<p>The Stark Union Church  is a historic church on NH 110 in Stark, New Hampshire. Built in 1853 to serve as non-denominational worship space, it is a well-preserved example of mid-19th century vernacular church architecture. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. It is still the only church in the rural community.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The Stark Union Church is one of the prominent and visible features of the small village of Stark, set on the west side of New Hampshire Route 110 at its junction with Northside Road, which crosses the Upper Ammonoosuc River on the Stark Covered Bridge just to the west. The church is a modest single-story wood frame structure, with a gabled roof and clapboarded exterior. It is oriented facing south toward Northside Street, with its long side paralleling NH 110. The front facade is symmetrical, with a pair of entrances flanking a single sash window. The doors and window are each topped by a slightly peaked lintel. Windows on the sides are also sash, with similar decoration. A two-stage tower rises from the roof ridge, its second stage an open belfry with round-arch openings. Each stage has pinnacles at the corners, and the top is crested by low crenellations. The interior is relatively plain, with plaster walls and bench pews.</p><br>
<p>The church was built in 1853, at a time when the small communitys numerous congregations could not individually afford to build churches. The building continues to be owned by the Pew Owners Association whose subscription fees funded its construction. It is a well-preserved example of a vernacular Greek Revival New England church.</p><br>
<p>St. Anne Church is a historic church at 58 Church Street in Berlin, New Hampshire, United States. It is the church for Good Shepherd Parish within the Roman Catholic Diocese of Manchester. St. Anne Parish was founded in 1867, and was Berlin&#39;s first Roman Catholic congregation. It was merged with Guardian Angel Parish, St. Joseph Parish, and St. Kieran Parish in 2000 to form Good Shepherd Parish. Its building, constructed in 1900, is an important local example of Romanesque architecture, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture and history</h2><br>
<p>St. Annes stands north of Berlins central business district at the northeast corner of Pleasant and Church streets. It is a roughly rectangular red brick structure, with a long gabled roof and towers flanking the south-facing front facade. The towers are identical in their lower levels, with tall round-arch windows at the lower level and smaller round-arch windows at a higher level. Their corners have brick quoining, and rise to a corbelled brick cornice, above which the treatments differ. The left tower has an open square belfry with round-arch openings, and is topped by a steeple; the right tower is topped by a truncated steeple topped by a statue of Saint Anne. The interior of the building is richly decorated with carved wood and plaster ornamentation.</p><br>
<p>St. Annes was established in 1867, and was the first Roman Catholic congregation in the community. Its first church, a wood-frame structure, was built in 1882. In 1899 it was moved and adapted for use as a parish school. The present church was designed in 1900 by Archibald I. Lawrence, a local architect. It was built by M. H. Roy, a contractor from Lewiston, Maine; the identities of the artisans who created its interior are not known. By the 1970s Berlins Roman Catholic congregations had grown to four, with St. Anne&#39;s principally serving its French-American population. The parishes were merged in 2000.</p><br>
<p>The Stark Covered Bridge is a historic wooden covered bridge over the Upper Ammonoosuc River in Stark, New Hampshire. It carries a connecting roadway which joins the Northside Road to New Hampshire Route 110. The bridge was built in either 1857 or 1862 , replacing a floating bridge that had been located a short way upstream. It is a two-span Paddleford truss bridge, which is a regional variant of the Long truss. It is 151 ft long with a span of 138 ft, and is 29 ft wide, carrying an 18 ft wide roadway and two 6.5 ft sidewalks. The shore ends of the bridge rest on abutments of granite stone, while the center of the bridge is supported by a reinforced concrete pier, which is flared on the upstream side to deflect debris. The bridge is reinforced with steel beams, giving it a carrying capacity of 15 tons.</p><br>
<p>When originally built, the central pier was also of granite, but it was washed away, along with the bridge, in 1890 or 1895. The bridge survived the disaster, and was placed again on its abutments, and reinforced with laminated arches that were thought to eliminate the need for a central pier. This configuration survived until 1946, when sagging in the bridge prompted construction of a temporary wooden central pier. The bridge was rebuilt in 1954, adding the present concrete pier and the steel stringers, and removing the laminated arches.</p><br>
<p>The bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.</p><br>
<p>The Mountain View Grand Resort & Spa – formerly called the Mountain View House – is a historic grand hotel at 101 Mountain View Road in Whitefield, New Hampshire, United States.</p><br>
<p>Mountain View Grand Resort & Spa is a member of Historic Hotels of America, the official program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>After the Civil War, tourism became popular in the White Mountains, especially with the arrival of the railroad. In 1865, William and Mary Dodge first accepted boarders into their home. By 1866, the couple officially opened an inn called the Mountain View House. Over the years, several additions were built, which by 1884 could accommodate over 100 guests. The facilities were greatly enlarged to accommodate over 200 guests in 1911 and 1912, when the iconic belvedere tower was added to the facade.</p><br>
<p>As an established member of the elite White Mountain resorts, the Dodges continued to expand and improve "The View", as it was called, including nearly doubling the hotel capacity to 300 beds and seating for 450 in the dining hall. Sports and conference facilities were added, and the real estate was expanded to over 3,000 acre.</p><br>
<p>The property remained in the family until it was sold in 1979, giving rise to the claim of being "the oldest resort in the US to be owned and operate by the same family living on the same property."</p><br>
<p>But the new owners proved unsuccessful; it closed in 1986 after 122 seasons and went into foreclosure, with the furnishings auctioned by the bank in 1989.</p><br>
<h2>Redevelopment</h2><br>
<p>After being held by investors but never reopened as of 1998, Kevin Craffey, a general contractor from Duxbury, Massachusetts, purchased the vacant hotel for $1.3 million, including 360 acre, a 9-hole golf course, clubhouse and conference hall. After an extensive $20 million renovation, with addition of a new hotel kitchen, spa, tennis courts, consolidation of 145 rooms, landscaping and updated amenities, the hotel reopened on May 22, 2002, as the Mountain View Grand Resort & Spa. In 2005, the hotel and its 4,000 surrounding acres were purchased by the American Financial Group, a holding company which owns several other historic luxury hotels in four other US states.</p><br>
<p>The Mountain View House was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.</p><br>
<p>The Mountain View House is an EPA Green Power Partner, getting all of its electrical power through the installation of a 121 ft wind turbine adjacent to the hotel and through the purchase of renewable energy certificates. The resort has been named an "Environmental Champion" by the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services and the N.H. Lodging and Restaurant Association.</p><br>
<h2>Controversy</h2><br>
<p>In 2004, a year after vehemently denying any wrongdoing, Mr. Craffey pleaded guilty to environmental felonies, arising from improper asbestos removal and disposal during renovations, and was sentenced to two years of detention, all but two months of which were suspended. He also agreed to pay over $230,000 in fines and restitution and 150 hours of community service.</p><br>
<p>Subcontractors on the renovation filed liens for $765,000 on the property, claiming they had not been paid.</p><br>
<p>The William D. Weeks Memorial Library, also referred to as the Weeks Memorial Library, is a publicly funded, nonprofit library governed by the Town of Lancaster in Coös County, New Hampshire.</p><br>
<p>Located at 128 Main Street, the single-story brick building was constructed in 1906, enlarged in 1998, and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. Currently a repository of approximately 62,000 books, news publications, and audiovisual materials, Weeks Memorial Library identifies itself as a hub of community involvement for youth, teens, and adults alike.</p><br>
<p>According to the library&#39;s website, there are more than 4,000 residents of the Lancaster area, including surrounding communities, who are served by active library cards.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>A few years before 1850, the town of Lancaster started its first circulating library. In 1858, a Reading Circle was established for the people of the town. They secured additional funding for the library after a November 1860 town hall meeting, and this library was in operation until 1867. Approximately 200 volumes belonged to the Reading Circle, which was housed in first librarian George O. Rogers&#39; office. At this time, library membership was offered to the townspeople at the price of $20 per share. This system of membership continued for the next 70 years.</p><br>
<p>In 1884, George P. Rowell, a member of the Social Reading Circle and chief founder of Lancasters public library services, donated 1,000 books for the towns free public library efforts, which had expanded to include 2,500 volumes. The 1896 Lancaster Library was housed in what was formerly the 1806 Coos Courthouse.</p><br>
<p>Rowell also offered the former Lancaster Academy building for use as a free public library under the condition that the town raise $500 in support of the initiative. This marked the beginning of the Lancaster Public Library (not to be confused with the library of the same name in Lancaster, Pennsylvania). Rowell then funded the buildings renovations and a new catalog for the librarys collection, which had grown to approximately 4,000 titles within a few years.</p><br>
<p>In 1905, former House of Representatives member, Massachusetts senator, and USA Secretary of War John Wingate Weeks sponsored the construction of a new library building in Lancaster to be named in memory of his father, William Dennis Weeks. Although he became a politician in Massachusetts, John W. Weeks had family ties in Lancaster, and the proposed library building acted as a tribute to the education that led to his future success in politics. He went on to introduce the Weeks Act in 1911, which authorized the purchase and regulation of land in the eastern United States to protect rivers and watersheds. This legislation led to the establishment of the nearby White Mountain National Forest.</p><br>
<p>At its opening in 1908, the Weeks Memorial Library consisted of 9,000 books. Built with future growth of the collection in mind, the space could reasonably accommodate roughly 20,000 items. The library&#39;s juvenile department, funded by the Colonel Town Income Spending Committee, was introduced in 1930.</p><br>
<p>In order to adjust to the growing collection and provide adequate library services, expansion of the Weeks Memorial Library was necessary. The 1998 addition was meant to make library facilities easily accessible to all patrons while also bringing the building up to standard with the current safety codes. At this time, Weeks Memorial Library housed a collection of more than 30,000 books, in addition to 1,000 audiovisual materials.</p><br>
<p>In 2000, the Weeks Memorial Library was listed on the National Register of Historic Places under criteria A and C as a historically significant place in regards to construction and function.</p><br>
