Stratham Historical Society

The Stratham Historical Society is a local historical society serving the town of Stratham, New Hampshire. Its headquarters is at 158 Portsmouth Avenue, in the former Wiggin Memorial Library building. That building, built in 1912, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.[1]

Wiggin Memorial Library
The historical library building, now housing the Stratham Historical Society
Location158 Portsmouth Ave., Stratham, New Hampshire
Coordinates43°1′30″N 70°54′42″W
Arealess than one acre
Built1912 (1912)
ArchitectWalker, Charles Howard; Truman, Sidney S.
Architectural styleLate 19th And 20th Century Revivals
NRHP reference No.93001381[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 10, 1993

Description and history

The Stratham Historical Society building is located at the southeast corner of Portsmouth Road and Winnicutt Road in the town center of Stratham. It is a single-story masonry structure, built out of rubblestone with granite and wooden trim. It is covered by a side gable roof, with chimneys rising from the end walls. The main facade consists of a pair of projecting gabled sections flanking a central entrance portico. The portico is supported by four large granite columns, which support a corniced entablature. The interior is organized with the librarian's desk at the center, and reading rooms in the flanking wings, with fireplaces at the end walls. Its dominant architectural features are the roof supports, which are formed out of massive curved timbers.[2]

Stratham had private libraries since 1793, and began to financially support the last of these in 1896. In 1912 a dedicated library building was built at 158 Portsmouth Avenue, to a design by Charles Howard Walker. Its construction was funded by a bequest from Emma Blodgett Wiggin, and was named as a memorial to her and her husband, George Wiggin. It served as the town's public library until 1989, when it moved to its current facilities. The old building now serves as a research library and meeting place for the Stratham Historical Society.[2]

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See also

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "NRHP nomination for Wiggin Memorial Library". National Park Service. Retrieved 2014-07-31.
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