List of New Hampshire historical markers (251–275)

This page is one of a series of pages that list New Hampshire historical markers. The text of each marker is provided within its entry. Although there are less than 275 markers, the name of this page allows for future expansion.

Contents
No. Title Location
251Dr. Jennie Sarah Barney (1861–1956)Grafton
252BungtownGrafton
253Londonderry TurnpikeSalem
254'The Avenues' NeighborhoodBerlin
255The City That Trees BuiltBerlin
256Gerrish DepotBoscawen
257Frances Glessner Lee (1878–1962) 'Mother of Forensic Science'Bethlehem
258Webster Stagecoach Stop and StoreDanville
259Nottingham SquareNottingham
260Captain Peter Powers Homestead SiteHollis
261BASIC: The First User-Friendly Computer Programming LanguageHanover
262Charles E. Tilton's LegacyTilton
263Franconia College 1963–1978Franconia
264Home Of John Parker Hale, 1840–1873Dover
265Cornish MeetinghouseCornish
266Pinkerton Academy / Old Academy BuildingDerry
267Abbot-Spalding HouseNashua
Notes  • References  • External links
List of
New Hampshire historical markers
(251–275)
 

Status listed as "ordered" on the state's website.[1]

Markers 251 to 275

251. Dr. Jennie Sarah Barney (1861–1956)
Town of Grafton

Location: Intersection of U.S. Route 4 and Prescott Hill Road[1]

"Born to a prominent family in Grafton, J. Sarah Barney graduated valedictorian from Boston University with degrees in medicine and surgery in 1896. A founding doctor at Franklin Hospital, where she practiced from 1910 to her retirement, Dr. Barney was remembered for her grit, humor, and involvement with women's suffrage. Upon her death, newspapers called her a pioneer and urged young readers to 'gather a little inspiration from the life of Dr. Barney to face up to the problem of the hour.' "[2]

252. Bungtown
Town of Grafton

Location: Turnpike Road off of U.S. Route 4[1]

"In the 19th century this industrial village developed between the Grafton Turnpike and the banks of Mill Brook. East Grafton was once known as Bungtown, a name derived from an accident involving an overturned cart of failed barrel stoppers or 'bungs.' At peak production, one could find shingles, clapboards, cider, harnesses, axes, paint, woolens, bobbins, carriages, and coffins made here, powered by several mill ponds. Today, the carding mill, axe factory, and harness shop still stand."[2]

253. Londonderry Turnpike
Town of Salem

Location: Old Rockingham Road[lower-alpha 1]

"Incorporated in 1804, this major highway completed the link between Concord, NH and Boston, MA, improving transportation of goods and personal travel. Granite posts marked many turnpikes, and this one in Salem marked the halfway point between Concord and Boston. The mileposts aided travelers and road maintenance crews. The marker was cemented into the stone wall in the 1940s after road repair. In 1956 the land was donated to the town to preserve memory of the original main route through Salem, NH on Old Rockingham Rd."[4]

254. 'The Avenues' Neighborhood
City of Berlin

Location: Intersection of NH 110 and Hinchey Street[1]

" 'The Avenues,' a large neighborhood with small lots, was named for its north-south avenues, 1st to 6th. Housing construction was fueled by the booming paper industry and the arrival of the Berlin Street Railway in 1902. Over the next 30 years, many working-class immigrant families built single and multi-family houses in this ethnically-diverse neighborhood, which included many French-Canadian families, as well as those from Russia, Poland, Ireland, and Italy."[3]:21

255. The City That Trees Built
City of Berlin

Location: Intersection of NH 110 and Green Street[1]

"Berlin became known as 'The City that Trees Built' after innovations in the 1870s replaced rags with wood pulp in paper manufacturing. As the paper industry expanded Berlin's population grew from 8,886 in 1900 to 20,018 in 1930. The Brown Company research laboratory, associated with a prominent mill company, held some 500 patents. While pulp, newsprint, and kraft shipping paper were major products, Brown Company manufactured many other wood-based items including chloroform, Kream Krisp shortening, Nibroc paper towels, and Bermico sewer pipes."[4]

256. Gerrish Depot
Town of Boscawen

Location: U.S. Route 3 at Gerrish Depot[1]

"Constructed in 1855 to replace the original station, this is the oldest surviving depot on the former Northern Railroad. First known as 'North Boscawen Depot,' it was renamed in 1909 following a fatal train collision caused by confusion over similar station names, along with several other depots on the line. The name 'Gerrish' was chosen in honor of a prominent farming family. The depot provided freight and passenger service for local farms and residents, the state nursery, the county nursing home, and county jail until 1955."[5][6]

