Thayers Inn has welcomed countless guests over the years. Among them have been the famous (and the infamous). A brief listing includes visiting Presidents Ulysses S. Grant, Franklin Pierce, Richard Nixon, and Jimmy Carter. Also stopping here were . . . — — Map (db m243268) HM
The Jax Jr. had two distinguished predecessors at this location.
The first was the Premier Theater which John B. “Jack” Eames, “The Dean of New England Motion Picture Exhibitors,” purchased in 1920.
It was destroyed by . . . — — Map (db m116262) HM
Here, from 1867 to 1909, the world famous Kilburn brothers, Benjamin and Edward, produced and distributed thousands of stereoscopic views. Their collection, largest in the world and collector's items today, provided popular parlor entertainment . . . — — Map (db m116285) HM
After four attempts, a permanent public library was established in 1890.
From rented quarters, it moved to the new Town Building in 1895.
In 1902, to meet philanthropist Andrew Carnegie’s conditions, the Town pledged $1,500 per year for . . . — — Map (db m116253) HM
Millions of coin and stamp collectors know Littleton thought the Littleton Stamp & Coin Company, a mail order firm launched in December, 1945 on the second floor of Tilton’s Opera Block.
Fannie Kasper Sundman, impressed by the friendly and . . . — — Map (db m116273) HM
North Face
In commemoration of the soldiers and sailors of the Town of Littleton in the wars of the Republic
West Face
In Honor of the Citizen Soldier
South Face
In perpetuation of the spirit of the fathers . . . — — Map (db m155183) WM
In Grateful Memory Of Those Who Made
The Supreme Sacrifice World Wars I and II World War I
Armand Badger •
Francis Brown •
Alba Brunell •
Charles S. Carpenter •
George Cassidy •
George Cote •
Louis Cote •
George Findlay • . . . — — Map (db m157360) WM
On June 8, 1909, with elaborate pageantry, citizens celebrated the dedication of this restrained example of Beaux Arts Classicism.
Unique among Main Street’s surviving structures are the imposing paired pilasters, rusticated masonry and parapet . . . — — Map (db m116263) HM
This building was graced with the first church bell and spire in town.
Built in 1850 on the site of the Old Red Store, a pioneer tavern, the church was dedicated on January 8, 1851.
A Greek Revival portico with two fluted Doric columns was . . . — — Map (db m116306) HM
Ira Parker (1846-1938) built a house here in 1885.
He had left his family’s tannery in 1866 to make gloves.
By 1889 he had become general manager of the Saranac Buck Glove Company, the town’s major manufacturer.
Parker sold his share in . . . — — Map (db m116280) HM
When erected in 1889, this building housed the Littleton Public Library and the Christian Science Society, in which R.D. Rounsevel was prominent.
Its tenants included diverse retailers, insurance offices, the Republic-Journal newspaper, and . . . — — Map (db m116354) HM
When fire claimed Jacob M. Salomon’s dry goods store on this site, he built this angled Georgian Revival showpiece in 1912, capping three decades of Main Street development begun by H. L. Tilton.
Salomon (1878-1945) saluted his neighbor with . . . — — Map (db m116308) HM
In 1843, Henry Lowell Thayer (1817-1892), owner of an adjacent general store, secured this lot for a hotel.
By 1850, local builders Andrew Scott and Jonathan Nurs had created an eclectic masterpiece that set a standard of scale and style for . . . — — Map (db m116233) HM
The Curran Suspension Bridge, and its engineer, Kenneth Curran, enjoy a long and rich history in the Town of Littleton, a history that reflects the industrious, self-reliant nature of both town and benefactor.
The Curran Bridge is the . . . — — Map (db m116228) HM
On this site in 1930, Eugene and Stella Stone erected a modern parlor car diner with an open kitchen and seating for 25.
Its success prompted the Stones to sell the original diner in 1940 and to replace it with this Sterling Diner manufactured . . . — — Map (db m116248) HM
Store clerk Henry Lowell Tilton (1828-1909) joined the Californian Gold Rush and returned to make his fortune in timber and real estate.
In 1881, he built this, the town’s largest brick structure and the architectural template for Main Street’s . . . — — Map (db m116274) HM
This marble-fronted edifice has been the town’s Post Office since February 14, 1935.
