtown Concord Historic District encompasses most of the commercial heart of downtown Concord, New Hampshire, United States. Incorporated in 1734, Concord became the state capital in 1808 and the seat of Merrimack County in 1823. Economic growth followed, due in part to these government institutions and also to the rise of industry along the Merrimack River, which flows through the city east of the downtown area, and the arrival in the 1840s of the railroad. The New Hampshire State House was built in 1819 south of the traditional center of the city (now the Concord Historic District), and the commercial heart of the city began to take shape along the First New Hampshire Turnpike south of the State House (now Main Street).[2] The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.[1]
The district is centered on North and South Main Street, between Loudon Road/Centre Street in the north and Hills Avenue in the south. It also includes properties on North State Street between Pleasant and School streets, as well as some on the side streets extending for one block on either side of Main Street. It does not include the New Hampshire State House or its grounds, which are listed as part of the Concord Civic District.[2]
Most of the buildings in district were constructed in the second half of the 19th century. The oldest wood-frame building is the 1819 wood frame Upham-Walker House on Park Street, which is separately listed on the National Register. The first brick commercial building in Concord, the Merrimack County Bank building at 47 North Main Street, was built in 1808 and significantly altered in the 1860s; it is also separately listed. Following the arrival of the railroad, there was a flurry of building activity in the 1850s and 1860s, in which time many of Main Street's brick buildings were built.[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 Downtown Concord Historic District". National Park Service. Retrieved February 28, 2014.
External links
Media related to Downtown Concord Historic District at Wikimedia Commons
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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