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Register of Historic Places commemorates Plymouth s Lower Intervale Grange
February 11, 2021PLYMOUTH The New Hampshire Division of Historical Resources is pleased to announce that the State Historical Resources Council has added Plymouth s Lower Intervale Grange and five other properties to the New Hampshire State Register of Historic Places.
Plymouth s Lower Intervale Grange #321, built by local farmers in 1912, is part of the grange movement that blossomed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Granges not only increased educational opportunities and economic profitability by fostering cooperation among local farmers, but they also served as important social centers for members and their families. Fifty-seven granges still operate in New Hampshire, eight of them in Grafton County.
Applications Due April 15 for Barn Tax Incentive Program
Concord, NH April 15 is the deadline for property owners seeking tax relief for their historic agricultural structures. N.H. RSA 79-D authorizes towns and cities to grant property tax relief to barn owners who can demonstrate the public benefit of preserving their barn or other older farm buildings, and agree to maintain them throughout a minimum 10-year preservation easement.
According to preliminary data collected by the N.H. Department of Revenue Administration, by the close of 2020, 100 communities in New Hampshire have a total of 607 historic structures currently participating in the program.
Sandwich, Freedom, Deerfield, Hopkinton, Plainfield, Stratham, Kensington and Kingston lead the state with 15 or more structures protected; Alton, Candia, Concord, Cornish, Fitzwilliam, Henniker, Lancaster, Lee, Lyme, Lyndeborough, Marlborough, Moultonborough, New Boston, North Hampton, Orford and Weare all have between 10 and 14
Renewed push to preserve a one-room schoolhouse in Gilmanton
Susan Kelley Leclerc clears a path to the Kelley Corner School House in Lower Gilmanton on Dec. 22. Leclerc and Paula Gilman are leading the effort to restore the school. GEOFF FORESTER / Monitor staff
Paula Gilman looks over old photos she has collected of the Kelley Corner School House in Lower Gilmanton on Tuesday.
Susan Kelley Leclerc inside the Kelley Corner School House in Lower Gilmanton on Tuesday, December 22, 2020. GEOFF FORESTER Monitor staff
Paula Gilman stands next to the woodstove inside the Kelley Corner School House in Lower Gilmanton on Dec. 22.
Susan Kelley Leclerc (left) and Paula Gilman inside the Kelley Corner School House in Lower Gilmanton on Dec. 22. TOP: Students pose outside the Kelley Corner School House in Lower Gilmanton. The school closed in 1940 just before World War II. (Courtesy) GEOFF FORESTER photos / Monitor staff
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Laura Knoy:
Laura Knoy:
Given the current controversy over Confederate statues, how should we view the statue of Hannah Duston in colonial times? She was lauded as a hero for killing and scalping 10 natives who had captured her. A statue of Duston was erected in 1874 and still stands on an island in the Merrimack River. But today, many feel the story and the statue are problematic. Our guests today are among those native Granite Staters and historians who say the standard Duston narrative offers too simple a view of an incredibly complicated time in New England history. And they re working to retell this legend through a much wider lens today. In exchange, how should we view the Hannah Duston story?