Noyes Academy Historical Marker

Noyes Academy Historical Marker is a historic site in Town of Canaan, Grafton, New Hampshire. Noyes Academy Historical Marker is situated nearby to Canaan Historical Museum, as well as near the historic building Canaan Meetinghouse.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Canaan Meetinghouse and Canaan Street Lake.

Canaan Meetinghouse

Historic building

Photo: Neil.m.young, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Canaan Meetinghouse is a historic meeting house on Canaan Street in Canaan, New Hampshire. Built in 1794, with some subsequent alterations, it is a good example of a Federal period meeting house, serving as a center of town civic and religious activity for many years.

Canaan Street Lake

Canaan Street Lake is a 291-acre water body located in Grafton County in western New Hampshire, United States, in the town of Canaan. It is part of the Mascoma River watershed, a tributary of the Connecticut River.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Canaan Street Historic District and Canaan.

Canaan Street Historic District

Neighborhood

Photo: Neil.m.young, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Canaan Street Historic District encompasses the historic original town center of Canaan, New Hampshire. It is a basically linear district, running along Canaan Street roughly from Prospect Hill Road in the north to Moss Flower Lane in the south.

Canaan

Town

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Canaan is a town in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 3,794 at the 2020 census. It is the location of Mascoma State Forest. Canaan is situated 2 miles southeast of Noyes Academy Historical Marker.

Orange

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Orange is a small town located in New Hampshire that was granted in 1769 and incorporated in 1790. The census of 2000 has the population at 299. The Mt. Cardigan State Park is located inside Orange.

Noyes Academy Historical Marker

Type: Historic site
Inscription: “Chartered in 1834 by Samuel Noyes and other Canaan citizens, it was the first-known upper-level co-ed school in the US open to African Americans. The school opened in 1835, but months later, outraged opponents used a team of oxen to drag the Academy buil…”
Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
Location: Town of Canaan, Grafton, New Hampshire, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

43.66528° or 43° 39′ 55″ north

Longitude

-72.0424° or 72° 2′ 33″ west

Open location code

87M9MX85+42

OpenStreetMap ID

node 5051986007

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=yes

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Notable Places Nearby

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