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19th-century view of Colburn House ( now the Northshire Bookstore ), 4869 Main Street
Mary Hard Bort , in Manchester : Memories of a Mountain Valley , wrote that the elm tree “ was cut down in 1931 so the road could be paved .”
A gristmill was typically one of the first mills that new settlers of a township built . The stone mill , 4858 Main Street , part of which is now Mountain Media , dates to circa 1820 . Timothy Mead ’ s name appears in the early land records for the heart of Manchester Center . He acquired some 200 acres . Before the district was known as Factory Point , people called it Mead ’ s Mills — the mills Mead operated in the 1790s ran on waterpower at this spot .
The popular Northshire Bookstore , 4869 Main Street , was long known as the Colburn
Originally , the wraparound veranda was entirely open , and inside , there was a dance hall on the third floor , under the distinctive mansard roof .
House , an inn dating to the 1870s . Again , the nearly century-and-a-half-long chain of deeds shows different uses by successive owners . Originally , the wraparound veranda was entirely open , and inside , there was a dance hall on the third floor , under the distinctive mansard roof .
Turn left before the roundabout .
You have a much better view of the gristmill from the center of
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