Blow-Me-Down Grange

Blow-Me-Down Grange
Location 1071 NH 12-A, Plainfield, New Hampshire
Coordinates 43°32′1″N 72°21′24″W / 43.53361°N 72.35667°W / 43.53361; -72.35667Coordinates: 43°32′1″N 72°21′24″W / 43.53361°N 72.35667°W / 43.53361; -72.35667
Area 0.4 acres (0.16 ha)
Built 1839
Architect Egglestone, Charles
Architectural style Greek Revival
NRHP Reference # 01000205[1]
Added to NRHP March 2, 2001

The Blow-Me-Down Grange is a historic Grange hall at 1071 New Hampshire Route 12A in Plainfield, New Hampshire, United States. It is home to the Patrons of Husbandry Chapter 234. It is a rectangular two-story brick structure, built (as a single-story structure) in 1839 for a Congregational church. The second story was added in 1939-40. A two-stage tower rises from the peak of the roof at its front (west side). Although the interior of the first floor is now used as a meeting space with kitchen, many of the original pews are still in the building, and signs of the presence of more are visible on the pine floors. The building was converted for use as a grange hall in 1899.[2]

The hall's stage is decorated with a large oil painting, originally made by Lucia Fairchild for the Woman's Building of the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.[1]

The building was renovated in 2001. In 2012, there were monthly meetings held there.[4]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "NRHP nomination for Blow-Me-Down Grange" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2014-10-25.
  3. ↑ Garfinkle, Charlene (Winter 1993). "Lucia Fairchild Fuller's "Lost" Woman's Building Mural". American Art. 7 (1): 2-7. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
  4. ↑ Blow-Me-Down Grange


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