New Boston Historical Society

New Boston Historical Society
New Boston, New Hampshire
NB Beacon
Mary Atai created the "Behind the Door" column for the New Boston Beacon in 2019.

"Behind the Door" — New Boston's Historic Houses

Historical Society volunteers write a column for each issue of the New Boston Beacon, our town's local newspaper. Mary Atai is the author of the popular "Behind the Door" series which features a different old house every other month. We intend to reproduce all of Mary's columns here after publication. This is a work in progress!

(You may read about the history of our town's newspapers here. We thank New Boston Beacon publisher Keith Gentili for keeping the tradition alive!)

"Behind the Door" columns on this page are in alphabetic order by road name, followed by columns which are not house-specific. There's a table below which lists all columns by publication date; not all have been posted on this page yet.

Click on a house photo to read the article for that address.

19 Baker Lane
Charlie & Emily Baker's house

6 Bedford Road
The Hills/Wason house

15 Bedford Road
The Adams/French house

214 Bedford Road (1st in the series)
Willson / Jones / Michaud / Hinman

1 Bradford Lane - Part 1
The Priest Bradford house

1 Bradford Lane - Part 2
Shaw-Clark

200 Clark Hill Road
The Simon Dodge farm

280 Colburn Road
The Colburn homestead

29 Depot Street
The Railroad Depot

99 Francestown Rd
Richards / Parker / McAlpine / Colburn / Hechtl

336 Francestown Rd
Todd Homestead

70 Gregg Mill Road
The Gregg/Lang Farm

16 High Street
Whipple / Kane / Neville / Lanzillotti

131 Hooper Hill Road
Goodhue / Mansfield / Babson / Webber

9 Joe English Road
The "Bloody Blunder"

206 Joe English Road
Lewis / White / Brown / Duke / Dorwart

4 Lull Rd
Gregg / Lang / Heath / Young

37 McCurdy Road
The Samuel Jones farm / Frank & Caroline Rogers

255 Meadow Road
McMillen / Holt / Jenness / Christoph

9 Meetinghouse Hill Road
Farley / Ryan

5 Mill Street
Nan's House

14 Mill Street
Parker's Mill

8 River Road
Fiske / Kane / Manna

96 Scobie Road - Part 1
Langdell / Morgan / Wason

96 Scobie Road - Part 2
Hundred Acres monastery

14 Shedd Road
Todd / Tucker / Hodge / Shedd / Schwabe / Jencks / Callen-Hess

170 South Hill Road
Crombie / Prince / Poole / Kress

238 South Hill Road
Moor / Fuller / Keyes

266 South Hill Road
Cochran / Upton / Townes

Turn Back the Clock to 1970
New Boston — 50 years ago

The Village Bridge
The wrought-iron bridge that collapsed in 1947

Early American Stenciling
Wall decoration after the French & Indian War

*Articles by publication date*
Date	Address or Title
July 2019	214 Bedford Road
September 2019	200 Clark Hill Road
November 2019	99 Francestown Road
February 2020	1 Bradford Lane, Part 1
March 2020	1 Bradford Lane, Part 2
May 2020	37 McCurdy Road¹
August 2020	70 Gregg Mill Road²
September 2020	Turn Back the Clock to 1970
November 2020	131 Hooper Hill
January 2021	280 Colburn Road
March 2021	19 Baker Lane³
May 2021	9 Joe English Road
August 2021	238 South Hill Road
September 2021	266 South Hill Road
December 2021	The Village Bridge
February 2022	6 Bedford Road
April 2022	Early American Stenciling
June 2022	8 River Road
September 2022	96 Scobie Road, Part 1
October 2022	96 Scobie Road, Part 2
December 2022	5 Mill Street
February 2023	15 Bedford Road
April 2023	9 Meetinghouse Hill Road
June 2023	170 South Hill Road
August 2023	4 Lull Road
October 2023	336 Francestown Road
December 2023	14 Shedd Road
February 2024	16 High Street
April 2024	29 Depot Street
June 2024	14 Mill Street⁴
August 2024	206 Joe English Road
October 2024	255 Meadow Road

All articles were written by Mary Atai except:
¹ "37 McCurdy Road" by David Woodbury
² "70 Gregg Mill Road" by James Johnston
³ "19 Baker Lane" by Betsy Moody
⁴ "14 Mill Streer" by Gail Parker

About the author: Mary Atai and her husband Amir moved to a historic house on Hooper Hill in 2017. For each "Behind the Door" column Mary interviews the current home owner and conducts extensive research, often driving to the Registry of Deeds in Nashua.