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Colony House, Keene NH

TITLE

Colony House, Keene NH

 

CREATOR

 

SUBJECT

Houses - NH - Keene

Homes - NH - Keene

 

DESCRIPTION

Photograph of the Horatio Colony house located on West Street in Keene New Hampshire, was built circa 1819 by Timothy Hall and was used as the A. and T. Hall Store, supplying medical needs and dry goods.

The house eventually became the residence of Horatio Colony, a lawyer who later turned to wool manufacturing with the firm Faulkner and Colony. He was elected Keene's first mayor when it became a city in 1874.

 

PUBLISHER

Keene Public Library

 

DATE DIGITAL

20070604

 

DATE ORIGINAL

 

RESOURCE TYPE

photographs

 

FORMAT

image/jpg

 

RESOURCE IDENTIFIER

hsykhse037

 

RIGHTS MANAGMENT

No known restriction on publication.

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