Simply Somersworth: A confession, Holy Trinity Church, and a thank you
Jenne Holmes
So I have to start this week s column with a confession. Last week when I took you through the history of the Greek Orthodox Church, I inadvertently said that the current Baptist Church on Cemetery Road was a Free Will Baptist when in fact it is the Free Baptist Church. So to anyone of the Baptist faith, I apologize and I promise to never make that mistake again.
So with my confession complete, I can now turn my full attention to Holy Trinity Church, which today we are familiar with on High Street, but it was not always so. In fact, for the first 107 years of its life, it could be found on the corner of Main and Walnut streets, where the Strafford Learning Center is located today.
Simply Somersworth: Burleigh School an institution lost to time
By Jenne Holmes
For almost 100 years. there was a school that stood where you can now find the Washington Street Plaza. For many Somersworth seniors, that school holds some dear memories. If you grew up in Somersworth pre-1956, you will likely remember that school.
The school that I am referring to is now recalled as the Burleigh School, but when built in 1875, it was referred to as the Orange Street School. The reason for this is back then, the street we now refer to as Constitutional Way, was in fact Orange Street. The school fronted onto what was Orange Street and so earned the name.