New Hampshire Historic Sites

Canterbury Shaker Village
288 Shaker Road
Canterbury, NH 03224
(603) 783-9511
<www.shakers.org>
Tour this town of 25 restored and four reconstructed Shaker buildings, including an 18th-century meetinghouse, 1905 creamery, 1819 horse barn, 1823 schoolhouse, 1806 carpenter’s shop and 1795 laundry building. The village also houses an archive where genealogists can sift through diaries, letters and financial records, letters and more.

State Historic Site
131 North Road
Franklin, NH 03235
(603) 934-5057
<www.nhstateparks.com/danielwebster.html>
Learn about 1700s farm life as well as the life of Daniel Webster, a renowned orator, US congressman and secretary of state, at his restored home. You can witness living history interpretations on weekends.

Route 1B at US Coast Guard Station New Castle, NH 03038
(603) 436-1552
<www.nhstateparks.com/fortconstitution.html>
Colonists’ 1774 raid on this fort—originally called Fort William and Mary—helped spur the patriots toward Revolution. Today, you can see remnants of the Colonial fortifications, as well as the Portsmouth Harbor Light.

National Historic Site
301 Second New Hampshire Turnpike
Hillsborough, NH 03244
(603) 478-3165
<www.nhparks.state.nh.us/state-parks/alphabetical-order/franklin-pierce-homestead>

Gov. John Langdon House
143 Pleasant St.
Portsmouth, NH 03801
(603) 436-3205

John Wingate Weeks Historic Site
Off Route 3
Lancaster, NH 03584
(603) 788-4004
<www.nhparks.state.nh.us/state-parks/alphabetical-order/john-wingate-weeks-historic-site>

Littleton Grist Mill
18 Mill St.
Littleton, NH 03561
(603) 444-7478

Robert Frost Farm
 122 Rockingham Road
Derry, NH 03038
(603) 432-3091
<www.robertfrostfarm.org>