The mansion of Dr. William J. Beattie (1865-1913), a founder of Littleton Hospital, had occupied the site before the construction of this Georgian Revival . . . — — Map (db m116229) HM
Willowdale was established around a sawmill that was built in 1812. The village thrived because sawmills, gristmills, and a factory producing sawmill machinery were powered by the Ammonoosuc River. After the Littleton Lumber Company opened in 1870, . . . — — Map (db m74572) HM
In Memory
of the
Volunteer
Soldiers
and
Sailors
of
Lyme
1861 1865
(south side)
1st Cavalry
E.B. Allen • D.B. Buswell • C.D. Dimick • H. Gardner • J.G. Warren • G.A. Webster • D.H. Reynolds
2nd Reg’t
B. Smith • . . . — — Map (db m98047) WM
To All Those From Lyme
Who Served Their Country
In Times of Conflict or Peace
Spanish-American war 1898
World War I 1917 - 1918
World War II 1941 – 1945
(back)
Korea 1950 – 1953
Lebanon Grenada 1982 – . . . — — Map (db m98045) WM
Honoring the World War II
U.S. Army air crew who
crashed in a B-18 bomber
on Mt. Waternomee in
Woodstock, N.H., January 14, 1942.
Dedicated July 4, 1992
Lt. Anthony Benvenuto
Lt. Woodrow Kantner
Lt. Fletcher Craig
PFC Richard . . . — — Map (db m105910) HM WM
Dedicated to honor their patriotic services during Korean Conflict from the town of North Woodstock, N.H.
A list of 47 servicemen — — Map (db m148140) WM
N.H
The 9th State
1763
The Granite State
Flag Blue a & Gold 1909
Flower Purple Lilac
Bird Purple Finch
Tree White Birch
Ship The Woodstock
Emblem Old Man of Mtn
Motto Live Free or Die
Song Old N.H.
Length 250 miles
Ten . . . — — Map (db m105905) HM
January 14, 1942: the reality of World War II was brought home to New Hampshire when a U.S. Army Air Corps B-18A bomber strayed off course and crashed in the White Mountains, killing two crewmembers and severely injuring the other five.
. . . — — Map (db m116198) HM WM
1983 1965 - 1975
Honoring the Vietnam Veterans of Woodstock
North Woodstock, N.H.
A list of 61 servicemen and women; one Killed In Action, one Missing In Action — — Map (db m148141) WM
Dedicated to those who served in
the Armed Forces of our Country
in World War Two from Woodstock
A list of 126 servicemen and women; 7 Killed In Action — — Map (db m148137) WM
Honor-Roll
1914 World War 1918
Erected in honor of
those men and women of Orford
who were in the service of
the Nation, the Allies and humanity
during the years when
the German armies attempted
to conquer the civilizations
of the . . . — — Map (db m158330) WM
Orford's seven Ridge houses were built over a period of time from 1773 to 1839 by professional and business men of the town. The Bulfinch-style house of John B. Wheeler, built in 1814-1816, southern-most in the row, was designed by a Boston . . . — — Map (db m32090) HM
The Samuel Morey Memorial Bridge
erected 1937 by the States of New Hampshire and Vermont assisted by the federal government dedicated 1938.
Captain Samuel Morey, born 1762 died 1843, first successfully applied steam power to the navigation of . . . — — Map (db m155822) HM
United States Army Air Corp
Born Plymouth, N.H. 10 April 1917
Missing in Action on a bombing
mission over Rabaul, New Britain
7 August 1942
Awarded the Congressional Medal of
Honor December 2, 1942 — — Map (db m243952) WM
Doug DiCenzo was born February 5, 1976 and raised in Plymouth, N.H. Doug was a friend to all and always carried a smile at Plymouth High School. He captained the football and wrestling teams and was president of his class and the National Honor . . . — — Map (db m244776) HM WM
Begun in 1840 as one of Plymouth's buckskin glove manufacturers, it became Draper and Maynard after John Maynard joined Jason Draper in 1881. Baseball gloves were added to its product line in 1884, making it among the world's largest sporting goods . . . — — Map (db m245599) HM
On Dec. 7, 1808 the NH Legislature chartered Holmes Plymouth Academy "to promote religion, virtue and literature." Public-spirited citizens that included Col. Samuel Holmes of Campton, NH,
drafted the charter.
