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The Amherst Village Historic District encompasses the historic village center of Amherst, New Hampshire.Centered on the town's common, which was established about 1755, Amherst Village is one of the best examples of a late-18th to early-19th century New England village center.
2000 — The Old Man was featured on the state quarter of New Hampshire and became the graphic background on passenger car license plates. 2003 — The Old Man collapsed. [4] 2004 — Coin-operated viewfinders were installed to show how the Old Man looked before its collapse. [4] 2007 — Design of an Old Man of the Mountain memorial announced.
In 1833 Milan Harris and A.S. Hutchinson built a new mill, referred to as the "Upper Mill", on the site of the old grist and saw-mill. [4] The "Upper Mill", now known as the Harris Mill , is now owned Historic Harrisville, Inc. and occupied by Harrisville Designs , which was established in 1971 to help preserve the history of the manufacture of ...
September 2, 1993 (Northwestern side of Pound Rd. 300 ft (91 m) north of the junction of Ten Rod Rd. Farmington: The pound was built in 1823 by the town, replacing an earlier wooden structure built in 1802, and is one of a few well-preserved pounds in southeastern New Hampshire.
The 1880 #2 mill marks the northern end of the complex, and is located between Main Street and Central Avenue. It is a four-story brick structure, and is joined at the south end to mill #3, which was built in 1881 and actually spans the river. An L-shaped extension added in 1909 replaced the old #4 mill.
New Hampshire currently has 24 National Historic Landmarks; the most recent addition was Lucknow (Castle in the Clouds) in Moultonborough added in 2024. [1] Three of the sites—Canterbury Shaker Village, Harrisville Historic District, and the MacDowell Colony—are categorized as National Historic Landmark Districts.
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The district retains the feel of an 18th-19th century rural village, and includes elements dating to shortly after the town's incorporation in 1773. The old burying ground was established in 1774, and the old meeting house (now a cultural center) was raised in 1775.