North Main Street at Warren, 1860

Collection Name:

George W. Perry Scrapbooks

Title:

North Main Street at Warren, 1860

Creator:

Perry, George W., 1891-1971

Creator Role:

Collector

Accession / Call Number:

1974.045

Object ID:

1974.045.27.029

Date:

1860

Type of Material:

graphic material

Physical Description:

1 photograph

Language:

English

Scope and Content:

Photographic print of North Main Street at Warren Street in Concord, NH, dated 1860. The caption states, "North Main Street at Warren 1860 Central Block rebuilt after the fire of September 10, 1859. Odd Fellow's Hall on top floor Henry B. Foster's Drug, Medicines, Hardware store at corner of Warren and Main. Wooden building site of Chase Block The wood building was moved from corner of Pleasant to make room for Masonic Temple in 1855. It was built in 1761 by Colonel Andrew McMillan the town's first trader. On the south side of Pleasant the ruins of the South Church fire of 1859 cleaned up. The 'ten footer' at north corner of Warren was A. F. York's auction and commission store. Notice that all the shops have two steps up th the stores. The corner store even to-day 1959 ninety-nine years later the Brown & Burpee store is up two steps. All the other store have been made street level."

Subjects:

Streets , Cities and towns , Buildings

Locations:

Concord, NH

People:

Perry, George W., 1891-1971

Terms of Use:

For permission to reproduce or publish material from this collection, please contact the New Hampshire Historical Society. Researchers are responsible for following all copyright and intellectual property laws.

Credit Line:

Gift of May Nutter.

Restrictions:

Available for research.

Level Description:

Item

Box Number:

6