21) Pine Hill Cemetery: A burying ground for Dover since 1731, it was first used by the Indians. The cemetery contains many historic markers and tombs, including Indian graves. The cemetery covers 75 acres with 7.5 miles of roads and lanes. (Refer to the Cemetery Tour for a complete guide.)

(Please Note: We would recommend taking in the following two sites. They are best reached via car or bike.)

22) Sawyer Woolen Mills, Mill Street: Mill Street: Started as a sawmill in 1649, the area quickly developed to include a foundry , paper and flannel mill. The textile industry was booming and in 1824, Fred Sawyer purchased the mills. By the 1870’s, they produced 900,000 yards of wool a year and employed 300 people. In the early 1950’s, motion pictures were filmed here:"Whistle at Eaton Falls" with Lloyd Bridges, Dorothy Gish and Ernest Borgnine and "Walk East on Beacon" starring George Murphy.
Today, the mills are renovated into beautiful apartments with high ceilings, original beams and views of the Bellamy River.

23) Tuttle’s Farm, Dover Point Road: Established in 1632 by John Tuttle, this is America’s oldest family owned and operated farm. The Family continues to offer fresh fruits and vegetables, flowers, cheeses, and breads in Tuttle's Red Barn.

24) 3-5 Spring St.: This old dwelling is said to have been the second Quaker Meeting House.

25) 11-13 Spring St.: Built in 1811 for Israel Estes,a blacksmith, it was once used as a children’s home.

26) 157 Locust St.: It’s claimed that the front of this house was built in 1750 and the rear section added later.

27) 148 Locust St.: This circa 1810 house is almost in its original state, complete with picket fence, old fashioned garden and stables. Charles Tufts, who owned a drug store, lived here beginning in the 1850’s. Miss Anne Tufts who lived here for many years, kept it just as it was in her youth.

Please Note 35, 36, 37, 37, 38 Summer Street: As you stand at the intersection of Summer and Elm Streets, note the four homes on each corner. They are splendid examples of Victorian styles of architecture.

28) 35 Summer St.: Ca. 1880. Italianate Style. Its owner was Dover’s city assessor and building inspector. 36 Summer St.: Ca. 1875. Stick style, Queen Anne period. Its owner was a lumber dealer which accounts for the detailed woodwork and lathe work.

29) 37 Summer St.: 1870 Mansard/Second Empire period. This home was the first house built in Ricker Field. Its owner was the developer of the lot in this area.

30) 38 Summer St.: 1890 Queen Anne Victorian. Note the tower on the top of the bay window.

31) 45-47 Summer St.: When Mrs. C.L. Hayes died, she willed this house and $40,000 to start a hospital. It was the first in Dover and operated here until the 1930’s. Two doctors who assisted at the hospital lived nearby: Dr. Morgan across the street and Dr. Tolman, who moved two doors down at #37.

32) 50-52 Summer St.: Built as a two-family house in 1890, its most famous resident was Mrs. Marilla Ricker. She was a force to be reckoned with.....a woman ahead of her time. She was a lawyer, aggressive suffragette, and vocal atheist. She was the first woman to be admitted to the Bar in Washington, D.C.(1882) and NH (1890), and the first to be granted permission to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court in 1891. For 30 years, she tried unsuccessfully to vote in Dover. She died in 1920, soon after the 19th Amendment gave the women the right to vote.

33) 55 Summer St.: (1877) This handsome brick house belonged to Colonel Daniel Hall, a prominent Dover lawyer and secretary to a US Senate Committee. Active in several Civil War battles, Hall was an aide to President Lincoln.

34 ) Belknap St.: Once home to William P. Roberts. He was one of the Roberts Brothers shoe store owners whose business was located on Central Ave. The store was washed away in the big flood of 1896. Mr. Roberts was one of the first to recover insurance.....$3000!

