Jaffrey Center Historic District

Coordinates: 42°49′38″N 72°3′13″W / 42.82722°N 72.05361°W

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

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Location	NH 124, Jaffrey, New Hampshire
Coordinates	42°49′38″N 72°3′13″W / 42.82722°N 72.05361°W / 42.82722; -72.05361
Area	38 acres (15 ha)
Architect	Multiple
Architectural style	Federal, Colonial, Greek Revival
NRHP reference No.	75000122^[1]
Added to NRHP	June 11, 1975

The Jaffrey Center Historic District encompasses the traditional civic heart of the small town of Jaffrey, New Hampshire. The district lies to the west of the Jaffrey's main business district, extending along Main Street (New Hampshire Route 124) from Harkness Road to the Jaffrey Common, and along Thorndike Pond Road northward from Main Street. It includes the town's oldest civic buildings, and was its main center until the mills of East Jaffrey eclipsed it. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.^[1]

Description and history

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The district retains the feel of an 18th-19th century rural village, and includes elements dating to shortly after the town's incorporation in 1773. The old burying ground was established in 1774, and the old meeting house (now a cultural center) was raised in 1775. The district includes 19th century school houses, and houses that were built in the 18th and 19th centuries, in predominantly Georgian, Federal, and Greek Revival styles. One of the town's early industries is also represented, in the remnants of a tannery established c. 1810 at the east end of the district.^[2]

The area's importance as an economic as well as civic center arose after completion of the Third New Hampshire Turnpike (now NH 124). The turnpike brought travelers, who stopped at inns and taverns in the center, and goods, which were sold to local farmers. Melville Academy, a secondary school, was founded in 1832, and its 1833 building is now a local museum. The area remained of some significance even as East Jaffrey's mills became more prominent, as it catered in the late 19th century to vacationers drawn to nearby Mount Monadnock.^[2]

References

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^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ ^a ^b "NRHP nomination for Jaffrey Center Historic District". National Park Service. Retrieved April 13, 2014.

National Register of Historic Places in Cheshire County, New Hampshire

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Harrisville Historic District

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Buildings

Religious	Asbury United Methodist Church Grace United Methodist Church Jones Hall Keene Unitarian Universalist Church Park Hill Meetinghouse Richmond Community Church Third Fitzwilliam Meetinghouse United Church of Christ in Keene Veterans' Memorial Hall
Residential/ Agriculture	Abijah Richardson, Sr. Homestead Adams Farm Aldworth Manor Amory Ballroom Amory House Amory-Appel Cottage Amos Learned Farm Appleton Farm Appleton-Hannaford House Asa Morse Farm Ballou-Newbegin House Beech Hill Benjamin Learned House Benjamin Marshall House Brackett House Buckminster-Kingsbury Farm Burpee Farm Capt. Richard Strong House Capt. Samuel Allison House Capt. Thomas Morse Farm Catherine Fiske Seminary For Young Ladies Clymer House Colony House Corban C. Farwell Homestead Corey Farm Deacon Abijah Richardson House Dinsmoor–Hale House Dr. Daniel Adams House Drewsville Mansion Elbridge G. Bemis House Eli Morse Farm Elliot Mansion Eveleth Farm Far Horizons Fasnacloich Fisk Barn Foothill Farm Frost Farm (Korpi Road) Frost Farm (Old Marlborough Road) George Bemis House George Cheever Farm Gilchrest Glenchrest Henry Strongman House Hutchinson House Isaac Greenwood House Ivanov-Rinov House Ivory Perry Homestead Jabez Townsend House James Gowing Farm James Robbe Jr. House Jewett-Kemp-Marlens House John Adams Homestead-Wellscroft John Perry Homestead John Richardson Homestead Joseph Gowing Farm Joslin-Faulkner-Putnam House Kendall Cottage Knollwood Lattice Cottage Lawrence Farm Learned Homestead Louis Cabot House Luke Richardson House Markham House Mary Anne Wales House Mason House Mason–Watkins House McKenna Cottage Micajah Martin Farm Moore Farm and Twitchell Mill Site Moses Eaton Jr. House Moses Greenwood House Mountain View Farm Needham House Noah Cooke House The Old Patch Place Parsons Studio and Casino Peck-Porter House Persia Beal House Point Comfort Pumpelly Studio Raubold House Richard Strong Cottage Rufus Piper Homestead Sawyer Tavern Silver Lake Farm Smith–Mason Farm Solomon Piper Farm Spur House Stationmaster's House Stephen Rowe Bradley House Stone Farm Stone-Darracott House Stonehenge T. H. Cabot Cottage The Acre Timothy Bancroft House Townsend Farm Weldwood Wildwood Cottage Willard Homestead William Strongman House Windmill Hill Wood House Wyman Tavern
Other buildings	Cheshire County Courthouse Colony's Block Conant Public Library Dublin Town Hall Faulkner & Colony Woolen Mill Golden Rod Grange No. 114 High Tops School Holman & Merriman Machine Shop Jaffrey Mills Nelson Schoolhouse New Hampshire Conservatory of Music and the Arts Richmond School House No. 6 Richmond Town Hall Shedd-Porter Memorial Library Todd Block Walpole Academy Winchester Town Hall

Site

Eli Morse Sawmill Foundations

Structures

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