<p>According to libraries.org public statistics, William D. Weeks Memorial Library serves a population of 3,507 residents and has an annual circulation of 35,377 transactions. As of August 2016, the library&#39;s collection included a total of 61,937 volumes. The current library director is Barbara R. Robarts.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture</h2><br>
<p>The Weeks Memorial Library was modeled in the Beaux-Arts architectural style, characterized by "projecting and receding masses, classical columns, carved window and door heads, and other details such as quoins, ascroteria, and antifixae." This was a popular style of architecture amongst libraries in the 20th century, as was the T-shaped plan its design followed. These were common characteristics of several other libraries built with financial support from the Carnegies.</p><br>
<p>The original building, designed by McLean and Wright, is measured at 60 by and is topped by a hipped roof with two chimneys. A central projecting entry pavilion dominates the front façade, with a recessed entry topped by a transom window and a cornice in scrolled brackets. The doorway is flanked with Doric columns, and Ionic pilasters beyond the recessed area. Above the pilasters is an entablature and triangular pediment with decorated tympanum.</p><br>
<p>The building was extended in 1998. The addition, designed by Thomas Wallace of Tennant/Wallace Architects in Manchester, New Hampshire, complemented the architecture of the original structure while still utilizing modern techniques and materials.</p><br>
<h2>Mission</h2><br>
<p>The Weeks Memorial Library&#39;s mission is separated into three points.</p><br>
<p>Celebrates and fosters recreational learning through activities, technology, and programs for persons of all ages.</p><br>
<p>Serves as a public warehouse (repository) of ideas, a place where information can be shared from print, audiovisual, and online sources with the help of trained specialists who organize and make these resources accessible.</p><br>
<p>Is the hub of our community where information, knowledge, culture, and history interface with people.</p><br>
<h2>Library services and programs</h2><br>
<p>Programs and activities include story times, book discussion groups, recreational activities that promote exercise and healthy living, and movie nights. The library also offers adult learner services like basic reading, writing, and math education, ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) instructional resources, and GED preparation.</p><br>
<p>Weeks Memorial Library&#39;s collection consists of 62,000 books, news publications, and audiovisual materials that are geared toward juveniles, teens, and adults.</p><br>
<p>The town of Lancaster&#39;s total population is 3,507, and the Weeks Memorial Library boasts approximately 4,000 active library card holders within the town and its surrounding communities.</p><br>
<h3>Databases</h3><br>
<p>It is a member library of the North Country Library Cooperative under the statewide umbrella organization, the New Hampshire State Library, through which the library offers patrons access to a variety of databases and online resources.</p><br>
<p>Ancestry</p><br>
<p>Biography Resource Center</p><br>
<p>EBSCO</p><br>
<p>Heritage Quest</p><br>
<p>NewsBank</p><br>
<p>OCLC</p><br>
<h3>Genealogy and history</h3><br>
<p>Weeks Memorial Library features an extensive collection of local and genealogical resources for patrons at all stages of the research process, including The New Hampshire Collection, vital records, and local news publications on microfilm.</p><br>
<p>Coös County Democrat</p><br>
<p>Coös Republican</p><br>
<p>Groveton Advertiser</p><br>
<p>Independent / Lancaster Gazette</p><br>
<p>Lancaster Herald</p><br>
<p>White Mountain Echos</p><br>
<p>Whitefield Times</p><br>
<p>The Meadow Bridge was a historic bridge across the Androscoggin River located on a spur of North Road in Shelburne, New Hampshire. It was a multi-span pin-connected truss bridge that was the first on its site when it was built in 1897 by the Groton Bridge and Manufacturing Co. The bridge consisted of three central through Pratt trusses, one pony Pratt truss, and one steel girder section. The ends of the bridge rested on stone abutments, while the interior spans were supported by circular steel piers filled with concrete and anchored in place by timber piles. The bridge was bypassed in 1984 by a modern bridge. In 2004 it was dismantled and stored on the banks of the river for future rehabilitation.</p><br>
<p>The bridges total length was about 504 ft, and it was just over 18 ft wide. Its three central spans were identical Pratt trusses, 1334" long and 20 tall. The pony truss connected the main span to the southwestern shore, and measured 7310". It was inclined at a 3% grade. The northern approach was a steel span with stringers 24 long over a 213" span. This approach was inclined at a 2% grade.</p><br>
<p>When the bridge was built, the river normally meandered in a channel that could be as wide as 400 feet. Silting and gravel deposits over time have altered the river&#39;s course, and it now is rarely wider than 250 feet. The main course of the river has been shifted northward, and the northernmost pier had been shored up to prevent it from being undermined. The bridge was one of the longest bridges of its type built in the state.</p><br>
<p>The bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.</p><br>
<p>The Benjamin Aldrich Homestead is a historic homestead east of the terminus of Aldrich Road, slightly east of Piper Hill in Colebrook, New Hampshire. Developed beginning in 1846, it is the oldest surviving farm property in the town. Its farmstead includes the original 1846 house and barns of the period. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The Benjamin Aldrich Homestead stands in a rural area of northwestern Colebrook, on a hillside of 136 acre overlooking the Connecticut River to the west. The farmstead includes the main house, several barns, a chicken coop, and other storage buildings. The main block of the main house is a 2-1/2 story wood frame structure, with a gabled roof, granite stone foundation, and Greek Revival decoration. Attached to it is an older 1-1/2 story Cape, now serving as an ell on the south side. The main barn, built about the same time as the ell, is a bank barn with a fieldstone foundation and hand-hewn timber frame.</p><br>
<p>The ell of the house and the barn were built in 1846 and 1847, respectively, not long after Benjamin Aldrichs purchase of the land in 1844. In 1861, the main block of the house was built, and the old house rotated and attached to its south side. The farm is the last intact 19th-century farmstead in the town of Colebrook. It remained in the hands of Aldrichs descendants until 1988, seeing agricultural use well into the 20th century. Originally a largely agrarian community, Colebrook has no active farm properties.</p><br>
<p>The Crawford House Artist&#39;s Studio  is a historic studio building in Carroll, New Hampshire. Built in 1880 as an artist summer house and studio, it is a good local example of Stick style architecture. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. It has been rehabilitated by the Appalachian Mountain Club , and now serves as a bunkhouse as part of its Crawford Notch Highland Center.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>The former Shapleigh Studio is located on the campus of the AMC Highland Center, just north of the top of Crawford Notch on the west side of USA Route 302 in Bretton Woods. It is located between the center&#39;s main parking area and its main building. It is a single-story wood-frame structure, with a gabled roof and clapboarded exterior. Each of its long sides has a central projecting section with a cross gable. The gable ends have Stick style woodwork applied to the walls, and some of the gables have additional decorative woodwork at the gable peaks. Windows are generally large 16-over-16 sash, although there are smaller windows in the side gable ends. An enclosed shed-roof porch extends across the southern part of the western facade; this is also where the main entrance is located.</p><br>
<p>The studio building was built in 1880 to serve as studio space for Frank Shapleigh, a noted painter of White Mountain art. Shapleigh lived and worked in this studio until 1894. As part of its restoration by the AMC, it was relocated to a new foundation.</p><br>
<p>The Garland Mill is a historic sawmill on Garland Road in Lancaster, New Hampshire. Built about 1860, and repeatedly modified to adapt to growth and new technology, it is the only water-powered sawmill  in the state. The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The Garland Mill stands in a rural upland area of eastern Lancaster, on the west side of Garland Road at its junction with Pleasant Valley Road. The property is bisected by Garland Brook, which provides the mill&#39;s power. The mill is set astride the stream, separated from the main road by the mill pond and wooded area. A wooden crib dam with rock fill provides a drop of about 16 ft at the eastern end of the building. The main mill is a broad single-story timber framed structure. The interior is one large chamber, with large entrances on the north and south sides to facilitate the entry of logs and the exit of sawn lumber. A wooden penstock brings water to a turbine, from which a series of leather belts deliver power from the main shaft to the saws.</p><br>
<p>The mill was built in 1860 by Eben Crocket Garland, and was a relatively successful small mill operation. It grew in the subsequent decades, its growth spurred by the arrival of railroad service to Lancaster. In 1870, it was one of 640 sawmills in the state. The mill was sold by Garland&#39;s son in 1888. It is now roughly three times the size of its original construction, and kept pace with technological changes through the mid-20th century, updating its turbines when more efficient ones became available.</p><br>
<p>The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. At the time of its listing it was still in operation as the only water-powered sawmill in the state.</p><br>
<p>The Martin Homestead is a historic farm property on USA Route 3 in Stratford, New Hampshire. Established in 1830, it retains both the original house and English barn, with 112.5 acre of land whose original usage patterns are still discernible. The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The Martin farm property is located in far northern Stratford, its entire extent straddling the border with neighboring Columbia. The property is for the most part a strip of land projecting eastward from the Connecticut River, which forms its western boundary. The area nearer the river is wider, and is where the farm&#39;s open fields are located. The property is also divided by USA Route 3. There are fields on both sides of the road, with the area further east rising into wooded uplands. The farmstead is located on the west side of Route 3 in Stratford, about 3 mi north of North Stratford, New Hampshire.</p><br>
<p>The main house is a well-preserved -story plank-framed Cape house. The house may have been built c. 1830 by Joseph Martin, after he acquired the property in a tax sale, or it may already have been standing there. The presence of only a half-basement suggests that three bays of the house were built before it was widened to its present five-bay width. Although it has had some alteration, including a complete rebuilding of its central chimney, the house is the best-preserved period Cape in Stratford. The "English" barn standing to the house&#39;s north appears to be contemporary to the house. This arrangement of detached buildings was common in early 19th-century New England, giving way later in the century (often via modification of older farmsteads) to connected farmsteads. The surviving arrangement seen here is particularly rare in the area.</p><br>
