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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26WI_first-congregational-church_Littleton-NH.html
On July 4, 1833, Main Street's first house of "publick worship" was dedicated here on Meetinghouse Hill.
Several denominations shared the English Gothic church, and it was a famed forum for abolition and temperance causes.
The Reverend…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26WH_salomon-block_Littleton-NH.html
When fire claimed Jacob M. Salomon's dry goods store on this site, he built this angled Georgian Revival showpiece in 1912, capping three decades of Main Street development begun by H. L. Tilton.
Salomon (1878-1945) saluted his neighbor with cast…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26WF_harrington-block_Littleton-NH.html
In 1850, merchant Fry Gile (1819-1898) built a block here.
When he moved to Kansas in 1854, it was purchased by retailer Nathan McCoy (1813-1886).
The McCoy Block housed studios for the Kilburn Stereoscopic View Factory (1860-68) and in 1879 for…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26W8_littleton-stamp-coin-co_Littleton-NH.html
Millions of coin and stamp collectors know Littleton thought the Littleton Stamp & Coin Company, a mail order firm launched in December, 1945 on the second floor of Tilton's Opera Block.
Fannie Kasper Sundman, impressed by the friendly and scenic…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26W7_parkers-marketplace_Littleton-NH.html
Ira Parker (1846-1938) built a house here in 1885.
He had left his family's tannery in 1866 to make gloves.
By 1889 he had become general manager of the Saranac Buck Glove Company, the town's major manufacturer.
Parker sold his share in Saranac…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26VW_chutter-block_Littleton-NH.html
On this site in 1867, the Kilburn Brothers built a stereograph factory.
When production moved to Cottage Street in 1873, the structure became the Dow Store, then, in 1883, the White Store owned by Rev. Frederick Chutter, former pastor (1887-1890)…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26VS_host-to-history_Littleton-NH.html
Thayer's Inn has welcomed countless guests over the years.
Among them have been the famous (and the infamous).
A brief listing includes visiting Presidents Ulysses S. Grant, Franklin Pierce, Richard Nixon, and Jimmy Carter.
Also stopping here …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26VM_eames-building_Littleton-NH.html
John B. "Jack" Eames (1891-1951), born in Groveton, NH, came to Littleton in 1920 and purchased the Premiere Theater in the Northern Hotel block on this site.
After fire destroyed the block in 1924, Jack rebuilt it to house the 800-seat Premiere…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26V1_u-s-post-office-and-courthouse_Littleton-NH.html
This marble-fronted edifice has been the town's Post Office since February 14, 1935.
The mansion of Dr. William J. Beattie (1865-1913), a founder of Littleton Hospital, had occupied the site before the construction of this Georgian Revival master…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26V0_littleton-public-library_Littleton-NH.html
After four attempts, a permanent public library was established in 1890.
From rented quarters, it moved to the new Town Building in 1895.
In 1902, to meet philanthropist Andrew Carnegie's conditions, the Town pledged $1,500 per year for operatio…