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In 1808, the library began as a collection of about 100 books by Samuel Morse. [1] He was a portrait artist and had an interest in developing a circulating library. [2] By 1852, the collection, entitled the Citizen's Library, amassed 425 books. [3] The Morse Institute Library was instituted in 1862 by Mary Ann Morse, Samuel Morse's ...
This list of museums in New Hampshire is a list of museums, defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.
Manchester High School established. [8] 1849 - Manchester and Lawrence Railroad begins operating. [9] 1850 Manchester Daily Mirror newspaper begins publication. [5] City Missionary Society established. [6] 1851 - City hosts state fair. [10] 1852 - Manchester Gas Light Co. established. [6] 1854 Manchester City Library established. [11] [12]
The Manchester City Library was established in the mid-1850s, and serves the population of Manchester, the largest city in the state of New Hampshire.It is one of twelve libraries in the GMILCS consortium (Greater Manchester Integrated Library Consortial System) that provides materials and services to the greater Manchester area, [1] and is on the U.S. Department of Interior's National ...
City of Dover, N.H. resident James Lane is the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle fan who raised the money through private donations to make the TMNT birthplace marker a reality.
Harrisville Historic District is a well-preserved historic New England mill village located in the southwest part of New Hampshire.It consists of about 200 acres (0.81 km 2) and about 135 structures.
The Zimmerman House is a house museum in the North End neighborhood of Manchester, New Hampshire.Built in 1951, it is the first of two houses in New Hampshire designed by Frank Lloyd Wright (the other is the Toufic H. Kalil House, built in 1955 on the same street), and one of a modest number of Wright designs in the northeastern United States.
The Shedd-Porter Memorial Library, located at 3 Main Street, is the public library of Alstead, New Hampshire. The library building was a gift to the town from John Graves Shedd and Mary Roenna (Porter) Shedd, and is a Beaux Arts building built in 1910 to a design by William H. McLean and Albert H. Wright. [ 3 ]