Milton Town House

Milton Town House
Location NH 16 and Town House Rd., Milton, New Hampshire
Coordinates 43°26′27″N 70°59′5″W / 43.44083°N 70.98472°W / 43.44083; -70.98472Coordinates: 43°26′27″N 70°59′5″W / 43.44083°N 70.98472°W / 43.44083; -70.98472
Area less than one acre
Built 1803 (1803)
NRHP Reference # 80000311[1]
Added to NRHP November 26, 1980

The Milton Town House is a historic civic and religious building at the junction of Town House Road and New Hampshire Route 16 in Milton, New Hampshire. The single-story wood frame structure was original two full stories, and was built in 1803 (one year after the town was incorporated) to serve as a church and civic meeting space. The town purchased the building in 1855, reduced it to a single story, and removed its interior religious trappings. The pulpit was reinstalled in 1965, but not at its original location, as a reminder of the building's religious past.[2]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1] The listing includes a rebuilt copy of the town's original animal pound, a unique circular fieldstone structure which stands across Route 16. It was built in 1804, rebuilt in 1823, and moved and rebuilt when the highway was widened in 1928.[2]

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  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 "NRHP nomination for Milton Town House" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2014-08-24.


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