<p>The Mount Jasper Lithic Source is a prehistoric archaeological site in Berlin, New Hampshire. Located on the slopes of Mount Jasper on the north side of the city, it includes one of the only known evidences of mining by pre-Contact Native Americans in the eastern United States. The mountain is a source of rhyolite, apparently prized for its qualities in the manufacture of stone tools. The site includes a mine shaft about 9 m deep, as well as workshops at the base and summit of the mountain. The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>Mount Jasper is a low peak 1 miles northwest of the confluence of the Dead River and Androscoggin River in Berlin, New Hampshire. Its summit is at 1,584 ft above sea level, and its base at the Dead River is about 1,040 ft. It is visually distinguished by a steep rocky slope near its summit. The geology of the mountain includes bands of rhyolite.</p><br>
<p>The site, owned by the city of Berlin, encompasses a triangular area from the summit to points on the Dead River. Its principal features include one or more short mine shafts that follow the seams of rhyolite in the upper reaches of the mount, and workshop areas at both the summit and river-facing base of the mountain. While the deepest mine is 9 m deep, there is ample evidence that other exposed seams of rhyolite were extensively quarried.</p><br>
<h2>Significance</h2><br>
<p>The site is historically and archaeologically important as a source of rhyolite, and was identified in the 19th century as a Native American source of the stone. Archaeological investigation of the area conducted in the 1980s identified not only the locations where natives quarried the stone, but has also determined that workshops (where finished materials such as weapon points were fashioned) were located there. Evidence from this and other sites indicates that it was a source of stone for tools as much as 9,000 years ago, and it is unique in the eastern United States in that the natives working the quarry actually tunneled into the mountain. Tools fashioned from stone quarried here have been found at archaeological sites across the northeastern United States.</p><br>
<p>The Philbrook Farm Inn is a historic inn on North Road in Shelburne, New Hampshire. At the core of the inn&#39;s holdings is a farmhouse whose oldest section dates to about 1834. Operated as a tourist accommodation since 1861, it was for 120 years run by members of the same family. The inn was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The Philbrook Farm Inn stands in a rural area in eastern Shelburne, on the north side of North Road overlooking the flood plains of the Androscoggin River to the south, as well as portions of the White Mountains. The main building of the inn is a rambling 2-1/2 story wood-frame structure, consisting of a c. 1834 farmhouse with numerous additions. The main block houses the main desk and some guest quarters, with more guest quarters in a wing to the east. Dining facilities and residential quarters of the innkeepers are in a wing to the west, and the kitchen is in a wing on the north side. The west wing&#39;s front is flush with that of the main house, while the eastern wing has two sections, that nearest the house slightly recessed, and that at the far eastern end projecting slightly. The area in front of the first of these sections is a now-enclosed porch.</p><br>
<p>The farmhouse was built about 1834 by the Hodgdon family, and was converted into a tourist accommodation in 1861 by the Philbrook family. It was one of the early tourist accommodations to be opened in the region, and has survived numerous changes in transportation and tastes. The Philbrooks first extended the house to the east in 1861, and further expanded the guest room wing to in 1906. A fire in 1934 destroyed a barn and other facilities on the west side of the house, after which they built the present dining and kitchen facilities. It was sold out of the Philbrook family in 1983, ending more than 120 years of operation by a single family. It is one of the only tourist accommodations to survive in northern New Hampshire from the early period of that activity.</p><br>
<p>The Tip-Top House is a historic former hotel in Mount Washington State Park in Sargents Purchase, New Hampshire, United States. Built in 1853, it is the oldest surviving building in the summit area of Mount Washington, and is believed by the state to be the oldest extant mountain-top hostelry in the world. It features exhibits concerning the mountains history. Located near the modern summit building and other visitor facilities, it is open for a fee to visitors from early May to early October. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>The Tip-Top House stands directly adjacent to the summit of Mount Washington, at 6,288 ft the tallest mountain in the northeastern United States. It is located on the southwest side of the summit, just north of the summit station of the Mount Washington Cog Railway and the parking area at the end of the Mount Washington Auto Road. It is a roughly rectangular structure, 1-1/2 stories in height, with walls of rough-cut granite. The stones are mortared together, but the joints are set deep and the mortar is barely discernible. The main entrance is set off-center on the southern short end, in a simple rectangular opening. The sides have rectangular window openings. The interior is largely reflective of a rebuilding effort following a 1915 fire, in which it was gutted.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The building was erected on Mount Washington in 1853 to compete with the Summit House, a nearby hotel established in 1852. Built by Samuel F. Spaulding at a cost of $7,000, the Tip-Top House was made of rock blasted from the mountain. On clear days, a telescope was placed on its flat roof to create an observatory, although in the early 1860s the flat roof was replaced with a pitched roof. Beginning in 1877, the building functioned for seven years as a printing office for Among the Clouds, the mountain&#39;s newspaper. When the newspaper moved to a different location, the Tip-Top House was abandoned and fell into disrepair. A three-story, 91-room hotel was built atop Mount Washington, together with a weather observatory. All of these buildings were destroyed in the Great Fire of 1908, except the Tip-Top House, which was renovated to function again as a hotel. When the Summit House was replaced, however, the Tip-Top House burned; it was rebuilt as an annex to the Summit House, then abandoned in 1968. Now a state historic site, the Tip-Top House was restored in 1987, including its flat roof.</p><br>
<p>The USA Post Office–Lancaster Main is a historic post office at 120 Main Street in Lancaster, New Hampshire. Built in 1935, it is one of the few examples of Art Deco architecture in northern New Hampshire. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>Lancasters main post office stands just north of the towns central business district, amid a cluster of civic and religious buildings. It is set close to the street at the southwest corner of Main and School Streets, giving it a visually commanding location in the town center, where most of the buildings are set back. It is a single-story masonry structure with a flat roof. The brick is laid in common bond, atop a granite base layer and water table. The center of the main facade projects from the main block, and features six pilasters of fluted granite construction topped by a raised parapet. The building&#39;s symmetry is marred by the addition of a handicapped access ramp to the left half of the front. The interior lobby space is finished with plaster, wood, and masonry. The marble floors are finished in an Art Nouveau multicolored pattern, which is echoed in the wainscoting, which is made of quarry tile. Original lattice grillwork is found at the service windows.</p><br>
<p>The post office was built in 1935 to a design by Louis A. Simon, then the supervising architect of the United States Department of the Treasury. The building&#39;s styling is described as "Starved Classicism", a variant of Art Deco styling that is unusual and rare in the region.</p><br>
<p>The Wallace Farm  is a historic farm at 27 Wallace Road in Columbia, New Hampshire. Established in the late 18th century, the farm has  been continuously held in the same family. The 125 acre includes a c. 1825 farmhouse, carriage house, and barn. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>Wallace Farm is located in northern Columbia, a rural community on the east bank of the Connecticut River. The farm property extends eastward from the river, straddling United States Route 3. The area west of the highway is in agriculture, pasture, and woodland, while the area to its east is primarily wooded, including a large sugar bush. The farmstead is located along an old alignment of US 3, between the current highway and the river. The farmstead consists of a series of connected buildings, the oldest of which is the c. 1825 main house, and a separate dairy barn. The house is a 2 1/2 story timber frame structure, that has an L shape, and exhibits Greek Revival styling. The interior was extensively restyled in the 1850s or 1860s. Attached to the main block is a series of three buildings: a carriage house and horse barn, each dating to the time of the house, and an early 20th-century garage. The farm has been in Wallace family hands since the late 18th century.</p><br>
<p>Three brothers of the Wallace family were among Columbias first settlers, arriving in 1785. Only William, the youngest of the three, remained to work the land they cleared, and he soon became one of the areas most successful farmers. At first a diversified agricultural operation, the farm became focused on dairying as its primary activity in the late 19th century, continuing until 1986, when the herd was sold off. The surviving farmstead is one of the community&#39;s best surviving examples of a connected 19th-century farmstead.</p><br>
<p>The Waumbek Cottages Historic District encompasses a collection of high-quality summer resort houses in Jefferson, New Hampshire. Located on Cottage Road and Starr King Road, these six "cottages" are all that survive of a large late-19th century resort complex that once included a hotel and eleven cottages. All are fine examples of the Shingle style of architecture, with Queen Anne Victorian touches. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The town of Jefferson, founded in 1796, became recognized as a tourist destination in the mid-19th century, in part through the writings of Unitarian minister Thomas Starr King. He convinced a local hotelier to build a larger hotel, called the Hotel Waumbek, in 1860. The availability of railroad transportation greatly increased the tourist trade in subsequent decades, and the hotel was repeatedly enlarged. By the 1890s it was one of the state&#39;s grand hotels, with 500 rooms.</p><br>
<p>During the 1880s, a trend began in these resort properties to build separate houses for some of the hotel guests, and other long-time guests also purchased adjacent properties from real estate promoters to build their own, while taking advantage of the hotel&#39;s amenities. At the Hotel Waumbek, these trends resulted in the construction of eleven separate "cottages" near the hotel between 1889 and 1900. A major fire in 1928 destroyed the hotel and three cottages, two more were demolished later in the 20th century.</p><br>
<p>The historic district is located on Cottage Road and Starr King Road, on the southern flank of Mount Starr King north of USA Route 2 and just east of the village center of Jefferson. The landscape and setting feature spectacular views of the White Mountains to the south. The cottages are surmised to have been designed, based on similarity to other work, by Alfred Barlow, who designed a major addition to the hotel. All of the cottages are in the Shingle style, with Queen Anne-style porches.</p><br>