257. Frances Glessner Lee (1878–1962) 'Mother of Forensic Science'
One of the Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death by Frances Glessner Lee
Town of Bethlehem

Location: U.S. Route 302 at Glessner Road[1]

"Here at the Rocks, her family’s summer estate, this Chicago heiress pursued her passion for criminology in the 1940s-50s with the creation of 20 miniature dioramas depicting actual crime scenes with detailed accuracy. Called the Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death, the dioramas were based on crime scene statements and photographs, and were used to train homicide detectives. In recognition of her many contributions to forensic science, Glessner Lee was appointed an honorary Captain of the New Hampshire State Police in 1943."[7][8]

258. Webster Stagecoach Stop and Store
Town of Danville

Location: NH 111A and Sandown Road[1]

"This small building, built ca. 1820, served as a stopover for a stagecoach route that passed through Danville. Passengers could buy refreshments while the horses rested and carriages were repaired. Early customer accounts remain intact, written on interior walls. Nathaniel Webster, third cousin to Daniel Webster and the town's first U.S. postmaster, ran the post office from this building. The stagecoach stop's history illustrates the importance of 19th century stagecoach culture, not only for travel but also for commerce and mail delivery."[9][10]

259. Nottingham Square
Square Schoolhouse, located in Nottingham Square
Town of Nottingham

Location: Nottingham Square on NH 156[1]

"The Town of Nottingham was created by a Royal Charter in 1722. A plan of the town was completed in 1724; at that time the design of the Nottingham Square was laid out with the house lots and the intersecting streets of Bow, Fish, King and North. The town's first school, blockhouse and later meetinghouse were built on this summit. The site of militia drills in 1775 and home to four Revolutionary War generals, Nottingham Square served as the center of the town's business and social life for more than a century and remains common land for all."[11][12]

See also: NH historical marker 85 in Raymond

260. Captain Peter Powers Homestead Site
Town of Hollis

Location: NH 130 West[1]

"Hollis's first settlers of English descent, Capt. Peter Powers and his wife, Anna Keyes, established their homestead on this hill in 1730. An explorer, land surveyor and town officer, Capt. Powers also led the Hollis Company in the 1755 expedition to Crown Point, New York, during the French and Indian War. He and three sons served in the French and Indian War; four sons were soldiers in the Revolutionary War as well. Capt. Powers died of fever in 1757 at age 49, while Anna remained in Hollis until her death in 1798."[13][14]

261. BASIC: The First User-Friendly Computer Programming Language
Town of Hanover

Location: NH 120[1]

"In 1964, Dartmouth College math professors John Kemeny and Thomas Kurtz created one of the first user-friendly programming languages, called Beginners All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code. BASIC made computer programming accessible to college students and, with the later popularity of personal computers, to users everywhere. It became the standard way that people all over the world learned to program computers, and variants of BASIC are still in use today."[15][16]

262. Charles E. Tilton's Legacy
Town of Tilton

Location: Near Riverfront Park at U.S. Route 3[lower-alpha 2]

"Native Charles E. Tilton shaped his hometown through many gifts of monuments, buildings and parks—places that make the community special today. After moving to the West Coast in 1850, Tilton acquired extraordinary wealth through his trading company and investments. The citizens of Sanbornton Bridge voted to name their new town 'Tilton' in his family's honor after NH Governor Onslow Stearns approved the town's division from Sanbornton June 30, 1869."[17]

263. Franconia College 1963–1978
Town of Franconia

Location: NH 142[1]

"In 1963, an emerging Franconia College purchased the former Forest Hills grand hotel, built on this site in 1882. Bending the norms of higher education, the college offered selfdirected study, and administrative decisions were made by faculty and students at freewheeling community meetings. The experimental school was part of a national trend in progressive education during an era of revolution and change. Faced with mounting financial pressures, it closed its doors in 1978. By 1986 the building was no longer extant."[18]

264. Home Of John Parker Hale, 1840–1873
The home of John P. Hale, now part of the Woodman Institute Museum, with historical marker at right
City of Dover

Location: NH 108 (Central Avenue)[1]

"New Hampshire lawyer, politician and noted abolitionist, Hale lived in this home for nearly 40 years, until his death. During this time, he was elected to the U.S. Congress as a Democrat in 1842, to the U.S. Senate as an Independent in 1847 and again to the U.S. Senate as a Republican in 1855. The first distinctly anti-slavery U.S. senator, he was friendly with President Lincoln, who named him Minister to Spain in 1865. A statue of Hale joins those of Daniel Webster and Gen. John Stark at the State House in Concord."[19]

