New Durham Meetinghouse and Pound

New Durham Meetinghouse and Pound

The animal pound
Location Old Bay Rd., New Durham, New Hampshire
Coordinates 43°25′25″N 71°7′42″W / 43.42361°N 71.12833°W / 43.42361; -71.12833Coordinates: 43°25′25″N 71°7′42″W / 43.42361°N 71.12833°W / 43.42361; -71.12833
Area less than one acre
Built 1770 (1770)
NRHP Reference # 80000312[1]
Added to NRHP December 08, 1980

The New Durham Meetinghouse and Pound are a historic colonial meeting house and town pound on Old Bay Road in New Durham, New Hampshire. Built in 1770, the wood-frame meeting house stands at was until about 1850 the center of New Durham, and was originally used for both civic and religious purposes. It was originally built as a two-story structure, but after the church congregation moved to its own building, the town voted to reduce it to a single story in 1838. It served as the town's principal civic meeting space until the construction of its present town hall in 1908. It was sold, along with the 1809 animal pound, to a local farmer, who used the building for storage. It was given back to the town by his heirs in 1979.[2] The building was reported to be structurally unsound in 2014, but funding had been secured to stabilize it.[3]

The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "NRHP nomination for New Durham Meetinghouse and Pound" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2014-08-14.
  3. ↑ "1772 Meetinghouse Restoration Committee". Town of New Durham. Retrieved 2014-08-14.


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