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Hawke Meeting House

466 Main St, Danville, NH 03819-3130 , USA

Latitude & Longitude: 42° 56' 13.6284", -71° 7' 7.4244"
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Erected Prior to June 12,1975,this is New Hampshire's oldest meeting house in original condition.Built by 27 local proprietors who conveyed it in 1760 to the newly-incorporated Parish of Hawke(now Danville).the building was used for religious services through 1832 and for town meetings through 1887.The Rev.John Page,only regular minister of the Parish.died of smallpox in the 1782 epidemic which ravaged the area of Tuckertown and is buried in Ye Old Cemetery just north of here.



Last updated: 9/21/2011 11:05
 
   
 
 
Hawke Meeting House Historical Marker Location Map, Danville, New Hampshire