The Academy operated on this . . . — — Map (db m245598) HM
This tablet marks the site of
Holmes Plymouth Academy
Established in 1808 through
the liberality and public spirit of
Colonel Samuel Holmes
of Campton, N.H.
a Revolutionary soldier
The first training for teachers
in New . . . — — Map (db m243954) HM
The Plymouth Town Hall, formerly the Grafton County Courthouse, was constructed in 1891. The building was entered into the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. In 1994, it was completely renovated.
The bell which now hangs in the . . . — — Map (db m243951) HM
Historical site of the PSU Counseling and Human Relations Center founded by Professor Michael L. Fischler in 1974 and inspired by the lessons he taught during his 50 years of teaching. The Center stood devoted to reducing human suffering; providing . . . — — Map (db m245601) HM
The magnificent American chestnut tree (Castanea dentata) once covered approximately 180 million acres of the eastern United States.
The tree, being an excellent source of straight-grained, rot resistant, durable lumber, was known as . . . — — Map (db m245602) HM
General John Stark captured this cannon from British troops commanded by General John Burgoyne, on Aug. 16, 1777, at the Battle of Bennington. General Stark's victory was a turning point the Revolutionary War.
The barrel of cannon bears the . . . — — Map (db m243947) HM
Honored American poet, lived at this site during 1911-12 when he served as an instructor on the staff of Plymouth Normal School. — — Map (db m245600) HM
Named for local farmer Jacob Smith, the first bridge at this site was begun before 1786 and completed with the aid of a lottery authorized in that year. In 1850, contractor Harmon Marcy of Littleton, N.H. built a new bridge at a cost of about $2,700 . . . — — Map (db m74575) HM
The poetry of Robert Lee Frost is a cornerstone of American literature as it celebrates history, landscape and the human spirit.
Frost's year of teaching at Plymouth Normal School while living here (1911-12) was one of deep introspection. He . . . — — Map (db m243316) HM
Constructed by the Plymouth Rotary as a gift to the community, this space is intended as a celebration of our natural beauty and as a place for the enjoyment of good times together. — — Map (db m65880) HM
This is the site of the longest continuous stream gaging in New Hampshire. Daily measurement of the level of the Pemigewasset River was begun here in 1886 by the Locks and Canals Company of Lowell, Massachusetts, which controlled flowage in the . . . — — Map (db m74576) HM
In 1892 voters established this Park and voted to improve and ornament it. In 1905 the town built a bandstand designed by FW Bulfinch for use by the John Keniston Band. At G. Clarks urging, in 1932 the Pemigewasset Women’s Club created a Boy Scout . . . — — Map (db m65881) HM
Baker River Known to Indians as Asquamchumauke, the nearby river was renamed for Lt. Thomas Baker (1682-1753) whose company of 34 scouts from North- ampton, Mass. passed down this valley in 1712. A few miles south his men destroyed a . . . — — Map (db m97232) HM
Nearly five billion years ago a great ball of cosmic gasses began to cool and condense forming our solar system. This cooling process continued for 3½ billion years solidifying our planet, Earth, and eventually forming the first continental . . . — — Map (db m97246) HM
Polar Caves Park was discovered by a group of local teenagers playing in the boulders beneath Mt. Haycock in the year 1900. Twenty-two years later Edwin Collishaw, seeing the potential, opened the caves to the public. He chose the name Polar Caves . . . — — Map (db m97245) HM
Granite is an Igneous rock and is known for being extremely durable and hard. In the early 1900's this site was used to harvet granite for the main lodge's foundation and entrance signs for the Polar Caves. You can see examples of where the granite . . . — — Map (db m97247) HM
In 1929, on the slopes of the hill to the east, Austrian-born Sig Buchmayr established the first organized ski school in the United States. Sponsored by Peckett's-on-Sugar Hill, one of the earliest resorts to promote the joys of winter vacationing . . . — — Map (db m77666) HM
In 1973 Norris Cotton celebrated 50 years of elected public service, having served in both the state legislature and Congress. Born in Warren in 1900, Cotton worked his way through Phillips Exeter Academy and Wesleyan University before being elected . . . — — Map (db m88006) HM
Generations of visitors have followed this trail
According to local historians, Native Americans once traveled a path through the area to hunt and fish.
During the nineteenth century, writers and artists, moved by the splendor of the . . . — — Map (db m125094) HM
The legend of Sabbaday Falls
Legend has it that one Saturday night, with winter rapidly approaching, workmen building a road from Albany Intervale to Waterville decided it was time to call it quits. They hid their tools, planning to return . . . — — Map (db m125188) HM
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