House History Powerpoint Presentation
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TRACING THE HISTORY OF YOUR HOUSE
By
Cathy Beaudoin
Consider these questions as you explore your home’s past…
When was the house built?
Who was the architect or builder?
What style is it?
What did the house look like originally?
Who were original owners or occupants?
How does house fit into the neighborhood? The City?
10 Prevalent Styles of Architecture in Dover
5 paths to investigate:
1.) Begin with the setting: rural vs. urban, waterside vs. forest, low-lying vs. hillside, newer side street or urban core
2.) Oral histories: ask around---neighbors and long-time residents, historical society members
3.) Physical evidence: style, building materials, framing, nails, roofing, siding, foundations, windows, doors, fireplaces
4.) Consult a professional: “house investigators” ($350!)
5.) Documentary evidence: deeds, tax records, probate records, cemetery records, building permits, directories, atlases, maps, newspapers, photographs, census records
Library’s Historical Room: Dover history section
1827 map
by Asa Tufts,
Postmaster
DOVER MAPS
1834 Dover Village by G.L. Whitehouse
Dover Village
1851
1871 Atlas of Strafford County
1871 Atlas---Dover downtown
Bird’s Eye View, 1888 http://memory.loc.gov
Zoom View, Bird’s Eye View map, Dover, 1888 http://memory.loc.gov
1892 Atlas of the State of NH
Sanborn Insurance Map, March 1898 http://www.dover.lib.nh.us
Dover Directory, August 1830
1830 Dover Directory
Register of Deeds Office
Strafford County Building
• Record made each time property (lot & bldgs) sold
• Deeds bound in large volumes at County Building
• Mortgagor and Mortgagee Indexes by decade
• Start with yourself: find your own deed
• Deed will refer to date, volume, and page of previous
sale
• Locate previous volume and travel back in history!
Photographs of some of Dover’s Historic Houses
from the Library’s collection
Can you identify these children?
Federal Census, 1790, Strafford County: Dover
Obituary Index: http://www.dover.lib.nh.us
AND…Newspapers on microfilm back to 1828!
Various Cemetery Sources
Register of Probate
Strafford County Building
Wills Testamentary proceedings
Inventories Administration Accounts
Indentures Petitions
Renunciations Accounts of sales
Balance books Guardian bonds/accts
Documents tracing the settling of an estate
Heritage
Walks
1979-
2002+
Library’s Historical Room: town histories, city reports, city directories