<p>The Wilder-Holton House is a historic house museum at 226 Main Street in Lancaster, New Hampshire. Built in 1780, this two-story timber-frame house is believed to be the first two-story house built in the area, and to be the oldest surviving house in Coos County. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. The house is now owned by the Lancaster Historical Society, which operates it as a museum.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The Wilder-Holton House is prominently located at the northern end of Lancaster&#39;s Main Street, on the north side of the triangular junction of United States Routes 2 and 3. It is a two-story wood frame structure, covered by a hip roof and finished in wooden clapboards. It is roughly square in shape, presenting five-bay facades in two directions. The main entrance faces east, sheltered by a single-story porch extending across three bays. There are presently three chimneys, although the remains of a large central chimney are found in the basement. The interior is presently arranged as a center-hall plan, and includes a large ballroom space on the second floor.</p><br>
<p>The house was built in 1780 by Jonas Wilder, and is believed to be the first two-story building to be erected in what is now Coos County. It is also the oldest known surviving house in the county, earlier single-story buildings having succumbed. The house was a prominent local meeting point, serving in the 1790s for religious services before a church was built, and as the site of town meetings. In the early 19th century it probably also served as a boarding house, primarily serving visitors to the nearby county courthouse. It was originally associated with a much larger agricultural land-holding, and was associated with farming until the early 20th century. It has been owned by the Lancaster Historical Society since at least the 1960s.</p><br>
<p>The Carroll County Court House is a historic former courthouse at 20 Courthouse Square in Ossipee, New Hampshire. Built in 1916, it is the county&#39;s oldest surviving courthouse, and a prominent local example of Colonial Revival architecture. It housed county offices until the 1970s, was a courthouse until 2004, and now houses the Ossipee Historical Society. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The Carroll County Court House stands in Ossipee Village, on the south side of Courthouse Square near its junction with Old Route 28 and Browns Ridge Road. It is an I-shaped two-story structure, built out of brick with limestone trim. It is organized with wide sections at the front and rear, and a central joining section between them. The front section originally housed county offices, the central section the main courtroom, and the rear the offices of judges and other court-related facilities. Each section is covered by a hip roof. The main facade is three bays wide, with a shallow project central gabled section supported by paired Doric columns. Ground floor windows are set in segmented-arch openings with limestone keystones, and second-floor windows are set in rectangular openings with splayed lintels and keystones. The entrance is a double-leaf door with flanking sidelight windows and a large semi-oval transom window above.</p><br>
<p>The first courthouse built in what is now Carroll County was in 1839 on this site, when the area was still part of Strafford County. Carroll County was established in 1840, and that courthouse was selected as the county seat. This building was constructed in 1916 to meet increased needs for space. It was designed by Albert H. Dow, a native of nearby Tuftonboro who worked in Boston, Massachusetts. It underwent significant interior work in 1960, again to meet demand for more space, particularly for county offices. These were relocated to a new building in 1979, and the court facilities were moved to another new building in 2004. The building has since been maintained by the Ossipee Historical Society.</p><br>
<p>The Cotton Mountain Community Church, also known as the Wolfeborough, Brookfield and Wakefield Meetinghouse, is a historic church on Stoneham Road in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire, near the town line with Brookfield. Built about 1852, it is a well-preserved example of a rural New England meeting house with vernacular Greek Revival style. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. Since 1957, when it stopped being used for services, it has been cared for by a local nonprofit group.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The Cotton Mountain Community Church stands alone in a rural wooded area in far eastern Wolfeboro, on the north side of Stoneham Road a short way west of the town border with Brookfield. It is a single-story wood frame structure, with a gabled roof, clapboarded exterior, and granite foundation. The building corners are pilastered, which rise to a simple entablature. The front gable is fully pedimented. The front facade is symmetrical, with a pair of entrances flanking a central window. Each entrance is flanked by sidelight windows and framed by plain trim. The entrances lead into separate small vestibules, which give way to a single large chamber. Interior lighting is provided by kerosene lamps and chandelier, and the space is lined with bench pews facing a raised pulpit area.</p><br>
<p>The church was built about 1852 to serve local Methodist and Free Will Baptist congregations. It escaped major renovations in part because enrollments declined over the next 100 years; its only major alterations have been the replacement of a high pulpit with the present low platform, and the addition of the kerosene chandelier, both in 1901. Its congregations continued to decline, and were eventually absorbed into other area churches. The building was sold in 1957 to the Cotton Mountain Community Church Association, dedicated to its preservation.</p><br>
<p>The Early Settlers Meeting House is a historic church building at the junction of Granite and Foggs Ridge roads at Leighton Corners in the town of Ossipee, New Hampshire, United States. Built in the 1810s for a Free Will Baptist congregation and remodeled in 1856, it is a well-preserved example of a vernacular mid-19th century church. Now owned by the Ossipee Historical Society, the building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The Early Settlers Meeting House is located in a rural area of southeastern Ossipee, at the southwest corner of Foggs Ridge Road and Granite Road. It is a vernacular, 1-1/2 story clapboarded wood frame building set on a fieldstone foundation. The main facade, facing Granite Road, is symmetrical, with a pair of entrances on the main floor and a window in the gable above. The entrances are each framed by simple surrounds and topped by transom windows. An open platform extends across the width of the building in front of that facade, set on granite blocks and fronted by a series of granite posts. The building corners have wide corner boards, rising to frieze boards extending along the sides. Each side has three sash windows.</p><br>
<p>The church was built sometime between 1809 and 1812, and was the first Free Will Baptist church in the town. Its entrance was originally at the center of the east facade (facing Fogg Ridge Road), and its interior was filled with box pews. Doctrinal disagreements led to a split in the congregation in the 1850s, with one branch departing to a new church elsewhere on Granite Road. The other group remained here, and undertook a restyling of this building, which was then in need of maintenance. The interior was updated with bench pews and a new pulpit area, and the exterior was altered, replacing the entrance with a window and building the present entrances. By the early 20th century the congregation had declined, and the building was sold to the Ossipee Historical Society in 1928.</p><br>
<p>The First Free Will Baptist Church is a historic church on Granite Road in Ossipee, New Hampshire. The wood-frame white clapboarded building was built in 1856-57, and is a fine little-altered local example of a vernacular Greek Revival country church. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The First Free Will Baptist Church is located in far southeastern Ossipee, on the north side of Granite Road not far from the town line with Wakefield. It is a 2-1/2 story wood frame structure, with a gabled roof and clapboarded exterior. It has simple but well-executed Greek Revival elements, including paneled corner pilasters and peaked lintels over the doors and windows. The main facade is symmetrical, with a pair of entrances on the ground floor and three windows in the gallery level above. The interior has separate vestibules for the two entrances, and stairs to a gallery level. Most of the building is filled by the main auditorium, which has slip pews and a raised platform at the far end.</p><br>
<p>The was built in 1856-57 for a congregation of the Free Will Baptists that split from the town&#39;s first congregation, which met in the Early Settlers Meeting House at Leightons Corner. Construction of this building was supervised by Joseph Nutter, one of the parishioners. The building was actively used for services until about 1920. The building remains in the hands of the society originally established for its upkeep, and has seen only modest alterations, such as the introduction of electric lighting.</p><br>
<p>Tuftonboro United Methodist Church is a historic Methodist church on New Hampshire Route 171 in Tuftonboro, New Hampshire. Built about 1853, it is one of the finest examples of ecclesiastical Greek Revival architecture in New Hampshire&#39;s Lakes Region. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The Tuftonboro United Methodist Church is located in the rural village center of Tuftonboro, on the north side of NH 171 a short way east of its junction with Durgin Road. It is a 2-1/2 story wood frame structure, with a gabled roof and clapboarded exterior. A two-stage square tower rises from the roof ridge, with a plain first stage and a belfry stage topped by an octagonal spire. Both stages have pilastered corners and a corniced entablature; the belfry has rectangular openings topped by blind half round panels. The main facade is symmetrical, with a pair of entrances, each flanked by pilasters, sidelight windows, and outer pilasters, and topped by entablatures and peaked cornices. Windows on the second level also have peaked cornices.</p><br>
<p>Tuftonboro&#39;s Methodist congregation first met in 1804, and its first church building was constructed in 1820. The present building was erected sometime between 1849 and 1854; the congregation ascribes its construction to 1853. The church is more architecturally elaborate than other churches built in the Lakes Region in the mid-19th century.</p><br>
<p>The Union Church is a historic church on South Main Street in South Wolfeboro, New Hampshire. Built in 1845 for the use of several small religious congregations, it is a well-preserved example of mid-19th century vernacular Greek Revival architecture. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The Union Church is located south of the main village of Wolfeboro, on the west side of South Main Street (New Hampshire Route 28) a short way north of its junction with Middleton Road. It is a 2-1/2 story wood frame structure, with a gabled roof and clapboarded exterior. A two-stage tower rises from the roof ridge, with a plain square first stage and an octagonal second stage with windows on four sides. The windows are topped by semi-oval fanlights, and the tower is crowned by a cupola. The building&#39;s front facade has pilasters at the corners, which rise to a pedimented gable. The facade is symmetrical, with a central recess housing a pair of entrances. The recess is defined by corner pilasters and matching square columns, and is topped by a corniced entablature.</p><br>
<p>The earliest church organizations in Wolfeboro were either Free Will Baptists, a teaching founded in neighboring New Durham in 1780, or derivatives of that group. Religious ferment in the community resulted in the construction of no less than sixteen church buildings in the 19th century. This one was built in 1845 by a coalition of congregations that were either Universalist in outlook, or derived from the Free Will Baptists. Although the Universalists were the largest group involved in its construction, the rotating ministers in the pulpit were drawn from a wide array of teachings.</p><br>
