The world is moving to a higher level :the cost of progress in downtown Peterborough, 1913-1921: Historical New Hampshire / Scott C. Roper.

Title:

The world is moving to a higher level :the cost of progress in downtown Peterborough, 1913-1921: Historical New Hampshire / Scott C. Roper.

Author:

Roper, Scott C,

Call Number:

977.8 N5321h

Publication Information:

Concord, NH: New Hampshire Historical Society, 2001.

Physical Description:

p. [34] - 53.

Source:

Vol. 56, No. 1 & 2 (Spring-Summer 2001) Historical New Hampshire.

Description:

In the early 20th century people devised a variety of schemes to combat the perceived decline of rural New England. Between 1913 and 1921, a group of wealthy property owners in Peterborough, New Hampshire, promoted a number of measures to revitalize their community and downtown. One 1921 plan proposed to reuse the Phoenix Mill, a brick factory built in 1829 and little used after 1900, as a high school. Concerned residents bought the mill in 1916 and offered it to the town for use as a high school, but the town rejected the proposal. After the owners demolished the mill, the site remained vacant until 1951.

Language:

English.

Subjects:

Urban renewal New Hampshire. , Rural renewal New Hampshire. , Central business districts.

Locations:

Peterborough (N.H.).

People:

Bass, Robert P. 1873-1960. , Bass, Clara Foster, 1844-1933. , Russell, Benjamin Franklin W., 1875-1943. , Cram, Ralph Adams, 1863-1942. , Scofield, Mary Lyons Cheney, 1868-1943.

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