July 2015

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Photo Courtesy of Kings Grant Farm.
Welcome!
The applications are here! Forty‐one applications came in,
representing projects in each of the ten counties in the state.
The 16 natural resource projects range from 28 acres to 1,509. The 25 historic resource projects date from as early as 1664
and as late at 1918. The total amount requested is about $5.2
million and the total project value is just over $19 million.
LCHIP ROAD TRIP:
"Treasured Places, Protected Spaces" Art Show
"Once Upon A Time" by Jeanne Maguire Thieme
The veto of the biennial budget and the passage of a six‐
month continuing resolution adds a complication to LCHIP's
grant making process. The Board is scheduled to make
funding decisions in November, but the amount available to
be awarded won't be known until the state budget is passed,
From Hinsdale to
Hillsborough and Walpole to
Wilton, hundreds of tracts of
land have been conserved in
the Monadnock region so that
the area's natural beauty will
be preserved for the benefit
of future generations.
Celebrate the beauty of the
Monadnock region's
conservation spaces in this
wonderful juried art show, the
featured exhibit at the
Historical Society of Cheshire
County in Keene this summer.
which could be as late as January. Meanwhile, staff and review
panelists have the enjoyable task of reading about each
project and making site visits to as many as possible.
Dijit Taylor
Executive Director
LCHIP Spotlight: 2014 Award Recipients
Josiah Bartlett House
The Josiah Bartlett House, located on the Plains in Kingston,
was constructed in 1774 and is a National Historic Landmark.
The large linden tree in the front yard is said to have been
brought from Philadelphia to Kingston when Bartlett returned
home from the Continental Congress. The house is well
preserved and has been relatively unaltered since an update in
the early 19th century added Greek Revival detailing to the
building. In 2014 the New Hampshire Preservation Alliance
was awarded $22,000 to aid in the execution of a preservation
easement, which will protect the building's character‐defining
features.
County in Keene this summer.
Presented by: Regional
artists, the Historical Society
of Cheshire County, the
Monadnock Conservancy and
other local and regional
environmental groups.
Tuesdays to Fridays, through
September 5, 2015, from 9
a.m. to 4 p.m. Additional
hours on Wednesdays until 9
p.m., and first and third
Saturdays of each month
open 9 a.m. to noon.
Location: Historical Society of
Cheshire County, 246 Main
Street, Keene, N.H.
603‐352‐1895
http://hsccnh.org/exhibits
LCHIP Links
2014 Grant Recipients
Acworth ­ Methodist
Church/Grange Hall Berlin ­ Brown Company House
Bradford Town Hall Bristol Town Hall
Canterbury Spender Hill Farm
Concord ­ Chamberlin House
Conway ­ Lucy Project
Cornish Meetinghouse
Cornish ­ King's Grant Farm
Dover ­ William Hale House
Durham ­ Emery Farm
Epping ­ Watson Academy
Epping­Pawtuckaway to Great Bay
Francestown Town Hall
King's Grant Farm, Cornish ‐ Eat up!
The Putnam Family Farm operated in Cornish from 1775 to the
mid‐1970's, but by 2012 its 26 acres of prime farmland had
Gilford ­ Rowe House
Hancock Hist.Society Building
Hancock Meetinghouse
Haverhill ­ Pearson Hall
been left fallow for over 40 years.
During those same 40 years, in
neighboring Plainfield, Pooh
Sprague and his family were running
Edgewater Farm. By 2011,
Edgewater Farm was distributing
well over five tons of produce
throughout the Upper Valley, but
leased 25% of their tillable land on
an annual basis, leading to uncertainty about the availability
of farmland from year to year. In 2012, the Spragues purchased the Putnam Farm to better
secure their land base. Then, in 2014, LCHIP awarded a
$50,000 grant to the Upper Valley Land Trust to assist in
placing an easement on the property, all with a goal to bring
the historic farm back to life and permanently protect it as a
source for local food production. Bravo, and Yummo!
Hooksett ­ Hinman Pond II
Keene ­ Cheshire County Courthouse
Kingston­Josiah Bartlett House
Langdon Meetinghouse
Marlow ­ Historic Preservation Study, Jones Hall
Middleton ­ Moose Mountain
Milton Free Public Library
Northwood Congregational
Church
Peterborough Town House
Portsmouth ­ Gov.John Langdon House
Portsmouth ­ Player's Ring Theatre
Sanbornton­ Cong. Church
NHPA Historic Preservation
Assessment Program
Sunapee ­ Wendell Marsh
Tamworth View of Chocorua
Warner ­ Pillsbury Library
Westmoreland ­ Park Hill
Meeting House Steeple
"The soils at the Putnam Farm are the best in the northeast. We have
access to the Connecticut River for irrigation, and it doesn't hurt that you
can look up from hoeing lettuce and have the most panoramic view in the
Upper Valley of Mt. Ascutney."~ Pooh Sprague
LCHIP Vision Bristol Town Hall
Contact Info
FAQ's
The Greek Revival Style was the physical manifestation of an
early nineteenth century interest in classical buildings. It
represented the divine sense of manifest destiny that
accompanied the era of western expansion and was viewed as
a national building style that expressed the bright promise of
the young United States of America. The style was extremely
The NH Conservation License
Plate (Moose Plate) program
supports the protection of
critical resources in our state.
You can purchase a Moose
popular from 1820 through 1860. The 1849 Bristol Old Town Hall, with its gable front
orientation, heavy entablature and corner pilasters, is a fine
example of the Greek Revival style. In 2014, the Town of
Bristol was awarded $30,000 toward the rehabilitation of the
building, which will include both exterior and interior repairs. Plate at any time ‐ for your
new car, for a car that's
already registered, or even for
a friend! Visit www.mooseplate.com
to find out how to purchase
your plate. Income from the Moose Plate
program pays for much of
LCHIP's administrative
expenses. We thank Moose
Plate holders for your
support!
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