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The Concord Civic District consists of a collection of local and state civic buildings centered on the New Hampshire State House in Concord, New Hampshire.In addition to the State House, the district includes the Legislative Office Building, New Hampshire State Library, Concord City Hall, Concord Community Center, New Hampshire Historical Society, State House Annex, and the Concord Public Library.
The site where the courthouse stands has been used for civic purposes since 1790, when Concord, then a town, built a townhouse on the site. That building was enlarged in 1823 when Merrimack County was created, with Concord as its shire town. That building served both town and county functions until 1855.
Durham, NH: University of New Hampshire Press. ISBN 9781584655626 . ^ The latitude and longitude information provided in this table was derived originally from the National Register Information System, which has been found to be fairly accurate for about 99% of listings.
Republicans who changed the way Strafford County commission elections work forgot to include a residency clause. Democrats have long won all 3 seats.
New Hampshire's Legislative Office Building is located just west of the state capitol, occupying an entire city block bounded by North State Street, Capitol Street, Park Street, and Green Street. It is a large two-story granite structure, built in the Richardsonian Romanesque style, with a Chateauesque hip roof crowned by iron cresting.
The New Hampshire State House was built in 1819 south of the traditional center of the city (now the Concord Historic District), and the commercial heart of the city began to take shape along the First New Hampshire Turnpike south of the State House (now Main Street). [2] The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in ...
Merrimack County is a county in the U.S. state of New Hampshire. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 153,808, [1] making it the third most populous county in New Hampshire. Its county seat is Concord, [2] the state capital. The county was organized in 1823 from parts of Hillsborough and Rockingham counties, [3] and is named for the ...
The Concord Historic District encompasses the least altered portion of the historic heart of Concord, New Hampshire.The 25-acre (10 ha) district, located just north of the modern commercial and civic heart of the city, includes the city's oldest surviving house, the site of its first religious meetinghouse, and the Pierce Manse, a historic house museum that was home to President Franklin ...