<p>The White Meetinghouse, also known as the First Freewill Baptist Society Meetinghouse, is a historic meeting house on Towle Hill Road, south of Eaton Center, New Hampshire. Built in 1844, it is a well-preserved and little-altered example of a vernacular Greek Revival meeting house. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. The building is now maintained by a local community organization, and is used for community events and occasional services.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The White Meetinghouse stands in an isolated rural setting in southwestern Eaton, at the southeast corner of Towle Corner Road and Burnham Road. It is a single story wood frame building, with a gable roof and clapboarded exterior. The main facade is relatively plain in decoration, with a pair of entry doors framed by sidelights and unmoulded casings. The doorways lead into separate small vestibules, which provide entry to the main chamber. The auditorium is oriented with slip pews facing the front of the building, with two tiers of raised pews in the rear for the choir. The pews are original, and bear the numbers of the subscribers who funded the building&#39;s construction. The building has never been wired for electricity, and is heated by a wood stove with a winding funnel pipe leading to the chimney.</p><br>
<p>The meetinghouse was erected in 1844 for a congregation of Free Will Baptists. It was built by Stephen Allard, a local builder who is credited with a number of surviving buildings in the community. The congregation peaked in size around the time of the American Civil War, and declined thereafter. The congregation was disbanded in the 1930s.</p><br>
<p>The Wolfeboro Centre Community Church  is a historic church on New Hampshire Route 109 in Wolfeboro Center, New Hampshire. Built in 1841 for two separate congregations, it is a well-preserved example of a rural mid-19th century church. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The Wolfeboro Centre Community Church stands in a geographically central rural setting northeast of Wolfeboro village, on the north side of NH 109 a short way east of its junction with New Hampshire Route 28. It is a single-story wood frame structure, with a gabled roof, clapboarded exterior, and granite foundation. There is no tower. The main facade is symmetrical, with a pair of entrances flanking a raised sash window. Trim consists of simple corner boards at the building corners, a modest Greek Revival entablature and cornice on the side eaves, and simple trim with corner blocks around the doors and windows. Its interior consists of a single auditorium, with a dais at the front (between the two front doors), and angled rows of slip pews with doors facing it.</p><br>
<p>The church was built in 1841 to house the religious activities of two congregations. One was a Free Will Baptist congregation established in 1780 in nearby New Durham, the other was an independent Congregationalist group established in 1803 in Portsmouth. The building is one of the least-altered 19th-century community churches in eastern New Hampshire. The inverted interior floor plan (with the dais at the front rather than the back) is an unusual but not uncommon layout for churches of the period in northern New England.</p><br>
<p>The First Congregational Church of Boscawen is a historic church on King Street in Boscawen, New Hampshire. Built in 1799, the wood frame church was significantly altered in 1839, when it acquired its present Greek Revival character. Its front facade is modeled as a Greek temple, with corner pilasters supporting an entablature consisting of an architrave, plain frieze, and moulded cornice. This entablature is continued around the two sides of the building. The church tower rises from the center of the front facade, and consists of three stages: the first stage is an enclosed square with a single small window in its rear face, the second is an open belfry surrounded by pilastered supports, to which the octagonal steeple is mounted.</p><br>
<p>The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.</p><br>
<p>The Lower Warner Meetinghouse is a historic meetinghouse on NH 103 in Warner, New Hampshire. The white clapboarded wood frame church was built in 1844, and its exterior is relatively unchanged since then, having only lost its steeple due to a lightning strike c. 1893. The building is three bays wide, with a recessed center entry framed by a pair of 20/20 sash windows. The entry is flanked by paneled boards, which are repeated on the corners, which rise to a triangular gabled pediment, whose tympanum contains a small triangular louver. Above the entry a two-stage square tower rises. The side walls each have three 20/20 sash windows. The interior has retained much of its original finish, although pews have been removed or rearranged.</p><br>
<p>The building was used as a church by Congregationalists and Methodists until the 1860s, at which time it was abandoned. It was informally maintained by abutters until a significant restoration was begun in 1897 after the loss of the steeple. In 1969 the building was given to the Warner Historical Society. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.</p><br>
<p>Northfield Union Church is a historic church on Sondogardy  Pond Road in Northfield, New Hampshire.</p><br>
<p>It was built in 1883 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>In 1882, a movement was started by O. L. Cross to build a church and hall to serve the southern portion of Northfield. To this end, an association was formed, and Charles E. Tilton, a textile mill owner, was invited to assist. Tilton drew up a document offering to pay for a substantial portion of the church if the town of Northfield would take ownership, provide money for the building&#39;s upkeep, and allow any congregations that so desired to meet there on Sundays free of charge. If more than one congregation wished to meet there, they would do so on a rotating basis. The town adopted a measure agreeing to these conditions, property was purchased near the Northfield Depot, and construction began. A dedicatory service was conducted at 2:00pm on August 21, 1883. The building was used by Freewill Baptists, Congregationalists, Methodists, and Adventists.</p><br>
<p>The South Sutton Meeting House is a historic meeting house at 17 Meeting House Hill Road in South Sutton, New Hampshire. The wood-frame building was constructed in 1839, and is a well-preserved example of rural vernacular Greek Revival architecture. Sited atop a knoll overlooking the village, the church is sheathed in clapboards and rests on a granite foundation. Its main facade has two entries, each of which is flanked by sidelight windows and framed by a moulded casing based on designs published by Asher Benjamin. The gable end is an enclosed pediment, whose tympanum has a fan that screens an attic window. There is a single window above the paired doorways. The building has been little altered since its construction; the only significant modification has been the digging of a cellar in which to install a furnace, done c. 1899, and the repair of lightning-related damage.</p><br>
<p>The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.</p><br>
<p>The Webster Congregational Church is a historic Congregational church off NH 127 on Long Street in Webster, New Hampshire, United States. The church was built in 1823 by George Pillsbury, a local builder, with interior joinery by William Abbot, another experienced church builder, and is an excellent representation of late Federal styling. The main facade has three entrances, each topped by a semicircular fanlight with reeded soffit. The central doorway has sidelight windows, while the flanking doors do not. On the second level there is a Palladian window above the central door, and smaller round-arch windows nearly above the flanking doors. The gable end of the roof is fully pedimented, with a semi-elliptical window in the tympanum.</p><br>
<p>The tower begins with a square section that has a clock in the front face, and continues with an open belfry supported by columns topped by elliptical arches. Above the belfry is a smaller square lantern stage with louvered openings and corner pilasters. This is topped by a four-sided dome and finial. Each stage of the tower has a decorative balcony railing, shrinking in size, with matching corner posts topped by finials.</p><br>
<p>The interior consists of a large auditorium with gallery, and an entry vestibule with stairs on either side. The gallery is supported by turned posts that rise to an elaborate entablature that forms the base of the gallery&#39;s parapet. The interior is lit by a chandelier installed in 1884 and electrified in 1930.</p><br>
<p>The church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.</p><br>
<p>Lake Ilirney  is a group of two lakes of Bilibinsky District, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia. Lake Tytyl lies 33 km to the east.</p><br>
<h2>Geography</h2><br>
<p>The lakes are located in the upper reaches of the Maly Anyuy River, 20 km from Ilirney town. Their name originated in the Chukchi word Eler-nei, meaning "rocky island", after the island located in the middle of the northern lake (Verkhniy Ilirneygytgyn).</p><br>
<p>River Ilirneyveyem flows to the east of it. Archaeological remains of the Neolithic have been found on the shores of the lake.</p><br>
<p>Southern Ilirney (Nizhniy Ilirneygytgyn) is a slightly larger lake located 8.5 km to the southwest of the northern lake. River Ilirneyveyem flows in and out of Southern Ilirney.</p><br>
<p>The Nathaniel Winsor Jr. House is a historic house located at 479 Washington Street Duxbury, Massachusetts. It currently serves as the headquarters of the Duxbury Rural and Historical Society.</p><br>
<p>The house is a contributing property in Duxburys Old Shipbuilders Historic District listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The house was built for shipping merchant Nathaniel Winsor Jr. (September 8, 1775 – June 4, 1859) and his wife Hannah Loring Winsor (May 16, 1780 – June 9, 1850). Nathaniel Jr. was the third generation of a prosperous shipbuilding family. His grandfather, Samuel Winsor, began building small fishing vessels on Clarks Island in Plymouth Bay in the 1740s. Nathaniels father, Nathaniel Winsor, Sr., was among the first entrepreneurs in Duxbury to commence the construction of fishing schooners on a large scale just after the American Revolution. In his youth, Nathaniel Jr. worked as a carver in his fathers shipyard, carving figureheads and decorative nautical moulding. By the early 19th century, Nathaniel Jr. had inherited his fathers busy fishing fleet and continued to expand the firms operations to include international trade. Eventually, the Winsor family mercantile operation was transferred to Boston and Nathaniel Jr.s son, Nathaniel Winsor III, took over affairs around the 1840s, creating the "Winsor Line," one of Boston&#39;s first regular lines of clipperships running between Boston and San Francisco.</p><br>
<p>In 1835, the house was purchased by Nathaniels son-in-law, Capt. Erastus Sampson (1808–1885). Sampson had married Elizabeth Winsor (1808–1885), one of Nathaniels daughters, in 1830. Sampson was best known as the captain of the Ship Coriolanus of Boston, built in Duxbury in 1829. The Sampson family, spending most of their time in Boston and probably summering in Duxbury, owned the house until 1893.</p><br>
<p>During the early 20th century, the house was operated by a variety of proprietors as a hotel known as the "Colonial Inn." In 1950, it was purchased by Dr. and Mrs. Edwin Leonard and operated as a bed and breakfast. It had a distinguished clientele including Buckminster Fuller, inventor of the geodesic dome, Sir William Hawthorne, Master of Churchill College, Cambridge, and actress Margaret Hamilton, best known as the Wicked Witch of the West in the film The Wizard of Oz.</p><br>
<p>In 1997, after a community fundraising effort, the house was purchased by the Duxbury Rural and Historical Society for use as their headquarters. The building currently houses the offices of the Rural and Historical Society and serves as a site for public and private functions.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture</h2><br>
