DEERFIELD, N.H. (AP) - A former village center in New Hampshire has been named to the National Register of Historic Places, the state Division of Historical Resources said Wednesday.
The Old Deerfield Center Historic District has been recognized for its architecture and as an example of settlement and community development.
The district spans 220 acres and includes 12 properties of primarily 18th- through early 20th-century buildings, 10 of which pre-date the Civil War. Sections of historic stonewalls that line roads and mark property boundaries remain. The buildings include Georgian Colonial and Greek Revival homes, and two barns.
Old Center Cemetery includes both family plots and rows of gravestones, the earliest of which dates back to 1772. One of those interred is Major John Simpson, who achieved notoriety by reportedly firing the first shot - albeit unauthorized - at Bunker Hill while serving in Col. John Stark’s regiment. Stark became a general and penned New Hampshire’s state motto, “Live Free or Die.”
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