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!
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.
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 .
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The Stone School Museum, built in 1841, as a two-room schoolhouse, and now home to the New Market Historical Society, is located high upon Zion’s Hill on Granite Street. Hours of operation are in our program of events and are on our web page and Facebook. If you need further information, please call 603-659-3289 and leave a message or via email at newmarketnh.historicalsociety@gmail.com. Your inquiry will be returned as soon as possible.
$17 for members, $19 for non-members
Books available and can be purchased on line with PayPal—or contact us via email at
newmarketnh.historicalsociety@gmail.com
If shipped — an additional shipping & handling fee of $4 applies.
All proceeds from the sale of this book by the New Market Historical Society help the preservation of our collection.
We greatly appreciate your membership and donations, and look forward to seeing you at our meetings and events. Members receive free admission to all our meetings and non-members can attend most meetings and events for free. Please make it a point to introduce someone new to one of our events.