Not our name, but our passion
The Urban Forestry Center in Portsmouth was established in 1976 and has interlacing trails that take visitors through various woodland settings on self guided walks.
Trails are perfect for hiking, snowshoeing and cross country skiing
Trees are identified as you make your way through the park
A salt marsh is one of the ecosystems you will see
In 1622 John Mason and Sir Ferdinando Gorges were granted land between the Merrimack and Kennebec Rivers. Captain John Mason granted six thousand acres to David Thompson to establish trade and to settle the land. In 1623 he founded the Pannaway settlement on this site on the New Hampshire seacoast in Rye. Pannaway did not survive as a permanent colony is now on land within Odiorne Point State Park.
First Settler’s Monument
Odiorne Point State Park is a park in the town of Rye, New Hampshire. It sits along the 18-mile seacoast of the state, and has 135 acres of shoreline accompanied by beaches and some rocky areas. For such a small area the park has much to offer with bike paths, The Seacoast Science Center (a small aquarium), historic sites and views of a lighthouse.
Bike trails wind their way through the park
New Hampshire’s first settlement was located within the park boundaries
First Settler’s Monument
The Seacoast Science Center has a small aquarium
The Whaleback Lighthouse can be seen from the shore
The Sunken Forest is nearby and can sometimes be seen on very low tides
The park is the site of Fort Dearborn
The Currier Museum of Art in Manchester. features European and American paintings, decorative arts, photographs and sculpture. The permanent collection includes works by Picasso, Matisse, Monet, Wyeth and Saint-Gaudens.
Main entrance
Spacious interior
Standing Lincoln bronze cast circa 1910 – Augustus Saint Gaudens
Saint-Gaudens bas-relief of Robert Louis Stevenson
Another Saint-Gaudens for the Adams Memorial
Spindrift by Andrew Wyeth
Alex has an appreciation for modern art
The painting, sculpture and decorative art are mixed throughout the collection
There is a modest collection of modern art
The Body in Art was the current exhibition
The school building is a French style Second Empire three story brick building. Its windows are tall and narrow with rounded tops, and are slightly recessed from the facade in a square niche; the window niches on the second floor have a further decorative brickwork border on top. The building’s most prominent feature is its clock tower, which rises four stories, and is topped by a mansard roof. Building of the 13,800-square-foot schoolhouse took place in 1872 and 1874. It was finally completed and dedicated in 1874. The building was designed by George W. Stevens. The clock tower is 112 feet high. The bell alone within the clock tower weighs 2,100 pounds . The current owner, Nick Soggu, owner and founder of SilverTech, purchased the building for his corporation in November 2007.
