Not our name, but our passion
The Oscar Foss Memorial Library is located in center Barnstead. It is a single-story Colonial Revival building (listed on the National Register of Historic Places) designed by the William M. Butterfield Company of Manchester and built in 1916-17. The library was a gift of Sarah Foss in memory of her husband Oscar, a prominent local businessman who died in 1913.
The church building for the Center Barnstead Christian Church is located adjacent to the central square in Barnstead, New Hampshire. I could not find any information on the architecture of the church but it appears to be of 20th century design.
The first Deerfield Fair was held in 1876 in a different location in Deerfield, the first fair on this site was in 1924. During the great depression of the 1930s the Civilian Conservation Corps was created. Men in the Corps built structures and roads, carved out hiking trails and learned useful skills all the while helping the communities where they were housed. In 1937 the economy had improved enough that the camp was closed and the buildings and grounds were given to the Town of Deerfield for the permanent location of the Deerfield Fair.
The Lowell National Historical Park in Lowell, Massachusetts is part of the United States National Park System and was the first park in the system established to preserve and commemorate an urban area of national significance. Situated along the Merrimack River Lowell was considered an ideal location for a planned industrial city. Lowell’s manufacturing facilities were built based on a planned community design. Specifically Lowell was planned as reaction to the mill communities in Great Britain, which were perceived as cramped and inhumane. Some called it the “Lowell Experiment,” which was an attempt at creating a manufacturing center with a combination of production efficiency with democratic morals and social structure. Lowell attracted both immigrants from abroad and migrants from within New England and Quebec (including a large proportion of young women, known as Lowell mill girls) who lived in the dormitories and worked in the mills. The textile industry in New England experienced a sharp decline after World War II and by the 1960s, many of the Lowell’s textile mill buildings were abandoned. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, several important forces came together from which emerged the Lowell National Historical Park.
Mill buildings have been preserved
5.6 miles of canals
Visitor Center and Museum
Stamp your Passport to the National Parks
Transportation History
Downtown Lowell has plenty of shops and restaurants
I went to University and graduate school at the University of Lowell in Lowell, Massachusetts. The university is now part of the Massachusetts state university system and is called the University of Massachusetts – Lowell. Visiting Lowell with Alex and Rita we took a quick drive by to show Alex where I went to college.
