Shedd-Porter Memorial Library
The Shedd-Porter Memorial Library, located at 3 Main Street, is the public library of Alstead, New Hampshire. The library building was a gift to the town from John Graves Shedd and Mary Roenna Shedd, and is a Beaux Arts building built in 1910 to a design by William H.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Library
- Description: library
- Address: 2 Main Street, Alstead, NH 03602
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Langdon Meeting House and Prentiss Bridge.
Langdon Meeting House
Town hall
The Langdon Meeting House is a historic meeting house and former church at 5 Walker Hill Road in Langdon, New Hampshire. Completed in 1803 as a combination town hall and church, it is now a multifunction space owned by the town, and is claimed by the town to hold the record for consecutive town meetings held in the same space. Langdon Meeting House is situated 1½ miles northwest of Shedd-Porter Memorial Library.
Prentiss Bridge
Bridge
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The Prentiss Bridge is a historic covered bridge in Langdon, New Hampshire. Built about 1874, it spans Great Brook just east of the modern alignment of Chester Turnpike, which it carried until it was bypassed by a modern bridge in 1955. Prentiss Bridge is situated 1½ miles west of Shedd-Porter Memorial Library.
McDermott Bridge
Bridge
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The Cold River Bridge, also known as McDermott Bridge, is a historic wooden covered bridge spanning the Cold River near Crane Brook Road in Langdon, New Hampshire, USA. McDermott Bridge is situated 1½ miles northeast of Shedd-Porter Memorial Library.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Alstead and Langdon.
Alstead
Village
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Alstead is a town in Cheshire County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 1,864 at the 2020 census. Alstead is home to Feuer State Forest.
Langdon
Village
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Langdon is a town in Sullivan County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 651 at the 2020 census. Langdon is situated 1½ miles northwest of Shedd-Porter Memorial Library.
Drewsville
Hamlet
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Drewsville is an unincorporated community in the town of Walpole in Cheshire County, New Hampshire, United States. The village is located in the northeastern corner of Walpole, just south of the valley of the Cold River. Drewsville is situated 2 miles southwest of Shedd-Porter Memorial Library.
Shedd-Porter Memorial Library
- Categories: library building, main library, public library, and education
- Location: Town of Alstead, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
43.14916° or 43° 8′ 57″ northLongitude
-72.36163° or 72° 21′ 42″ westElevation
476 feet (145 metres)Open location code
87M94JXQ+M8OpenStreetMap ID
node 366495050OpenStreetMap feature
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