Old Grafton County Courthouse

Old Grafton County Courthouse
Location 1 Court St., Plymouth, New Hampshire
Coordinates 43°45′29″N 71°41′21″W / 43.75806°N 71.68917°W / 43.75806; -71.68917Coordinates: 43°45′29″N 71°41′21″W / 43.75806°N 71.68917°W / 43.75806; -71.68917
Area 0.2 acres (0.081 ha)
Built 1774 (1774)
Part of Plymouth Historic District (#86000343)
NRHP Reference # 82001677[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP April 29, 1982
Designated CP March 14, 1986

The Old Grafton County Courthouse is a historic courthouse building at 1 Court Street in Plymouth, New Hampshire. This modest wood frame building was built in 1774 to serve as one of two courthouses for Grafton County, which had just been established; it is one of the oldest surviving civic structures in the state. It was described at the time of its construction as having "a stately cupola out of proportion to the diminutive size of the structure". After a new courthouse was built in 1823, the building was sold and moved to the outskirts of Plymouth, and used as a wheelwright's shop, undergoing significant alteration to accommodate that function. In 1876 the building was acquired by the Young Ladies' Library Association, which moved it to its present location and restored it (except the cupola, of which a replica was added sometime before 1906).[2] It is now the museum of the Plymouth Historical Society.[3]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982,[1] and included in the Plymouth Historic District in 1986.[4]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "NRHP nomination for Old Grafton County Courthouse" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2014-04-14.
  3. ↑ "About the Society". Plymouth Historical Society. Retrieved 2014-04-14.
  4. ↑ "NRHP nomination for Plymouth Historic District" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2014-04-14.
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