Cote House | |
Location | Goshen Center Rd., Goshen, New Hampshire |
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Coordinates | 43°17′44″N72°7′3″W / 43.29556°N 72.11750°W Coordinates: 43°17′44″N72°7′3″W / 43.29556°N 72.11750°W |
Area | 0.5 acres (0.20 ha) |
Built | 1846 |
Built by | Chandler, John |
MPS | Plank Houses of Goshen New Hampshire TR |
NRHP reference No. | 85001310 [1] |
Added to NRHP | June 21, 1985 |
The Cote House is a historic house on Goshen Center Road in Goshen, New Hampshire. Built about 1846 as a schoolhouse, it is one of a cluster of plank-frame houses in Goshen. The building served as a school until 1926, and is now a private residence. [2] The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. [1]
The Cote House is located on the north side of Goshen Center Road, about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) east of New Hampshire Route 31. It is a 1+1⁄2-story wooden structure, with a gabled roof and clapboarded exterior. It measures just 24 feet (7.3 m) by 22 feet (6.7 m), with its walls framed by 3-inch-thick vertical planking given lateral stability by the horizontal placement of dowels. Each of its facades has two bays, most occupied by sash windows, with the main entrance on one of the gable ends. [2]
The house was built about 1846, and originally served as the Goshen Center Schoolhouse. It was built by John Chambers, a local housewright known to use the plank-framing technique. The building served as a school until 1926, and is now a private residence. It is one of three surviving 19th-century schoolhouses in the town, out of five built. [2]
The High Tops School, also known as Schoolhouse No. 9, is a historic school building at the corner of Reynolds and River roads in Westmoreland, New Hampshire. Built in 1789 and remodeled in 1846, it is one of a small number of district schoolhouses in the region to survive demolition or adaptation to residential use. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984, and the New Hampshire State Register of Historic Places in 2007. It is now owned by the Westmoreland Park Hill Meeting House and Historical Society.
The Brook Road Inn, formerly the Backside Inn, is a historic inn at 1171 Brook Road in Goshen, New Hampshire. The inn, which now provides lodging only, is located in an 1835 farmhouse that is one of a regional cluster of 19th-century plank frame houses. The inn was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.
The Burford House is a historic house on New Hampshire Route 10 in Goshen, New Hampshire. Built in 1843, it is one of a cluster of locally significant 19th-century plank-frame houses, and was for many years home to Walter Nelson, the local historian who researched these homes. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.
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The Garber House is a historic house on Lempster Coach Road in Goshen, New Hampshire. Built about 1835, it is one of a cluster of plank-frame houses in the rural community, which at one time had an unusually fine Greek Revival entry surround. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 21, 1985.
The Giffin House is a historic house on New Hampshire Route 10 in Goshen, New Hampshire. Built in 1835, it served as a schoolhouse until 1957, and is one of three surviving 19th century schoolhouses in Goshen. It is also part of a cluster of plank-frame houses built in the community. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.
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The Seavey House is a historic plank-frame house in Goshen, New Hampshire. It is located on the west side of New Hampshire Route 10, just south of its junction with Brook Road. It was built about 1860 by John Chandler, a prolific local builder of plank-frame houses. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.
The Stelljes House is a historic house on New Hampshire Route 31 in Goshen, New Hampshire. Built about 1800, it is one of the oldest of a cluster of plank-frame houses in Goshen. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. It has possibly been demolished.
Welcome Acres is a historic house in Goshen, New Hampshire. It is located on the east side of New Hampshire Route 10, about 1/2 mile north of its junction with Brook Road. Built c. 1835, it is one of a cluster of plank-frame houses in the community, and is unusual in that set for being two stories high, and for its unusual construction. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.
The Williamson House is a historic house on Messer Road in Goshen, New Hampshire. Built about 1850, it is one of a cluster of plank-frame houses in the town, and is unusual in that group for its framing style. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.
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