All of the housing in the area to your right was built after 1870. Prior to that, it was Ricker Field where the 1859 NH State Fair took place with over 30,000 people attending.

35) 65 Belknap St.: In 1856, this was Dover’s newest elementary school, named in honor of Dr. Jeremy Belknap. Belknap Street was originally named Hamilton St., and changed to Belknap when the new school was built.

On Belknap Street, lived the manufacturer and esteemed philanthropist Judson Dunaway.(1890-1076.) Dunaway was President of Expello Corporation, producers of a potent moth killer and inventor of Vanish Toilet Bowl Cleaner. His daughter Helen is remembered for setting the fashion tone for little girls in Dover; her large hair bows sparked a wrath of young imitators.

36) 79 Silver St.: Ezra Green lived here, ca. 1780. He was Dover’s first postmaster (appointed by George Washington,) and served as a surgeon aboard John Paul Jone’s ship The Ranger. The house was remodeled twice: in the Mansard roof style in the late 19th century and in the Colonial Revival style in the 20th century.

37) 65 Silver St.: John Mann was the editor of the Dover Sun weekly newspaper. It was built in 1812 and is an example of Country Federal style architecture.

38) 45 Silver St.: Built ca. 1730 by sea captain John Tibbetts. After he was lost at sea, his widow Lydia ran a tavern here. The tavern hosted the organizational meeting of the founders of Dover Cotton Factory in 1812. Daniel Webster was a regular whenever he was in Dover.

39) 37 Silver St.: Built ca. 1719, this was Dover’s first post office in 1793. At the time the home was occupied by Ezra Green.

40) 38 Silver St.: Note the window built into the chimney. This unusual architectural feature was once written about in Ripley’s Believe It or Not newspaper column.

41 ) 113 Locust St.: The Lincoln Building was the corporation house built in 1831 by the Cocheco Mfg. Co. as the residence for the mill superintendent. Abraham Lincoln spent the night here during his 1860 presidential campaign. Its Greek Revival style set the tone for all the houses on Locust Street and made the neighborhood a prominent one in the 1830’s.

42) 16 Nelson St.: Governor Noah Martin, elected in 1852, was one of two governors from Dover. This building has the only remaining spiral staircase in Dover, going two flights to the turret.

43) 35 Atkinson St.: Built ca. 1870, this was the residence of one of Dover’s wealthiest citizens, Joseph Abbott. He was a true entrepreneur starting an ice company in 1860, a hay and bedding company, and granite supply company. The home is now owned by Thom and Mira Hindle and houses the Images of the Past Gallery in the restored carriage barn. Sepia and hand-colored historic photographs printed from original glass plate negatives are on display.

44) Dover Adult Learning Center (formerly Advent Christian Church)- 22 Atkinson St.: "A meeting of believers in the second coming of Christ in 1843 is holden weekly at the Free Will Baptist and Methodist Houses for prayer and exhortation."

This invitation espoused the doctrine of Millerism, founded by preacher William Miller in 1842. He caused such excitement that people gave up their businesses and didn’t gather their crops. But 1843 came and went and his prediction was not fulfilled. In 1845, a second appeal began. By 1882, a church was built and dedicated as the Second Advent church. Adventists soon learned not to fix precise dates to the second coming and instead preached that it is sure to come and all should be prepared. In 1978, a new church, Advent Christian Church, was built on Sixth Street. Today, the Atkinson St. building is owned by the city and houses the Dover Adult Learning Center.

45) Dover Jr. High School, Locust Street: Constructed in 1904 as the new Dover High School, this building was designed by noted local architect Alvah T. Ramsdell. A large addition was built in 1928. The school became the junior high in 1967 when a new high school was constructed on Durham Road. (Recently renamed the McConnell Center, the building is in transition to City and School offices)

The tour concludes back at the Dover Public Library. If you are interested in more history and want to see some beautiful monuments, you may want to take the Pine Hill Cemetery Tour.

End of Tour B

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