Historic Homes For Sale in Charlestown New Hampshire

Historic Homes For Sale in Charlestown New Hampshire, Charlestown has the charm of antiquity, and beautiful scenery, rural surroundings, that still holds its small town atmosphere. Charlestown is an historic small village in the southwestern corner of New Hampshire. A quiet corner, lying peacefully along 13 miles of the beauty of the Connecticut River.

Within the boundaries of Charlestown, are also the smaller hamlets of South Charlestown and North Charlestown. Today Charlestown is a community of 4800 folks with many churches, civic groups, and businesses. During the Revolution War, Charlestown was a supply and recruiting town, as well as the jumping off point to the Crown Point Road across Vermont. In 1781, unhappy with the treatment folks in Charlestown was receiving from the State of New Hampshire, Charlestown actually joined the State of Vermont for a brief time, and only returning to New Hampshire through the intervention of George Washington the Father of our Country himself.

You can find Federal style built Historic Homes For Sale in Charlestown New Hapshire, in the National Historic Neighborhood District. Sturdy farmers homes, and many Capes (Cape Cod style). They remain to this day, many of them dating back to the 1700s. Charlestown has been a very appealing destination for folks over two centuries.

Heres one of the fine looking and Rich in History homes in the Historic neighborhood. That just so happens to be listed on the market for sale.

This Historic Home For Sale in Charlestown New Hampshire, is the Labaree - Putnam house. There has been many archaeolgical digs on this site, that this home sites on. One of the digs which was, conducted by Howard Sargeant, who was hired by the Fort Four Associates, discovered on this dig the placement of the palisade logs of the perimeter of the fort.

The study of this dig, determined that the fort extended east across the Main Street of Charlestown.

And then a dig that took pleace during 1988 and 1989 discovered a very queer arrangement of cast iron discs about six inches in diameter, placed in a circular manner just like like a sundial with about a five foot circumference. Each disc had the numbers of one through twelve, on the just like a clock, except that the #12 and #6 were reversed.

This arrangement was found on the northeasterly border of the lot alongside the remains of a road which ran between the Labaree - Putnam House and the Mary Walker House ( which is still occupied by ancestors they say). This strange arrangement still remains a puzzle to this day.

The present home was built in 1880, somewhat later than most of the Historic Homes For Sale in Charlestown New Hampshire, in the National Historic Neighborhood District, There was several Victorian features were incorporated, which includ French doors in the livingroom and a corner fireplace. The double front doors are of an older period and they have etched glass panels. When looking up the front stairs in the hallway, your eyes are sure to focus on the beautiful ruby glass window which faces into a bathroom.

The bathroom would have be installed in the home at a much later date. Theres a back stairway that remains in place. The downstairs rooms have been rearranged to accommodate the offices of Dr. Paul Willard. One of the parlors became his office. Upstairs of this truely fine home, theres a fan window in the south gable.

When George Putnam, lived in this one of the Historic Homes For Sale in Charlestown New Hampshire, back in the 1920's, wrote about the Spirit of No. 4, 1735 to 1935, in which he found a reference that declared, In 1760, when the Crown Point Road was being built from Fort No. 4 to Lake Champlain, Goff's New Hampshire regiment carpenters spent ten days putting the old fortress in good condition.

This D.A.R. marker which is on the front lawn was dedicated on the 150th anniversaty of the Indian raid in 1754. There was over 2000 folks, that included descendants of Captain James Johnon which he and his family were captives of the Indians.

If you are thinking of Historic Homes For Sale in Charlestown New Hampshire, then you sure will want to take time to look at this home with such a rich History to it. MLS No. 2763554 listed for $309,900.00

I would like to say Thank You, to the owners of The Labaree-Putnam Home. For leting me take the photo of

their fine home. So I could let my readers see their home besides read able it.

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