Lyme Center Historic District
Lyme Center Historic District | |
First Baptist Church | |
Location | 34-55 Dorchester Rd., Lyme, New Hampshire |
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Area | 14 acres (5.7 ha) |
Architectural style | Greek Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 86003381[1] |
Added to NRHP | March 31, 1987 |
The Lyme Center Historic District encompasses a modest crossroads and industrial village in rural Lyme, New Hampshire. The predominantly residential district stretches along Dorchester Road, on either side of its junction with Baker Hill Road. The village's rise in development started in the early 19th century as it was at a crossroads of the east-west Dorchester Road, and the north-south Baker Hill Road and Acorn Hill Road. The village grew rapidly in the 1820s, with a number of simple Greek Revival houses, and in 1830 the Baptist Church was built. The other major civic building in the village is the Lyme Academy, built in 1839, albeit with more Federal than Greek Revival styling. Grant Brook, which runs parallel to Dorchester Road, provided a source of power for the growth of small industrial efforts, including a sawmill (of which only foundations remain) at the corner of Dorchester and Baker Hill Roads. This industry provided a second minor building boom in the late 19th to early 20th century. Most of the houses in the district are vernacular Greek Revival or Cape in their styling; probably the most elaborate Greek Revival house is the 1857 Beal-Pike House at 41 Dorchester Road.[2]
Lyme Center was one of two village centers established in the town's early years, with Lyme Common taking a leading role as the site of its civic and religious buildings. Lyme Center was in the early years known as Cook Village, after James Cook, who first settled the area in 1783, and whose family dominated its population into the 1820s. Cook owned and operated the early saw and grist mills in the area, and controlled development of the area until his death in 1814. Cook's son established the village's first tavern, serving travelers on passing stagecoaches. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.[1]
See also
- Lyme Center, New Hampshire
- Lyme Common Historic District
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Grafton County, New Hampshire
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "NRHP nomination for Lyme Center Historic District". National Park Service. Retrieved April 14, 2014.
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Landmark
- The Epic of American Civilization Murals
- Ashland Gristmill and Dam
- Canaan Street Historic District
- Central Square Historic District
- Colburn Park Historic District
- Dorchester Common Historic District
- Enfield Shaker Historic District
- Enfield Village Historic District
- Haverhill Corner Historic District
- Hebron Village Historic District
- Lyme Center Historic District
- Lyme Common Historic District
- Orford Street Historic District
- Plymouth Historic District
- Shepard Hill Historic District
- True Farm
- Webster Estate
- Abbie Greenleaf Library
- Ashland Junior High School
- Ashland Railroad Station
- Bath Covered Bridge
- Bedell Covered Bridge‡
- Boulderwood
- Brick Store
- Bristol Town Hall
- Burleigh Brae and Webster Boathouse
- Burt–Cheney Farm
- Camp Carnes
- Camp Mowglis
- Camp Ossipee
- Canaan Meetinghouse
- Centre Village Meeting House
- Chapel of the Holy Cross
- Chocorua Island Chapel
- Daniel Carr House
- Dorchester Community Church
- Dow Academy
- Edward H. Lane House
- Enfield Center Town House
- Felsengarten
- First Free Will Baptist Church and Vestry
- Frost Place
- Goodall-Woods Law Office
- Great Hollow Road Stone Arch Bridge
- Hanover Town Library
- Haverhill–Bath Covered Bridge
- Hewitt House
- Holderness Free Library
- Holderness Inn
- Jeremiah Hutchins Tavern
- Lisbon Inn
- Littleton Town Building
- Lovett's by Lafayette Brook
- Lyme–East Thetford Bridge‡
- Minot–Sleeper Library
- Morey Memorial Bridge‡
- Moses Kent House
- Norman and Marion Perry House
- North Holderness Freewill Baptist Church–Holderness Historical Society Building
- Old Grafton County Courthouse
- Owls Head
- Piermont Bridge‡
- The Rocks
- Rockywold–Deephaven Camps
- Sawyer–Medlicott House
- Sphinx Tomb
- Spring Hill Farm
- St. Mark's Episcopal Church
- Stone Arch Underpass
- Swiftwater Covered Bridge
- Thayer's Hotel
- Trinity Church
- US Post Office and Courthouse–Littleton Main
- Watch Rock Camp
- Whipple House
- Woodsville Opera Building