<p>The house is recognized for its high Federal style architecture and grand scale. Five bays wide and a full three storeys high, its low roofline is nearly masked by its cornice, so that it presents a rectangle to the road. Full height pilasters mark the corners. The doorway features a half elliptical or demilune fanlight and side lights, expressing the generous width of the central hall behind. Above is a central Serlian window lighting the wide upper hall. In Duxbury, where the Federal period houses are typically more conservative, the Nathaniel Winsor Jr. House is unusual, as there are very few of its advanced style on the South Shore of Massachusetts. Its builders were clearly influenced by the residences designed by Charles Bulfinch and Asher Benjamin. According to tradition, some of the interior carving was done by Nathaniel Winsor Jr. himself.</p><br>
<h2>The Winsor Family</h2><br>
<p>Nathaniel and Hannah raised ten children in the house. The eight sons all became involved in maritime occupations. "The Winsor Line" managed by Nathaniel Winsor III continued in operation until 1907. Another son, Capt. Charles Winsor, led a successful career as a clippership captain and eventually became the keeper of East Brother Lighthouse in San Francisco Bay. One of Nathaniel Jr.s grandchildren, Justin Winsor, became one of the nations leading historians, head of the Boston Public Library, and a pioneer in the field of library science.</p><br>
<p>White Island  is one of the larger unpopulated islands of the Isles of Scilly, part of the United Kingdom, and lies off the coast of the northernmost populated island of the group, St Martin&#39;s, to which it is joined by a tidal causeway, or isthmus. The island is designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest  and a Geological Conservation Review site and is managed by the Isles of Scilly Wildlife Trust on behalf of the Duchy of Cornwall.</p><br>
<p>Access to the island can be dangerous when the rocky causeway is covered by the sea, as there are strong currents across it.</p><br>
<p>This White Island should not be confused with a much smaller island of the same name, which lies off the coast of Samson.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The uninhabited island lies off the north coast of St Martin&#39;s. It is about 15.25 hectare and until comparatively recently was part of St Martin’s. In 1814 the area of the island was estimated as fifty acres. At the north-east end of the island a fragment of altered killas, which at one time covered a much wider area, could be seen in 1911.</p><br>
<p>In common with the larger island, the place names are mostly English with the exception of Camper on the south-east coast (meaning tide race or roost in Cornish) and Porthmoren, a place on the west of the shingle and boulder bar that separates the two islands. In Cornish moren is a girl, or maiden, and porth is a landing place. The north-west of the island rises to a height of 21 m and is topped by a ruined entrance grave. There are also other ancient monuments, including a chambered cairn and several other cairns, To the south, and sheltered by the hill, are six small mounds or cairns. Two walls indicating a bank and ditch field system are also present.</p><br>
<h2>Natural history</h2><br>
<p>White Island is designated as a SSSI because of the waved maritime heath, maritime grassland, breeding seabirds and for the sequence of Late Pleistocene deposits in the cleft of Chad Girt which almost cuts the island in two. The sequence of Quaternary deposits is as follows:</p><br>
<p>a raised beach</p><br>
<p>granitic head known as Porthloo Breccia; named after the site on St Mary’s</p><br>
<p>soliflucted gravel known as Hell Bay Gravel (Bryher) which consists of clasts and loess from glacial material in the Irish Sea</p><br>
<p>head with erratics named after the nearby site on St Martin’s (Bread and Cheese Breccia).</p><br>
<p>Because it lies on the northern edge of the archipelago, the island is particularly exposed to high winds and salt spray. Consequently, the thin skeletal soil is covered in wind-blown maritime heath made up principally of western gorse (Ulex gallii), bell heather (Erica cinerea) and heather (Calluna vulgaris). English stonecrop (Sedum anglicum), bird&#39;s-foot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus) and heath bedstraw (Galium saxatile) can be found growing among the heath and gorse. On the deeper soils, bracken (Pteridium aquilinum) dominates, with bramble (Rubus fruticosus) and honeysuckle (Lonicera periclymenum). Along the western coast of the island is a small area of maritime grassland with the usual Isles of Scilly species of red fescue (Festuca rubra), thrift (Armeria maritima), common scurvygrass (Cochlearia officinalis), buck’s-horn plantain (Plantago coronopus) and sea beet (Beta maritima). In April 2001 the first confirmed Scillonian record (since 1967) of the RDB gilt-edged lichen (Pseudocyphellaria aurata) was found on White Island. A widespread and frequent species in the tropics, often found in Macaronesia but rare on mainland Europe, this is a UK Biodiversity Action Plan Priority species and is protected under schedule 8 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.</p><br>
<h3>Breeding birds</h3><br>
<p>Four species of gull and one species of petrel breed on White Island. They are Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus), Lesser Black-backed Gull (L fuscus), Herring Gull (L argentatus), Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) and the Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis).</p><br>
<p>The Estuary of the Heathcote and Avon Rivers / Ihutai is the largest semi-enclosed shallow estuary in Canterbury and remains one of New Zealand’s most important coastal wetlands. It is well known as an internationally important habitat for migratory birds, and it is an important recreational playground and educational resource. It was once highly valued for mahinga kai .</p><br>
<h2>Location</h2><br>
<p>The Avon River enters the estuary from the northwest, and the Heathcote River from the south-west. The estuary has a triangular shape, a short inlet connection with Pegasus Bay, and is primarily enclosed by the 4 km long Brighton Spit, on which the suburbs New Brighton, South New Brighton and Southshore are located.</p><br>
<p>The most prominent features of the inlet are the single deep channel between Rapanui Rock ("Shag Rock") and Brighton Spit.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>The estuary has an area of 8 km&sup2, is shallow—the mean at high water of ordinary spring tides (HWOST) is 1.4 m—and predominantly intertidal, as only about 15 percent of the area lies below low water of ordinary spring tides (LWOST).</p><br>
<h2>Official name</h2><br>
<p>The estuary&#39;s official name became Estuary of the Heathcote and Avon Rivers / Ihutai as a result of the Ngāi Tahu Claims Settlement Act 1998.</p><br>
<h2>Avon-Heathcote Estuary Ihutai Trust</h2><br>
<p>The Avon-Heathcote Estuary Ihutai Trust was formed in 2002. This resulted from requests from the wider community to act in the estuary’s long-term interests. The members of the Trust include representatives from the community, existing groups (Friends of the Estuary and the Christchurch Estuary Association), representatives from Christchurch City Council, Environment Canterbury, tāngata whenua and other agencies.</p><br>
<p>The County Farm Bridge was a historic covered bridge spanning the Cocheco River in Dover, New Hampshire. A Howe truss bridge, it was built about 1875 to serve the adjacent county farm complex, and was destroyed by fire in 1981. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. The bridge site now has a pedestrian bridge.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The County Farm Bridge location is in a basically rural setting in western Dover. It directly abuts the large county complex, housing the county prison, a courthouse, and other facilities. The bridge site is northwest of the complex, oriented in a northwest-southeast direction across the Cocheco River, which meanders south and then east around the county complex. The bridge was a single-span Howe truss structure, set on stone abutments. It was 112.5 ft long, and had an unusually low pitched roof. Its exterior was clad in vertical board siding.</p><br>
<p>The bridge was built about 1875, and was the first to be built on that site. It was apparently built to serve the county complex, which had been established in 1866. In 1963 the bridge abutments were augmented by a system of concrete piers and steel beams. Ownership of the bridge was transferred from the county to the city in 1972. The bridge burned in 1981, and has since then been replaced by a multi-use pedestrian structure.</p><br>
<p>Chester Congregational Church is a historic church at 4 Chester Street  in Chester, New Hampshire. This wood frame building was originally built as a traditional New England colonial meeting house in 1773, and underwent significant alteration in 1840, giving it its present Greek Revival appearance. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The Chester Congregational Church stands prominently at the center of Chester&#39;s main village, at the northwest corner of New Hampshire Route 121 and New Hampshire Route 102. It is a 1-1/2 story wood-frame structure, with a gabled roof, mostly clapboarded exterior, and split granite foundation. The front facade is three bays wide and finished in flushboard articulated by broad wooden piers. The main entrance, a double entry, is set in a recess in the center bay, with the other bays filled with paired narrow windows. The gable end above is fully pedimented, with a triangular louver at its center. A three-stage tower with clock and belfry rises to an octagonal spire. The clock was provided by E. Howard & Co., and the bell by George Handel Holbrook of Medway, Massachusetts. The interior has modest Greek Revival elements, including slip pews and a coved plaster ceiling.</p><br>
<p>The frame of the church was built in 1773, and underwent a major restyling in the 1840s. The church design is based on that of a church built in 1839 in nearby Candia. Most of its interior was lost during these alterations, but the original roof trusses and other features are still in evidence.</p><br>
<p>Chester Village Cemetery is a historic cemetery at the junction of New Hampshire Routes 102 and 121 in the center of Chester, New Hampshire. Established in 1751, it is one of the state&#39;s older cemeteries, and is particularly unusual for the large number of grave markers that were signed by their carvers. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The Chester Village Cemetery is located in the town center of Chester, at the eastern corner of Routes 102 and 121. The property is about 2.5 acre in size, and roughly rectangular in shape. The long side, along Route 121, is also its oldest portion; known as the "Revolutionary Quarter", it is about 1 acre in size, and has many graves dating to the period of the American Revolutionary War. Monuments in this older section are predominantly of either slate or sandstone, although there are some that are marble.</p><br>
<p>The cemetery was established in 1751, and became the town&#39;s main burying ground. Prior to that time, many families had buried their dead either in small family plots or in church yards; after this cemetery was established, many moved their dead here. The cemetery has one of the largest number of signed gravestones in the region. Two prominent local stone carvers were Stephen and Abel Webster, both of whose works appear here (Abel Webster is also buried here). This has enabled researchers to differentiate their styles from each other, making possible the identification of their work in other regional cemeteries.</p><br>
<p>Prominent burials include two Governors of New Hampshire, Samuel and John Bell, and William Richardson, Chief Justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court.</p><br>
