National Register of Historic Places

House by the Side of the Road

Tilton, Belknap County, New Hampshire
Listed
November 26, 1980
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
80000265

About this property

The House by the Side of the Road was a historic house at 61 School Street in Tilton, New Hampshire. The house, built circa 1783, was a modest 1+1⁄2-story Cape-style house five bays wide, with a center entry and a central chimney. The house was locally notable as the home of poet Sam Walter Foss in 1877–78, when he was attending Tilton Seminary, and was known as the "House by the Side of Road" after Foss's poem of the same name, since the 1890s. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. It was demolished in March 2020.

Location

61 School St.
Tilton, Belknap County, New Hampshire
43.44754, -71.58948

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When was House by the Side of the Road listed on the National Register?

House by the Side of the Road was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 26, 1980.

What type of historic resource is House by the Side of the Road?

House by the Side of the Road is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for House by the Side of the Road?

The period of significance for House by the Side of the Road is recorded as the industrial era.

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