Stone School (Newmarket, New Hampshire)

Stone School
Location Granite St., Newmarket, New Hampshire
Coordinates 43°4′44″N 70°56′18″W / 43.07889°N 70.93833°W / 43.07889; -70.93833Coordinates: 43°4′44″N 70°56′18″W / 43.07889°N 70.93833°W / 43.07889; -70.93833
Area 1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built 1841 (1841)
NRHP Reference # 78000418[1]
Added to NRHP July 12, 1978

The Stone School is a historic school building on Granite Street in Newmarket, New Hampshire. Built in 1841-42, it is a mainly granite structure, three stories on one side and two on the other, as it is built into the side of a hill. The walls are of rubble construction, with some shale mixed in with the granite. The stone was quarried at Durham Point. It was used continuously as a school until 1966, when it was given to the Newmarket Historical Society, which now operates it as the Stone School Museum, a local history museum.[2]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[1]

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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 Stone School" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2014-07-26.


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