Matt Richard
Grade 4
Mr. Sullivan
Table of Contents
Introduction
page 3
New Hampshire State House
page 4
State House Plaza and City Hall
page 5
Frenchís Radio Shop and Phenix
Hall
page 6
Enos Blake Hall and Sacred Heart Church
page 7
Sacred Heart Church
and Benjamin Grover
House
page 8
Kimball School
page 9
Conclusion
page 10
Glossary of Terms
page 11
Bibliography
page 12
CONCORD TOUR
by Matt Richard
Introduction
I took a walk downtown and
took some pictures of important buildings for my famous New Hampshire places
report. I used my own camera for the pictures. It took me an hour to take
my tour.
New Hampshire State House
North Main Street
Built 1819.
The State House was made from Concord
granite. The prisoners dug and cut the granite for the building.
State House Plaza
Main Street
This is a copy of the real Liberty Bell
in Philadelphia.
You can see it when you visit the State
House.
Concord City Hall
41 Green Street
All the city records are kept here. Mrs.
Donovan's husband works here. He is the mayor.
French's Radio Shop
10 North State Street
This building was built in 1835.
There was once a radio shop inside in
1928. Now it's a toy store.
Phenix Hall
40 North Main Street
Upstairs is a theater. President Abraham
Lincoln spoke there. President Theodore Roosevelt spoke there also.
Enos Blake House
7 North State Street
This was built in 1833.
Enos Blake was a tanner. He had a shop
behind his house.
Sacred Heart Church
52 and 54 Pleasant Street
It was built in 1833.
Sacred Heart Church
52 and 54 Pleasant Street
Built in 1833. An addition was built
in 1850.
Benjamin Grover House
35 Pleasant Street
Built in 1854.
Benjamin Grover spent $7,500 dollars
to build this house. It has a fancy arched doorway and brackets to hold
the roof over the door. It was the best looking house in 1854.
Kimball School
17 North Spring Street
This is a picture of my classroom.
This building used to be a high school
many years ago.
Conclusion
I
learned the history of famous places in downtown Concord. The places were
really fabulous. The architecture was outstanding. I learned that you can
walk around downtown and look in a book called A Walking Tour of Downtown
to learn all about the buildings.
Glossary of Terms
architecture:
The activity of designing buildings. The style in which buildings are designed.
bracket:
A flat piece of stone, wood or metal projecting from a wall as a support
for a shelf, statue, roof, etc.
granite:
A hard, gray rock used in the construction of buildings.
Liberty Bell:
A symbol of U.S. independence from Great Britain. It was rung on July 8,
1776 to announce the adoption of the Declaration of Independence.
mayor:
The leader of a town or city government.
plaza:
An open area near large city buildings that often has walkways, trees,
shrubs, and places to sit down.
prisoner:
Someone who is in prison.
State House:
The capitol of a state; the building in which the legislature of a state
meets.
tanner:
A person whose work is tanning hides.
theater:
A building where plays or movies are shown.
Bibliography
Elizabeth Durfee Hengen and R. Stuart
Wallace. Concord on Foot, A Walking Tour of Downtown.
Greater Concord Chamber of Commerce, 1996.