265. Cornish Meetinghouse
Town of Cornish

Location: Meetinghouse Road @ Cornish Stage Road[1]

Note: status "ordered" as of June 2020.[1]

266. Pinkerton Academy / Old Academy Building
Old Academy Building, at left, on the grounds of Pinkerton Academy in Derry
Town of Derry

Note: status "ordered" as of June 2020.[1]

267. Abbot-Spalding House
City of Nashua

Location: 1 Abbot Street @ NH 101A[1]

Note: status "ordered" as of June 2020.[1]

Notes
  1. Sources differ as to if the address is 75 Old Rockingham Road at 42°48.061′N 71°14.523′W[3]:469 or 43 Old Rockingham Road.[1]
  2. Riverfront Park in Tilton is referred to as Riverside Park in the state's online listing of markers.[1]

References
  1. "New Hampshire Historical Highway Markers – List of Markers by Marker Number" (PDF). NH.gov. June 20, 2020. pp. 18–19. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
  2. Hamalainen, Anita (2017). "Women's History Commemorated in Grafton". dailyuv.com. Retrieved July 3, 2019.
  3. Bruno, Michael A. (2018). Cruising New Hampshire History: A Guide to New Hampshire's Roadside Historical Markers. Lloyds Hill Publishing. ISBN 0692107282.
  4. "New Hampshire Historical Highway Markers map". NH Division of Historical Resources. Retrieved July 3, 2019.
  5. @NHDNCR (June 14, 2018). "New NH Historical Highway Marker: Gerrish Depot" (Tweet). Retrieved July 2, 2019 – via Twitter.
  6. Angers, Shelly (June 14, 2018). "New NH Historical Highway Marker: Gerrish Depot". nh.gov (Press release). N.H. Department of Natural & Cultural Resources. Retrieved July 2, 2019.
  7. @NHDNCR (October 22, 2018). "New NH Historical Highway Marker honors 'Mother of Forensic Science'" (Tweet). Retrieved July 3, 2019 – via Twitter.
  8. Angers, Shelly (October 22, 2018). "New NH Historical Highway Marker honors 'Mother of Forensic Science'". nh.gov (Press release). N.H. Department of Natural & Cultural Resources. Retrieved July 3, 2019.
  9. @NHDNCR (October 10, 2018). "New NH Historical Highway Marker: Webster Stagecoach Stop and Store, Danville" (Tweet). Retrieved July 3, 2019 – via Twitter.
  10. Angers, Shelly (October 10, 2018). "New NH Historical Highway Marker: Webster Stagecoach Stop and Store, Danville". nh.gov (Press release). N.H. Department of Natural & Cultural Resources. Retrieved July 2, 2019.
  11. @NHDNCR (January 11, 2019). "New NH Historical Highway Marker honors 'Nottingham Square'" (Tweet). Retrieved July 3, 2019 – via Twitter.
  12. Angers, Shelly (January 11, 2019). "New NH Historical Highway Marker honors 'Nottingham Square'". nh.gov (Press release). N.H. Department of Natural & Cultural Resources. Retrieved July 3, 2019.
  13. Bruno, Michael A. "New Hampshire's New Historical Markers for 2018 & 2019". cruisingnewhampshirehistory.com. Retrieved July 3, 2019.
  14. Angers, Shelly (May 1, 2019). "New NH Historical Highway Marker honors Hollis' first settlers". dncr.nh.gov (Press release). N.H. Department of Natural & Cultural Resources. Retrieved June 3, 2019.
  15. Brooks, David (June 10, 2019). "Who needs a primary when we're first in the nation for computer programming history?". Concord Monitor. Retrieved July 3, 2019. BASIC: The First User-Friendly Computer Programming Language
  16. Liptak, Andrew (June 16, 2019). "New Hampshire installs first historical marker to honor computer programming". The Verge. Retrieved July 3, 2019.
  17. Pauwels, Linda (October 24, 2019). "The unveiling of the new historical marker #0262 in Tilton today near Riverfront Park as part of the 150th anniversary celebrations". Facebook. Retrieved October 29, 2019.
  18. "New NH Historical Highway Marker commemorates Franconia College". New Hampshire Department of Natural and Cultural Resources. November 25, 2019. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
  19. Angers, Shelly; Meaney, Eileen P. (July 6, 2020). "New NH Historical Highway Marker in Dover marks the home of John Parker Hale" (Press release). New Hampshire Department of Natural and Cultural Resources. Retrieved July 13, 2020 – via NH.gov.
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