June 26th Quick visit to Rollinsford, New Hampshire

Had to run over to New Hampshire for fuel for the car, (it's 20 cents a gallon cheaper) and decided to run just over the state line from Maine to catch a new marker, and visit the town of Rollinsford as well.   It's an old mill town, full of  several interesting buildings.

First was the town hall. which dates from 1893:

Rollinsford Town Hall

Rollinsford Town Hall is located at 667 Main Street in Rollinsford, New Hampshire. The two-story wood frame building was designed by New Hampshire architect Alvah T. Ramsdell, and built in 1893 to house a variety of municipal services, including offices and space in its basement for a fire engine. Its first floor is occupied by offices, and its upper floor is taken up by an auditorium space with balcony and stage. The building is dominated by the tall tower (a typical Queen Anne feature) at its northeast corner.The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.

Next was the old town graded  school-  It had a date of 1937 on it- never did find the dog's gravesite!

Rollinsford Grade School

The Rollinsford Grade School is a historic school building at 487 Locust Street in Rollinsford, New Hampshire. Opened in 1937, and still in use as an elementary school, it was the first school building commissioned by the prominent Durham, NH firm Huddleston & Hersey, whose principal, Eric Huddleston, designed many buildings in the University of New Hampshire campus. The building bears one of Huddleston's signature elements, a cupola, and has a fine Colonial Revival entrance surround. Many of the building's inside features are still in place. The grounds of the school are also notable as the burial site of Obo II, considered the father of the American Cocker Spaniel breed of dog. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015

As I said, this was an old mill town, and there are actually an upper and lower mill, with several buildings that make up a historic district:

Salmon Falls Mill Historic District

 The Salmon Falls Mill Historic District encompasses a historic mill complex on Front Street in Rollinsford, New Hampshire. The complex includes four major structures and seven smaller ones, on about 14 acres (5.7 ha) of land along the Salmon Falls River. They were built between about 1840 and the mid-1860s, and have an unusual architectural unity, for additions made to the buildings were done with attention to matching elements of the existing structures. The Number 2 Mill, built in 1848, was an early location where a turbine was used instead of a waterwheel to provide power to the mill machinery. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

 

Also found a new marker and got it posted on the Master Database: