Deerfield Center Historic District

Coordinates: 43°8′0″N 71°14′37″W / 43.13333°N 71.24361°W

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Deerfield Center Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district


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Location	1 Candia Rd., 1-14 Church Street, Deerfield, New Hampshire
Coordinates	43°8′0″N 71°14′37″W / 43.13333°N 71.24361°W / 43.13333; -71.24361
Area	12.1 acres (4.9 ha)
Built	1834 (1834)
Architect	Foster & Robinson; Chase R. Whitcher
Architectural style	Greek Revival, Classical Revival, et al.
NRHP reference No.	02000958^[1]
Added to NRHP	September 14, 2002

The Deerfield Center Historic District encompasses the heart of the rural New Hampshire town of Deerfield. It extends northwest along Church Street (formerly Old Center Road South) from its junction with North Road, Candia Road, and Raymond Road. It includes many of the town's municipal buildings, as well as a church and private residences, most of which were built before about 1920.^[2] The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.^[1]

Description and history

The town of Deerfield was incorporated in 1766, having originally been part of a land grant that formed Nottingham in 1721. Its early town center, little more than the colonial meeting house, was located north of the present center nearer the town's geographic center, and was set high on a hill, with little level space for growth. The present town center grew around the crossroads of Church, Candia, Raymond, and North roads. A Baptist congregation built a church here in 1805, and by the 1820s there was a small cluster of buildings including houses and taverns. By 1835 all of the local religious groups had churches here, and in 1845 the town voted to build a new town hall, demolishing the original meeting house and using some of its timbers for the new one. Other municipal buildings followed, including the library (1913–14) and fire department (1933).^[2]

The historic district extends from the main junction northwest along Church Street. It includes fourteen primary buildings, of which twelve are historic. There are three churches, the town hall, fire station, and Soldiers Memorial (which houses the library), while the remaining buildings are residential. Construction appears to have happened in three major waves: the 1830s, 1850-60s, and 1880s. All but two buildings are of wood-frame construction, and covered in either clapboards or modern siding of similar appearance, while the fire station and memorial are brick. The buildings are stylistically diverse, with 19th-century styles predominating but none individually dominating.^[2]

The designers of two buildings in the district are known: Foster & Robinson of Concord were architects of the Deerfield Town House, built in 1856, and Manchester architect Chase R. Whitcher designed the Soldiers Memorial Building, containing the public library, which was built in 1913–14.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "NRHP nomination for Deerfield Center Historic District". National Park Service. Retrieved June 15, 2014.

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National Register of Historic Places in Rockingham County, New Hampshire

Landmarks

Districts

Buildings

Education	Atkinson Academy School Centennial Hall Dame School Kensington Social Library Nichols Memorial Library North Hampton Library North School Portsmouth Public Library Portsmouth Athenæum Sanborn Seminary Searles School and Chapel Smyth Public Library Square Schoolhouse Stone School Watson Academy Wiggin Memorial Library
Religious	Chester Congregational Church Danville Meetinghouse First Church First Universalist Church Freewill Baptist Church-Peoples Baptist Church-New Hope Church Fremont Meeting House Hampstead Meetinghouse New Castle Congregational Church Northwood Congregational Church Sanborn Seminary Sandown Old Meetinghouse Searles School and Chapel South Parish St. Andrew's-by-the-Sea St. John's Church Union Meetinghouse-Universalist Church Unitarian Church
Residential	Bartlett-Cushman House Benedict House Benjamin Franklin Prescott House Benjamin James House Capt. Jonathan Currier House Cornet Thomas Wiggin House Daniel Pinkham House Deacon Samuel and Jabez Lane Homestead Drake Farm Dudley House Edward Sewall Garrison Elijah Locke House Elm Farm Emery Farm Gen. Mason J. Young House General Porter House George Rogers House Gilman Garrison House Gov. John Wentworth House Gov. Meshech Weare House Greeley House Hart-Rice House Haven-White House Henry Sherburne House James Neal House Jeremiah Hart House John Crockett House John Elkins Farmstead John Hart House Joshua Wentworth House † Larkin-Rice House Maj. John Gilman House Moses-Kent House Nutter-Rymes House Parsons Homestead Phoebe Hart House Reuben Lamprey Homestead Rundlet-May House Samuel Beck House Samuel Tenney House Scamman Farm Shapley Town House Simeon P. Smith House Weeks House Whidden-Ward House
Transportation	Newington Railroad Depot Raymond Boston and Maine Railroad Depot Sandown Depot, Boston and Maine Railroad
Other buildings	Adams Memorial Building Armstrong Memorial Building The Beach Club Danville Town House Franklin Block Kensington Town House New Hampshire Bank Building North Hampton Town Hall Plaistow Carhouse Portsmouth Cottage Hospital Portsmouth Harbor Light Pulpit Rock Base-End Station (N. 142) Rockingham Hotel Rye Town Hall South Meetinghouse Stevens Memorial Hall Town House

Sites

Structures

Chester Village Cemetery

Footnotes

‡ This entry also has portions in an adjacent state.
† This entry has been removed from the registry.

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