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 near Canaan Historical Museum, as well as near the historic building Canaan Meetinghouse.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Canaan Meetinghouse and Canaan Street Lake.

Historic building

The Canaan Meetinghouse is a historic meeting house on Canaan Street in Canaan, New Hampshire.

Canaan Street Lake is a 291-acre water body located…

Nearby places include Canaan Street Historic District and Canaan.

Neighborhood

Town

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Canaan is a town in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States. Canaan is situated 2 miles southeast of Noyes Academy Historical Marker.

Orange is a small town located in New Hampshire that was granted in 1769 and incorporated in 1790.

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

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=yes

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Highlights: Canaan Historical Museum and Canaan Street Lake Beach.

Places to explore: Boat Launch and Greenwood House.

Worth a closer look: Concord and Manchester.

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