When “Daddy” Thayer’s Hotel opened on January 14, 1850, its intended patrons were rail-borne travelers.
In 1853, train service began, and Thayer’s ornate coach met this new breed of guests at the station.
When tourism boomed, the . . . — — Map (db m116235) HM
Main Street’s oldest surviving commercial building was built of village-hewn timber in 1833 by the Brackett brothers.
William (1785-1859) and Aaron B. (1797-1868) traders in general merchandise.
An upstairs hall hosted meetings, notably in . . . — — Map (db m116309) HM
The offices of Dr. Ralph Bugbee, Jr. (1821-1893) occupied this Italianate edifice when it was built in 1857.
Beneath its bracketed cornice and formal frieze, retailers have plied clothing, hardware, books, jewelry, carpets and sporting . . . — — Map (db m116279) HM
On this site in 1867, the Kilburn Brothers built a stereograph factory.
When production moved to Cottage Street in 1873, the structure became the Dow Store, then, in 1883, the White Store owned by Rev. Frederick Chutter, former pastor . . . — — Map (db m116267) HM
John B. “Jack” Eames (1891-1951), born in Groveton, NH, came to Littleton in 1920 and purchased the Premiere Theater in the Northern Hotel block on this site.
After fire destroyed the block in 1924, Jack rebuilt it to house the . . . — — Map (db m116266) HM
On July 4, 1833, Main Street’s first house of “publick worship” was dedicated here on Meetinghouse Hill.
Several denominations shared the English Gothic church, and it was a famed forum for abolition and temperance causes.
The . . . — — Map (db m116307) HM
In 1850, merchant Fry Gile (1819-1898) built a block here.
When he moved to Kansas in 1854, it was purchased by retailer Nathan McCoy (1813-1886).
The McCoy Block housed studios for the Kilburn Stereoscopic View Factory (1860-68) and in 1879 . . . — — Map (db m116277) HM
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