<p>The Danville Meetinghouse  is a historic colonial meeting house on North Main Street  in Danville, New Hampshire. Built c. 1760, it is one of the oldest and least-altered meeting houses in New Hampshire, with a remarkably well preserved interior. The building, now maintained by a local nonprofit organization, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The Danville Meetinghouse is located in a rural setting in northern Danville, on the east side of North Main Street. It is a 2-1/2 story wood frame structure, with a gabled roof and clapboarded exterior. Entrances are located at the centers of the east, west, and south sides, with the principal entrance on the south. It is framed by pilasters and a simple entablature. The north wall has five bays, with the central one occupied by a pulpit window half way between the two levels. The interior retains original box pews, with a raised pulpit and reading desk at the center of the north wall. The gallery level has slip pews, and a choir area on the south wall facing the pulpit.</p><br>
<p>The meeting house was built c. 1759-60 by local residents for what was then the east parish of Kingston, before it was separately incorporated, first as Hawke, then as Danville. Many of its windows were enlarged slightly c. 1800, and the building also received some Federal style exterior decoration. Its use for religious services declined with the construction of a church in 1832, and town meetings were held here regularly until 1887, when the present town hall was completed. Its box pews were removed in the 1860s and placed in storage; they were returned to their original places in 1936.</p><br>
<p>The building is of significant regional architectural importance, for its age and state of preservation. Its well-preserved interior provides a major view into the architecture of older (no longer extant) meeting houses, which it is documented to resemble.</p><br>
<p>The First Universalist Church, known locally as the Church on the Plains, is a historic church building on Main Street in Kingston, New Hampshire. Built in 1879 to a design by the regionally prominent architect C. Willis Damon, it is a fine local example of Stick/Eastlake architecture. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979, and is now owned by the local historical society.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The former First Universalist Church building is located in the town center of Kingston, on the east side of its expansive common at the southwest corner of Main Street and Cemetery Lane. It is a rectangular wood frame structure, with a gable roof and a four-stage square tower projecting out of its northwest corner. The first stage of the tower has paired stencilled rectangular windows, and the second has single four-leaf-clover windows. The third stage is louvered on all four sides, and houses the church bell. The last level has clock faces on all four sides, and the steeple rises above. To the right of the tower is a single-story porch, its shed roof supported by large wooden brackets. Above that in the gable end is a three-part Palladian window, and the gable itself is decorated with Stick style woodwork. The interior has stencilwork done by unknown craftsmen.</p><br>
<p>The church was built in 1879 to a design by C. Willis Damon of Haverhill, Massachusetts. Damon was considered one of that city&#39;s leading architects, having designed a number of its industrial buildings and the old Haverhill High School. His credits in New Hampshire include an academy building in Tilton and the Portsmouth courthouse. This church was deconsecrated in 1954, and donated to the local historical society in 1974.</p><br>
<p>The Portsmouth Pearl is a center of arts and culture at 45 Pearl Street in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. It is located in the former Freewill Baptist Church—Peoples Baptist Church—New Hope Church, built in 1868. The building, a fine local example of Italianate ecclesiastical architecture once owned by an African-American congregation, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003. It hosts art exhibitions, theatrical productions, and has facilities available for event rental.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The Portsmouth Pearl is located just outside Portsmouth&#39;s central downtown business district, at the junction of Pearl and Hanover Streets. It is a two story wood frame structure, with a gabled roof and clapboarded exterior. Its main facade, facing Pearl Street, is three bays wide, with a center entrance set in a rounded-arch opening. The windows of the facade are elongated rounded-arch windows, set by pairs in round-arch opening in which the lozenge above is of stained glass. Rising from the roof ridge above the entrance is a short tower, with a flushboarded first stage that has corner pilasters, and a second belfry stage with round-arch louvered openings. The tower is finished with a short octagonal steeple.</p><br>
<p>The church was built in 1857, originally shorter and without the tower. It was enlarged in 1868 by adding 10 ft to the front. It is an excellent local example of religious Italianate architecture, and is further notable as the first church building in New Hampshire to be owned by a predominantly African-American congregation. The church was built for a Freewill Baptist congregation, which also made the 1868 expansion. It was purchased in 1915 by an African-American offshoot of the Middle Street Baptist Church, which organized as the People&#39;s Baptist Church in 1893. It was the first church in Portsmouth to be owned by an African-American congregation. That congregation owned the building until 1984, when it reorganized and moved to a new space.</p><br>
<p>The Fremont Meeting House  is a historic meeting house at 464 Main Street  in Fremont, New Hampshire. Built in 1800, it is a well-preserved example of a Federal-period meeting house, and is the only surviving example in the state with two porches, a once-common variant of the building type. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The Fremont Meeting House is located near the southern end of the dispersed rural center of Fremont, on the northeast side of NH 107 a short way south of the Ellis School. It is a large two-story wooden structure, measuring 466" by 368", with a gabled roof and clapboarded exterior. It has a plain five-bay main facade, its only ornamentation in the centered entrance surround, which has paneled pilasters and a corniced entablature. The short gable ends of the building are extended by staircase enclosures, which provide access to the second-floor gallery space. The interior retains some of its original box pews, and its pulpit, portions of which retain original marbleized paint finish. Other surviving interior elements include some rare period music supports in the gallery. The property also includes a 19th-century hearse house.</p><br>
<p>The town of Fremont was incorporated as Poplin in 1764, out of Brentwood. It is unusual among area towns that it did not build a meeting house soon afterward, and early congregationalists continued to worship in surrounding towns. This meeting house was built in 1800, and is one of the last in the region to be built in the old style, with the main entrance on the long side and without a steeple. Its construction also exhibits the use of the queenpost truss in the roof, a technique that did not become common until the 19th century. The building served as a town meeting space until a new town hall was built in 1911.</p><br>
<p>The Hampstead Meetinghouse, also once known as Hampstead Town Hall, is a historic meeting house at 20 Emerson Avenue in Hampstead, New Hampshire. The core of this dual-purpose  structure was begun in 1749, although its interior was not completely finished until about 1768. It is one of a number of fairly well-preserved 18th-century meeting houses in southeastern New Hampshire, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The Hampstead Meetinghouse stands in the village center of Hampstead, on the north side of Emerson Street east of its junction with Main Street (New Hampshire Route 121). It is a two-story wood frame structure, with a gabled roof and clapboarded exterior. Unlike 19th-century churches, it has its original main entrance on the long side, at the center of a five-bay facade. The entrance is framed by pilasters and a triangular pediment. A bell tower rises just to the left of the main block, with a similarly styled second entrance at its base. It rises square to an open octagonal belfry and spire. The interior, originally a large chamber with a gallery around three sides, has had the upper level fully floored over. Its original configuration would also have had box pews on the main floor, and a raised pulpit with sounding board on the wall opposite the main entrance.</p><br>
<p>Construction began on the meetinghouse in 1749, but it was not considered finished until 1768, when its interior walls were finally plastered. The tower was added during renovations in 1793, which also included the construction of a porch. The bell which hangs in the tower was added in 1809; it is the product of a short-lived partnership between Paul Revere, Jr. (son of the Revolutionary Paul Revere) and George Holbrook, and may be its only surviving casting. The building ceased to be used for Congregational services in 1837, and in 1856 the gallery level was enclosed, making a full second story, which was set up for theatrical productions.</p><br>
<p>The Northwood Congregational Church is a historic church at 881 1st New Hampshire Turnpike  in Northwood, New Hampshire. The Greek Revival wood frame building was built in 1840, and is one of the finest and least-altered Greek Revival churches in the state. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. The congregation is affiliated with the United Church of Christ.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The Northwood Congregational Church is located in the town center of Northwood, on the south side of US Route 4, just east of the Coe-Brown Northwood Academy. It is a single-story wood frame structure, with a gabled roof and clapboarded exterior. Its main facade is built to resemble a classical Greek temple front, with four fluted columns supporting a full triangular pediment, above a recessed entry. The tympanum of the pediment is flushboarded. The entry facade has two doorways, each flanked by pilasters which stand behind the columns of the facade. The church is topped by a three-stage tower with an 1888 bell.</p><br>
<p>The church was built in 1840, probaby by Jonathan Tasker, a local builder. It was for many years a mainstay of the community, and one of its early pastors, Rev. Elliott Cogswell, was instrumental in establishing the Northwood Academy (now Coe-Brown Northwood Academy). Services were discontinued due to declining participation after World War II, and were revived in the 2000s.</p><br>
<p>Old North Cemetery is a historic cemetery on Maplewood Avenue in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. It is a roughly 1.5 acre parcel of land north of the city center on the shore of North Mill Pond. Its earliest burials are dated to 1751, although it was not formally established as a cemetery until 1753. It is the largest of the city&#39;s 18th century cemeteries, and is remarkable for the relatively distant locations some of the stonecarvers came from whose work appears in it. The cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.</p><br>
<h2>Setting</h2><br>
<p>Old North Cemetery is located north of downtown Portsmouth, on the southwest side of Maplewood Avenue. It is bounded on the southeast by a railroad yard, and the northwest by Union Cemetery. To the west it borders a portion of the North Mill Pond. This setting is in stark contrast to its historical surroundings. At the time of its founding, it was essentially laid out on a peninsula, and the pond was more of a tidal inlet of the Piscataqua River. Its present surroundings are the result of intensive development and redevelopment in the 19th and 20th centuries.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>The cemetery is in a nearly rectangular irregular shape, about 1.5 acre in size. The land slopes down toward the water, and has a number of hillocks, most of which are topped by graves. It is separated from Union Cemetery by a row of trees, and from the railroad yard by a chain link fence. A low retaining wall separates it from Maplewood Avenue.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The site was first used as a cemetery in 1751, and was formally acquired by the city in 1753. It was not its first cemetery, which was located near present-day Mechanic Street. It is the largest of those laid out in the 18th century, built to address increased demand in the growing community. It soon became a favored burying ground, and a number of locally and nationally prominent figures are interred there.</p><br>
