Enfield Village Historic District
Enfield Village Historic District | |
Location | Main St, US Route 4, High St, Baltic St, Shaker Hill Rd, Wells St, Stevens, Union, & Pillsbury St, Shedd & Mill St, Enfield, New Hampshire |
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Area | 155 acres (63 ha) |
Built | 1840 (1840) |
Architectural style | Greek Revival, Late Victorian |
NRHP reference No. | 10000186[1] |
Added to NRHP | April 19, 2010 |
The Enfield Village Historic District encompasses the historic 19th century village center of Enfield, New Hampshire. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.[1] Multiple buildings of the district were added to the New Hampshire State Register of Historic Places in 2012.[2]
Description
The district extends from Oak Grove Street in the west to the junction of Baltic Street and United States Route 4 in the east and includes properties on both sides of the Mascoma River, from Route 4 to the junction of Pillsbury Street and Shaker Hill Road. The village had modest rural beginnings but began to grow economically with the arrival of the railroad in the mid-19th century, and through the economic activity of the local Shaker community, located on the south side of Lake Mascoma. This resulted in a significant number of Greek Revival and Italianate style houses in the village. The economic power of the Shakers was significant in the village; despite its location outside the village, the Shakers owned or controlled the mills that were the early economic centerpiece of the village. Although a number of mills were built, the major economic activity was eventually consolidated in the Baltic Mills complex, the only major mill complexes to survive. These privately owned enterprises resulted in the town's largest period of economic growth, around the turn of the 20th century, when much of the town's commercial center was developed. The village is also home to the town's major civic structures, including c. 1901 Whitney Hall, which houses the town offices and library, the 1852 Unitarian church, and a c. 1907 school, now Enfield Village School.[3]
Six district buildings were added to the New Hampshire State Register of Historic Places in 2012: the Stickney House (10 Wells Street), J.P. Washburn House (102 Main Street), Francis H. Wells House (16 Wells Street), Woodbury House (130 Main Street), North Enfield Universalist Meeting House (96 Main Street), and a duplex (264 Route 4).[2]
See also
- Enfield Shaker Museum
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Grafton County, New Hampshire
- New Hampshire Historical Marker No. 241: Downtown Enfield Village
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b "New Hampshire State Register of Historic Places". New Hampshire Division of Historical Resources. Retrieved November 25, 2020.
- ^ Laprey, Kari Ann; Monroe, Lynne Emerson. National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Enfield Village Historic District. National Park Service. September 2009. (Available by request from the National Park Service.)
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Landmark
- The Epic of American Civilization Murals
- Ashland Gristmill and Dam
- Canaan Street Historic District
- Central Square Historic District
- Colburn Park Historic District
- Dorchester Common Historic District
- Enfield Shaker Historic District
- Enfield Village Historic District
- Haverhill Corner Historic District
- Hebron Village Historic District
- Lyme Center Historic District
- Lyme Common Historic District
- Orford Street Historic District
- Plymouth Historic District
- Shepard Hill Historic District
- True Farm
- Webster Estate
- Abbie Greenleaf Library
- Ashland Junior High School
- Ashland Railroad Station
- Bath Covered Bridge
- Bedell Covered Bridge‡
- Boulderwood
- Brick Store
- Bristol Town Hall
- Burleigh Brae and Webster Boathouse
- Burt–Cheney Farm
- Camp Carnes
- Camp Mowglis
- Camp Ossipee
- Canaan Meetinghouse
- Centre Village Meeting House
- Chapel of the Holy Cross
- Chocorua Island Chapel
- Daniel Carr House
- Dorchester Community Church
- Dow Academy
- Edward H. Lane House
- Enfield Center Town House
- Felsengarten
- First Free Will Baptist Church and Vestry
- Frost Place
- Goodall-Woods Law Office
- Great Hollow Road Stone Arch Bridge
- Hanover Town Library
- Haverhill–Bath Covered Bridge
- Hewitt House
- Holderness Free Library
- Holderness Inn
- Jeremiah Hutchins Tavern
- Lisbon Inn
- Littleton Town Building
- Lovett's by Lafayette Brook
- Lyme–East Thetford Bridge‡
- Minot–Sleeper Library
- Morey Memorial Bridge‡
- Moses Kent House
- Norman and Marion Perry House
- North Holderness Freewill Baptist Church–Holderness Historical Society Building
- Old Grafton County Courthouse
- Owls Head
- Piermont Bridge‡
- The Rocks
- Rockywold–Deephaven Camps
- Sawyer–Medlicott House
- Sphinx Tomb
- Spring Hill Farm
- St. Mark's Episcopal Church
- Stone Arch Underpass
- Swiftwater Covered Bridge
- Thayer's Hotel
- Trinity Church
- US Post Office and Courthouse–Littleton Main
- Watch Rock Camp
- Whipple House
- Woodsville Opera Building