Welcome to the New Market Historical Society

Our goal is to tell Newmarket’s story, preserve its local artifacts, and sponsor historical events and educational opportunities.  Please consult our program of events for exact dates, times, and locations for our meetings and events as they have recently changed. 

The public is always welcome to attend our educational meetings, which are free except for select special events.

Donations are always welcomed and greatly appreciated!

The Stone School Museum will open this Summer

Sundays 11 am til 3 pm June 15 thru Sep 18th

(No Admission Charge/Donations accepted)

Our Meetings and Programs will be held

the third Monday of the Month 

 —-  June thru October 

At the Newmarket Town Hall Auditorium,

186 Main Street, Newmarket, NH

Our First Meeting will be Monday, June 20th  7 pm

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To schedule private group tours or open houses — email us at:  newmarketnh.historicalsociety@gmail.com 

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We wish to thank  Proulx Oil and Propane,  and  Chinburg Builders  who generously donated funds

for our efforts to acquire new artifacts and preserve those manuscripts, diaries, letters, and articles already in our collection.  

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The following courtesy photograph was taken  April, 2022 by Matthew Lieb  and posted on his facebook page.  Matthew has shared with us his unique perspective of the Library taken from the old Penstock  on the Lamprey River just above the dam. 

Coming Next on June 20, 2022 :

THE NEW HISTORIC DOWNTOWN WALKING TOUR

Introducing the Historical Society’s new 2022 Downtown Historic Walking Tour

The  story behind the creation of the new self-guided  Walking tour of 50 sites of historic significance.

The presentation will highlight  just a few of the fascinating stories brought back from the past 300 years or so of the town’s history. The sites feature not so much  the physical structure as much as the lives of those who lived or worked there.  Their struggles, achievements and  failures which have been hidden for far too long.

Newly found maps, such as this section of the old town landing in 1800, documents and diaries, deed searches by George Walker, as well as information cleaned from the Rev. James Hill Fitts,  Sylvia Fitts Getchell, Nellie Palmer George and Bertha Palmer Greene’s books, published accounts from old editions of the Granite Monthly and the archives of the Newmarket Advertiser, as well as Professor Richard Candee’s work on the Newmarket Historic District, have  all contributed an indepth  review of the town’s history.

This program will touch on just a few of the stories of family triumphs, mysteries, tragedies — stories of intrigue, humor, of oddities and above all — Perseverance .