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Photo of Salmon P. Chase by Mathew Brady Town of Cornish "In this house was born Salmon P. Chase, U.S. Senator from Ohio (1849–1855), Governor of Ohio (1855–1859), a founder of the Republican Party and leader in the anti-slavery movement.
Abbot Bridge crossing Beaver Brook Town of Pelham "Built in 1837, without mortar and sustained solely by expert shaping of its arched stones, it is the oldest double-arched stone bridge to survive in New Hampshire.
The area was first settled by Scots-Irish families in 1719 as part of the town of Londonderry, as were present-day Windham and portions of Manchester, Salem and Hudson.The town of Derry was formed in 1827 from the eastern portion of Londonderry and was named, like Londonderry, after the city of Derry in Ireland, [4] the Irish word Doire meaning "oak grove".
Derry is a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Derry in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States. The CDP comprises the urban center of the town, as well as the village of East Derry and connected suburban areas. The population of the CDP was 22,879 at the 2020 census, [2] out of 34,317 in the entire town.
Island Pond [1] (sometimes referred to locally as Big Island Pond) is a 532-acre (215 ha) [2] water body located in Rockingham County in southern New Hampshire, in the towns of Derry, Hampstead and Atkinson.
The Robert Frost Farm in Derry, New Hampshire is a two-story, clapboard, connected farm built in 1884. [5] It was the home of poet Robert Frost from 1900 to 1911. Today it is a New Hampshire state park in use as a historic house museum. [6] The property is listed in the National Register of Historic Places as the Robert Frost Homestead. [3]
The Matthew Thornton House is a historic house and National Historic Landmark in Derry, New Hampshire. It was from 1740 to 1779 the home of Matthew Thornton, a Founding Father and signer of the U.S. Declaration of Independence. The main block of the house has a roughly square footprint and has the classic New England saltbox shape. It is five ...
The Taylor Mill State Historic Site is a state park of New Hampshire located in 71-acre Ballard State Forest in Derry, Rockingham County, in the southeast part of the state. The site was created to protect the 1799 sawmill known as Taylor Up and Down Sawmill. [2] The site is located on Island Pond Road, east of downtown Derry.