Seven to Save 2015 ~ The New Hampshire Preservation Alliance

The Honor Roll in the Hall of Flags, NH Statehouse, Concord

The tenth annual Seven to Save list from the New Hampshire Preservation Alliance was announced yesterday, October 21^st, at the statehouse in Concord, New Hampshire.  There was a legislative and press gathering with a ceremony, followed by a reception at 7 Eagle Square.  Each of the seven projects had a local advocate on hand to discuss the benefits of saving their project. 

The Seven to Save list helps to raise support and awareness for endangered historic places in New Hampshire.  In many cases (the estimate is that in 50 percent of the list), being placed on the Seven to Save list has saved these buildings and structures from loss, demolition or ill-planned renovations.  Locally, the First Parish Church of Derry, which was on the 2009 list, and the Upper Village Hall in Derry, on the 2006 list, have received some funding for structural renovation.  In Manchester, the Pandora Mill was on the 2006 list, and now it is a thriving community recently restored as an award winning LEED certified facility. 

Here are this year’s Seven to Save:

1. Oceanic Hotel, Isles of Shoals, Rye

2. Hall of Flags, NH Statehouse, Concord

3. Pickering House, Wolfeboro

4. Rye Town Hall

5. St. Kieran Community Center for the Arts, Berlin

6. Chandler House, Manchester

7. Lane Homestead, Stratham

Locally I am most familiar with the Hall of Flags in the statehouse and the Chandler House.  We had the NH State Curator as a luncheon speaker at one of our recent Mayflower meetings.  He described the fragility of the flags on display at the statehouse, and the possibly expensive and extensive restoration process needed to preserve them.  There are 107 (some sources state there are 87 flags) battle flags here brought back from the Civil War, and all are rapidly deteriorating.   And the Chandler House has been discussed  on several Manchester history Facebook groups, with no resolution in sight as the Manchester Catholic diocese has set a November 30^th deadline for it’s possible sale before demolition.   It will be quite a project to move a 30 room Victorian house through the streets of downtown Manchester if a buyer is found!

Press release “New Seven to Save Announced” by the New Hampshire Preservation Alliance:

http://www.nhpreservation.org/news-a-events/279-new-seven-to-save-announced.html

The 2015 Seven to Save list with photos

http://www.nhpreservation.org/images/stories/pdfs/SeventoSave2015/illustratedhandoutfinal.pdf  

This list of the Seven to Save from the Manchester Union Leader newspaper yesterday is a more complete compendium of the seven different projects:
http://www.unionleader.com/Seven-to-Save-list-puts-spotlight-on-the-few-the-proud-the-endangered   

New Hampshire Preservation Alliance

Eagle Square

PO Box 268

Concord, NH  03302-0268

(603) 224-2281

www.nhpreservation.org

The real estate ad for the Chandler House, Manchester, NH 

http://www.kas-bar.com/Propertysearch/MLSUDetails.asp?id=4456758&MLS=NNEREN&TYPE=RESIDENTIAL&OfficeID=167#.VijJ5H6rRhH

Click here to access all my previous Seven to Save blog posts:

http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/search/label/Seven%20to%20Save  

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2014 Seven to Save

Last week the New Hampshire Preservation Alliance announced its “2014 Seven to Save” list of historical buildings or sites worth preserving.  For the past eight years this list has raised support and awareness for endangered historic places in New Hampshire.  In many cases, this list and the awareness of these places in the media has saved these buildings from loss, demolition or ill planned renovations.

Of the over 50 structures on this list, half were saved.  Many are local buildings in southern New Hampshire, 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 buildings still need expensive structural renovation and restoration.  The publicity this event raises every year helps in the necessary fund raising for buildings like these.

Major success stories include the Pandora Mill in Manchester, the restored Acworth Meeting House, and the Mill Pond Dam in Durham.  According to the New Hampshire Preservation Alliance “some past listees like the Balsams in Dixville Notch and the Gas Holder in Concord still have uncertain futures.”

The announcement was made on 22 October 2014:

1.  Brown Company House, Berlin

2.  Kimball Lake Cabins, Hopkinton

3.  Hill-Lasonde House, Manchester

4. Poor Family Farm, Stewartstown

5. Bradford Town Hall, Bradford

6.  Washington Meetinghouse/Town Hall, Washington

7. Watson Academy, Epping

*8. (A bonus for 2014)  Historic Family Farms and Agricultural Landscapes, statewide

For more information:

The New Hampshire Preservation Alliance:  http://www.nhpreservation.org/ 

The 2014 Seven to Save Listees:  

http://www.nhpreservation.org/news-a-events/199-2014-seven-to-save-listees.html

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Copyright © 2014, Heather Wilkinson Rojo

2012 "Seven to Save" in New Hampshire

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

2011 Seven to Save in New Hampshire

The Balsams Resort in Dixville Notch,
one of New Hampshire's last grand wooden Victorian era hotels
was closed indefinitely in September 2011

The New Hampshire Preservation Alliance has published its list of historic structures worth preservation in 2011.  For the past five years the alliance has raised support and awareness of endangered places in the state of New Hamshire.  In many cases, this awareness has saved these buildings and structures from loss, demolition or ill-planned renovations.   Of the 35 structures on the list, half have been saved.

