Old Grafton County Courthouse, Plymouth

Name: Old Grafton County Courthouse
Address: Plymouth, United States

#2 among attractions in Plymouth

Top attraction, History museum, Museum

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The Old Grafton County Courthouse is a historic courthouse building at 1 Court Street in Plymouth, New Hampshire. This modest wood-frame building was built in 1774 to serve as one of two courthouses for Grafton County, which had just been established; it is one of the oldest surviving civic structures in the state. It is now the museum of the Plymouth Historical Society. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982, and included in the Plymouth Historic District in 1986. ()

Built: 1774 (250 years ago)Coordinates: 43°45'28"N, 71°41'18"W

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Old Grafton County Courthouse – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Polar Caves Park, St. Mark's Episcopal Church, First Free Will Baptist Church and Vestry, Whipple House.

4.9 miW
Cave, Park
Polar Caves Park, Rumney
125 min walk • Polar Caves Park is a set of glacially-formed caves located in New Hampshire's White Mountains region, in the United States. The caves were formed during the last ice age from granite boulders and are so named because the deepest cave is cold enough to allow snow to linger long into the summer.
5.1 miSE
Church
St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Ashland
130 min walk • St. Mark's Episcopal Church is an historic Episcopal church located at 6-8 Highland Street in Ashland, New Hampshire, in the United States. Organized in 1855, it is part of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire. Its building, completed in 1859, was designed by New York City architect J.
5.3 miSE
Church
First Free Will Baptist Church and Vestry, Ashland
135 min walk • The First Free Will Baptist Church are a historic Free Will Baptist Church complex in Ashland, New Hampshire. The complex consists of three buildings: the brick church building, which was built in 1834; the old vestry, a brick building standing near the street which was built c...
5.2 miSE
Museum, History museum
Whipple House, Ashland
132 min walk • The Whipple House is a historic house museum at 4 Pleasant Street in Ashland, New Hampshire. Built about 1837, it is a well-preserved example of a mid-19th century Cape-style house, that is relatively architecturally undistinguished.
4.9 miE
Zoo
Squam Lakes Natural Science Center, Holderness
125 min walk • Squam Lakes Natural Science Center is an environmental education center and zoo founded in 1966 and opened to the public on July 1, 1969. The science center is located in Holderness, New Hampshire, United States. The mission of the science center is to advance understanding of ecology by exploring New Hampshire's natural world.
~780 ftN
Universities and schools
Plymouth State University, Plymouth
4 min walk • Plymouth State University, formerly Plymouth State College, is a public university in the towns of Plymouth and Holderness, New Hampshire. As of fall 2020 Plymouth State University enrolls 4,491 students. The school was founded as Plymouth Normal School in 1871.
5 miSE
City hall
Ashland Town Hall, Ashland
128 min walk • Ashland Town Hall, at 10 Highland Street, is the town hall of Ashland, New Hampshire. Built in 1871, it is a distinctive Victorian interpretation of a typical New England town hall, which has served the town in civic roles since its construction.
5.2 miE
43°44'3"N • 71°35'25"W
Squam Lakes Natural Science Center, Holderness
132 min walk • Nature and wildlife, Park, Zoo
5.4 miSE
Museum
Ashland Railroad Station, Ashland
137 min walk • The Ashland Railroad Station is a historic train station at 39 Depot Street in Ashland, New Hampshire. Built in 1869 and remodeled in 1891, it is a well-preserved example of a rural 19th-century railroad station. It is now a museum operated by the Ashland Historical Society.
0.7 miE
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Chapel of the Holy Cross, Plymouth
17 min walk • The Chapel of the Holy Cross is a historic church at 45 Chapel Lane on the campus of Holderness School in Holderness, New Hampshire. Built in 1884 to a design by Charles Coolidge Haight, it is a prominent regional example of Gothic Revival architecture. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.
5.4 miE
Library
Holderness Free Library, Holderness
137 min walk • The Holderness Free Library is the public library of Holderness, New Hampshire. It is located at 866 US Route 3, at its junction with New Hampshire Route 113.

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Nearby attractions include Pease Public Library, Plymouth (3 min walk), Plymouth State University, Plymouth (4 min walk), Chapel of the Holy Cross, Plymouth (17 min walk).