Keene Public Library and the Historical Society of Cheshire County

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Keene is the largest town in Cheshire County, located in the southwest corner of New Hampshire. Cheshire County is home to Mount Monadnock, one of the most climbed mountains in the world, which used to be frequented by Thoreau and Emerson. The Keene Public Library started scanning and uploading hundreds of historical photos and postcards of Keene and surrounding Cheshire County in its collection. When we ran out of our own photos, we started working on the thousands of photos at the Historical Society of Cheshire County. All of the scanning and enhancing of the photos has been done by our extraordinary volunteer, Bob Borden. Please feel free to add information or comments.

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Frank A. Wright House in Keene New Hampshire

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  • Sharen Auger-Rizy said:
    7/2/18. This house is quite altered from the historic photo above, but still a beauty. It looked as it looks in the 2012 street street view capture when I was a child.
  • Varun Coutinho said:
    Car : 1908 Stoddard-Dayton Model 9-F 7-Passenger Touring

Woodward House, Keene NH

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  • Sharen Auger-Rizy said:
    This gem still exists at 150 Court Street and is being well maintained. It is unaltered from the old stereograph other than having no shutters. I am immensely enjoying researching and matching these old photos to existing structures and happily discovering so many of these beautiful old homes still exist and are lovingly maintained.
  • Susan Lund said:
    I grew up in this house, which is at 151 Court St. My parents owned and operated the 180 Court St Nursing Homes, of which this home was a part. We lived on the 3rd floor of 151 Court, and the first 2 floors hosted nursing home residents. We bought this house from the Kingsbury family, who I believe may have been the second owners. The home looked just like this photo when we purchased it in 1967 (or maybe 1968). We painted all of the homes in the nursing home corporation the same lovely shade of yellow, with almost-black dark green shutters. Those buildings were this home, 180 Court St., 39 Summer St and 45 Summer St. The business was sold off to Genesis, I believe, when my parents retired in the mid 1990s. This house has a couple of ghostly spirits, and there was an active bat cave in the dome at the time we lived there. It was a delightful place to grow up - I have so many stories!
  • Sharen Auger-Rizy said:
    I'll bet you do have some stories Susan. So good to read your comments and receive more information about this house. Growing up in Keene I never tired of the beautiful old houses along Court and Washington Streets and many of the side streets that would entrance me.

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  • Roma ieri, Roma oggi, Raccolta Foto de Alvariis said:
    Bellissima foto!
  • jamica1 said:
    The words "yoke" and "yoga" are cognate (fun fact for today).
  • Roma ieri, Roma oggi, Raccolta Foto de Alvariis said:
    belli
  • Nicolas Varaud said:
    Poor cows ! Togheter all the day !
  • Paparazzi NFL said:
    Awesome!

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