The 2011 list includes:

1. The Balsams Resort in Dixville Notch, (closed since September 15^th)

2. The Old Grist Mill on Little River in Kingston

3.  Middleton Town Hall

4. The Farley Building in Hollis

5. Pearson Hall on Haverhill’s town common

6. The Charlestown Town Hall

7. The Wheaton-Alexander House in Winchester (destined for demolition)

This year the ceremony was held at UNH, where two structures have been on the list; the Millpond Dam in 2010 and the New England Center in 2009.  Michael Tule, the chair of the Alliance’s Seven to Save Committee stressed how preservation creates jobs, and how preserving our historic buildings is essential to tourism and business in New Hampshire.

The New Hampshire Preservation Alliance website http://www.nhpreservation.org/

WMUR news story of this announcement

http://www.wmur.com/news/29471889/detail.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

My blog post on the 2010 Seven to Save

 http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2010/10/seven-to-save.html

The Derry Upper Village Hall
hosted the Taylor Family Reunion this summer
and was on the first list in 2006.
It is still waiting to be "saved". 

In 2009 the First Parish Church in Derry, founded by the original Scots Irish Settlers of Nutfield, was named to the “Seven to Save List”. I wrote about this at my post on 1 November 2009, which you can read at this link http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2009/11/first-parish-church-derry.html   On the first list in 2006 the Derry Upper Village Hall Meetinghouse was also listed, which is located across the street from the First Parish Church.

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Copyright 2011, Heather Wilkinson Rojo

Seven to Save

The First Parish Church, Derry, NH,
was named to the "Seven to Save" list in 2009

For five years the New Hampshire Preservation Alliance has named landmarks around the Granite State on its “Seven to Save” list. The newest list was published on 19 October 2010, and includes many early 20th century structures. New Hampshire landmarks can make the list by being of historic significance, as well as being currently threatened with destruction.

1. Colonial Theater, Laconia, built in 1914

2. Mill Pond Dam, Durham, built in 1913- a dam has been on this site since the 1670s.

3. Odd Fellows Hall, Warner, built in 1893

4. Pulpit Rock Tower, Rye, built in WWII

5. The Print Shop at the Mt. Washington Hotel, Bretton Woods, built in 1902

6. Brown Company, R&D Buildings, Berlin, built in 1915

7. Historic Windows, Statewide- being replaced because of misinformation about energy savings.

Since the list started in 2006, over half the listed landmarks are now out of danger. The list doesn’t grant any funds, but it spreads information and helps spur fundraising efforts towards restoration, preservation and conservation efforts in New Hampshire. There are nomination forms for historic buildings on the New Hampshire Preservation Alliance’s website at http://www.nhpreservation.org/

The addition of historic windows on this list is a change of pace for the NH Preservation Alliance. They would like homeowners and restorers to reconsider abandoning old wooden windows. They say that they can be restored and made efficient, and will last for more than twenty years, unlike modern highly energy efficient windows which need to be replaced much sooner. Some storm windows are eligible for tax credits, too. All in all, the wooden, repairable windows are a “greener” choice for homeowners.

It seems the whole idea of this "Seven to Save" campaign is to get folks to think out of the box about preservation. I love the windows idea. I know that several friends have preserved the wooden windows in their older homes, and installed inside and outside storms instead of replacement windows. Last year the Preservation Alliance named the 70 foot ski jump at the Gunstock ski area to the list, an old, yet historic piece of property that has led to several grants and programs to not only preserve the structure, but to also improve community awareness and youth participation in ski jumping.

For more information:

http://www.nhpreservation.org/html/news_197.htm the 2010 “Seven to Save” announcement by the New Hampshire Preservation Alliance.

In 2009 the First Parish Church in Derry, founded by the original Scots Irish Settlers of Nutfield, was named to the “Seven to Save List”. I wrote about this at my post on 1 November 2009, which you can read at this link http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2009/11/first-parish-church-derry.html On the first list in 2006 the Derry Upper Village Hall Meetinghouse was also listed, which is located across the street from the First Parish Church.

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Copyright 2010, Heather Wilkinson Rojo