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| The Derry Upper Village Hall Was on the 2006 "Seven to Save" list and is currently being considered for major renovations |
The New Hampshire Preservation Alliance announced its “2012
Seven to Save” list, and for three years I’ve reported on this event. For the past six years this list and the NH
Preservation Alliance has raised support and awareness for endangered historic
places in the Granite State. In Many
cases this awareness has saved these buildings and structures from loss,
demolition or ill-planned renovations.
Of the over 40 structures on the list, half have been
saved. Many are local buildings, such as
the First Parish Church of Derry, which was on the 2009 list, or the Derry
Upper Village Hall, which was on the very first list in 2006. Both are still in need of much expensive
structural renovation and restoration.
The publicity this event raises every year helps in the necessary fund
raising for buildings like these.
The Pandora Mill in Manchester hosted the 2012 announcement
ceremony on Tuesday October 16. The Pandora Mill had been named to the 2006
list, and was recently restored into an award winning facility with LEED
certification and new energy efficiency.
Other recent renovations from the Seven to Save list included the Ashland
School, and with current progress coming for other sites such as the 70 meter
ski jump at Gunstock Ski Resort, the Langdon Meetinghouse and the Upper Village
Hall in Derry.
Named to the 2012
List:
Exeter’s Ioka Theater
Kensington’s Town Hall
Littleton’s Community House
The Moultonborough Grange
New Durham’s 1772 Meetinghouse
Wakefield’s Drew Mill
and Dam in Union Village
Walpole’s Vilas Bridge
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The New Hampshire Preservation Alliance announcement http://www.nhpreservation.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=159:community-landmarks-dominate-seven-to-save-list&catid=8:news-article&Itemid=119
My blog post on the 2011 Seven to Save http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2011/10/2011-seven-to-save-in-new-hampshire.html
My blog post on the 2010 Seven to Save http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2010/10/seven-to-save.html
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Copyright 2012, Heather Wilkinson Rojo
I enjoy your blog. Can you tell me where I can find a Birth Record for an ancestor born in Wakefield, NH in 1809? The state of NH does not seem to have it and I don't know where else to look. I emailed the Wakefield Historical Society and they don't even answer me. Thanks. Mary Ellen Libby Aube.
ReplyDeleteDear Mary Ellen,
DeleteRecords weren't required in 1809, so I'm not surprised that your ancestor was not in the state vital records. Your best bet is to contact the Town Clerk of Wakefield to see if the parents recorded the birth. If not, check to see a Wakefield town history has ever been written. The vital records of Wakefield have been published in book form by Heritage Books in 1999. You might also check to see if there is a compiled genealogy for the surname, or a family association (is the surname Libby?)