<h2>Notable burials</h2><br>
<p>John Langdon, governor of New Hampshire, one of the first two USA senators from the state</p><br>
<p>Woodbury Langdon, merchant, delegate from New Hampshire to Continental Congress, New Hampshire Superior Court justice, brother of John Langdon</p><br>
<p>Prince Whipple, slave, freed by William Whipple in 1781</p><br>
<p>William Whipple, signer of USA Declaration of Independence, brigadier general in New Hampshire Militia</p><br>
<p>The Sandown Old Meetinghouse is a historic meeting house on Fremont Road in Sandown, New Hampshire. Built in 1773, this two-story timber-frame structure is a virtually unaltered late-Colonial civic and religious structure. It is believed to be unique in the state for its level of preservation, both internal and external. The building, now maintained by a nonprofit organization, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The Sandown Old Meetinghouse is located on a hill above the modern village center of the town, on the east side of Fremont Street. It is a two-story wood frame structure, with a gabled roof and clapboarded exterior. Its clapboards are original, fastened to the structure by wrought iron nails. The roof eave is modillioned, with returns on the gabled ends. The building is roughly square, with five-bay facades on each side. There are entrances on the east, south, and west sides, all framed by pilasters and topped by fully pedimented gables. The east and west entrances are slightly off enter, and have four-light transom windows. The interior of the building is virtually unaltered, retaining its 18th-century pulpit and sounding board, as well as its original box pews. Alterations include the addition of wood stoves in the 19th century, and the alteration of one area in the gallery to accommodate a choir and organ. The gallery railings originally had spindled balustrades, but most of the spindles have been lost.</p><br>
<p>The meetinghouse was built in 1773, and is located near the geographic center of the town, opposite the town pound. It served a religious congregation until 1834, and was used for town meetings until 1929. It has been owned by a local nonprofit organization since. It is believed to be unparalleled within the state for its state of preservation.</p><br>
<p>The South Meetinghouse is a historic ward hall at 260 Marcy Street  in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Completed in 1866, it is one of the city&#39;s finest examples of Italianate architecture, and a rare surviving example of a 19th-century ward hall. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. It continues to be used as a community resource.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The South Meetinghouse is located in Portsmouth&#39;s southern residential area, at the northwest corner of Marcy Street and Meeting House Hill. Oriented facing Marcy Street, it is a two-story wood frame structure, with a gabled roof and clapboarded exterior. Italianate stylistic elements of the exterior include round-headed windows, and a bracketed roof at the top of its two-stage tower. The main entrance is sheltered by a Greek Revival four-column porch with Doric columns and an Ionic entablature, which extends the width of the front facade. The interior has a vestibule area with two staircases providing access to the upper level. The ground floor is divided into two spaces, with paired iron columns supporting the ceiling and upper level, which has a single large high-ceilinged chamber.</p><br>
<p>The meetinghouse was built on the site of a 1731 meeting house, and was the only major civic structure on the south side of Portsmouth. It was built in 1866, after several years of agitation by local residents for a public meeting space in the citys southernmost ward. The building was designed by a committee appointed by the city council, and was built at a cost of $9,600. The buildings upper level serves as a large public meeting space, and has seen use for political meetings, ward elections, and religious services.</p><br>
<p>South Parish  is a church at 292 State Street in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, in the United States. The congregation is a covenanting member of the Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations, and is an accredited Green Sanctuary. Unitarian Universalism is a liberal religion with Jewish-Christian roots. It has no creed. It affirms the worth of human beings, advocates freedom of belief and the search for advancing truth, and tries to provide a warm, open, supportive community for people who believe that ethical living is the supreme witness of religion. The church is a Welcoming Congregation for bisexual, gay, lesbian, and transgender people. The church building, built in 1824-26, is one of the earliest examples of Classical Revival architecture in New England, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture and history</h2><br>
<p>The South Parish church is located in downtown Portsmouth, at the southwest corner of State and Church streets. It is a single-story masonry structure, fashioned out of ashlar granite blocks quarried in Rockport, Massachusetts. Its gabled roof has a single-stage square belfry, topped by a low-pitch hip roof. The front facade is dominated by a four-column pedimented portico, with Tuscan columns for support. There are three entrance bays, articulated by simple pilasters. The side windows are set in round-arch openings. The interior consists of an entrance vestibule, with a single large sanctuary chamber beyond. The roof is supported by scissor trusses composed of massive timbers. The interior decorations are reflective of an 1858 enlargement and redecorating.</p><br>
<p>The church was built in 1824-26. It is the first substantial stone structure to be built in northern New England, and is an early example of the large-scale use of granite in New England architecture. Its neoclassical Greek Revival elements are a precursor to later Greek Revival structures built in the city.</p><br>
<p>St. Johns Church is a historic church at 101 Chapel Street in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The brick building was designed by Alexander Parris and built in 1807; it was the first brick church in the state of New Hampshire, and is a rare surviving early design by Parris. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. The church is home to an Episcopal congregation organized in 1732, with roots in the citys 17th-century founding.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>St. Johns Church is located on the east side of downtown Portsmouth, between Church and Bow streets near the citys eastern waterfront. It is a two-story brick building, facing west toward Church Street. Its main facade has a slightly projecting center section, which has a recessed entry, as do the two flanking bays. Above each of these entries are Palladian windows. The triangular gable pediment has a lunette window in its tympanum. The interior space is predominantly filled with slip pews, although some original box pews survive in the galleries. The interior ceiling was painted with a trompe-l&#39;œil coffered ceiling in 1848.</p><br>
<p>Portsmouths Episcopalian congregational history dates to 1638, when a church was established in the Strawbery Banke area. This congregations minister was forced out by Massachusetts Bay Colony authorities. (Portsmouth was at the time subject to oversight by that colonys Puritan leaders.) In 1732 a new congregation was organized, and established in a wooden church on the site of the present St. Johns. That church burned in a major fire in 1806 that destroyed more than 300 buildings in the city. The present edifice was erected in 1807, and was the first brick church building in the state. It is also one of the first works of architect Alexander Parris, before he became well known for his work in Boston and elsewhere.</p><br>
<p>The Unitarian Church  is a historic church on Exeter Road  in Hampton Falls, New Hampshire. Built in 1838, it is a rare example of an in antes Greek Revival temple front in the state, and is distinguished by the presence of Victorian trompe-l&#39;œil panels and ribbing on its interior walls. The church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. It is presently used for services in the summertime.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture and history</h2><br>
<p>The Hampton Falls Unitarian Church is located in a rural setting near the geographic center of the town, on the north side of Exeter Road. It is a 1-1/2 story wood frame structure, with a gabled roof and clapboarded exterior. Its front facade is recessed behind a Greek Revival temple front whose sides are extensions of the building walls, and whose inner section is supported by two round columns. They support an entablature that encircles the building, and a gabled pediment. The wall being sheltered is finished in flushboarding, and has two symmetrically placed entrances, each flanked by pilasters and topped by an entablature. The interior is a single large chamber with a curved ceiling, upon which trompe-l&#39;œil artwork has been painted, in part depicting architectural features such as pilasters and arches, interspersed with elements of actual three-dimensional elements. The interior is virtually unchanged from the period of construction, its principal alterations being the addition of the painting, and the removal of wood stoves and related heating pipes.</p><br>
<p>The church was built c. 1838, and has been little altered since. The only notable exterior changes are the addition of electrical lights over the entrances, and the replacement of the roof, after the original was blown off in a 1949 hurricane. The church was built near the site of Hampton Falls 1768 Congregational meeting house, which it functionally replaced. Its surrounding area, unusual for its rural character, is also little altered. The churchs in antes temple front is believed to be unique in the state, and the interior artwork is the finest to appear in regional churches of the period.</p><br>
<p>St. Andrew&#39;s-by-the-Sea is a historic Episcopal chapel on Church Road, southeast of the junction with South Road and Route 1A in Rye, New Hampshire. Built in 1876, it is the only known religious work of Boston architects Winslow & Wetherell, and one of a modest number of churches built for summer vacationers in the state. It is an eclectic mix of Gothic Revival and Stick Style, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>St. Andrews-by-the-Sea stands near New Hampshires seacoast in southern Rye, on the east side of Church Road south of Jenness State Beach. It is a single-story structure built of stone and timber, with brick quoining at the corners. It has a slate roof and a small belfry topped by a pyramidal roof. The chapel&#39;s stained glass windows were designed by John La Farge, the Connick Studios, and Tiffany & Co. Other major features of the interior include massive timber trusses supporting the roof, and an elaborately carved oak pulpit. The church property includes a small graveyard and is surrounded by a low stone wall, with a lich gate built in 1977 as a reconstruction of an original.</p><br>
<p>In 1864 Ryes first Episcopal services were held at the nearby Farragut Hotel. This chapel was built in 1876 to serve Ryes large summer resort community. It was designed by the Boston architects Winslow & Wetherell, and is their only known work in New Hampshire. It is also their only known religious work; the partners worked primarily on commercial projects, and are best known for their work done after the Great Boston fire of 1872.</p><br>
<p>The chapel is still used for Episcopal services in the summer.</p><br>
