The Francestown Town Common has been honored by the United States Secretary of the Interior with placement on the National Register of Historic Places. The Common is significant for its architectural significance and for the role it has played in government, education and commerce.
When the Town Common was gifted to Francestown in 1772, its four acres were to provide a training field, burying ground and space for a meeting house. Today the Common is smaller but still includes several historically important elements, including the Town Hall and Academy building, a former student boarding house known as “The Beehive,” and extensive horse sheds, a platform hay scale and a granite watering trough.
The National Register of Historic Places is the nation’s official list of cultural resources worthy of preservation and is part of a national program to coordinate and support public and private efforts to identify, evaluate and protect our historic and archaeological resources.
For more information on the Francestown Improvement and Historical Society, please visit www.francestownhistory.info or contact Charlie Pyle at 547-3934.