https://www.richmondnhhistoricalsociety.org/home daily 1.0 2026-04-02 https://www.richmondnhhistoricalsociety.org/contact-us daily 0.75 2026-03-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6646156545ce44396d1afd70/4a2858ca-6a0c-41fe-859d-c3d7ec377770/ArchiveCar2.jpg https://www.richmondnhhistoricalsociety.org/historical-maps daily 0.75 2026-03-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6646156545ce44396d1afd70/60a6c760-ad36-4629-b83e-638f10c23bec/1753.jpeg Historical Maps 1753 Map of NH's Western Frontier courtesy of Historical Society of Cheshire County https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6646156545ce44396d1afd70/6bd6b07f-721d-46a2-aff9-7fa0d235943f/1761.jpeg Historical Maps 1761 Map of Southwestern NH, courtesy of Historical Society of Cheshire County https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6646156545ce44396d1afd70/c6b704a1-c937-423b-b302-beee00a1b1b0/annexation+to+swanzey+1762.jpeg Historical Maps 1762 Annexation to Swanzey, from Bassett's "History of Richmond". https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6646156545ce44396d1afd70/ee62efbd-33f9-4bc5-9958-486fb7d9798c/1767.jpeg Historical Maps 1767 Map of Plan for Cheshire County, courtesy of the Historical Society of Cheshire County https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6646156545ce44396d1afd70/7a5ffc89-cdfa-4519-9801-25bcb98236c0/1784.jpeg Historical Maps 1784 Map of Cheshire County, courtesy of the Historical Society of Cheshire County https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6646156545ce44396d1afd70/67712173-2d39-42e8-bd6d-45c38147e83e/1816.jpeg Historical Maps 1816 Map of Cheshire County, Courtesy of the Historical Society of Cheshire County https://www.richmondnhhistoricalsociety.org/our-work daily 0.75 2026-03-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6646156545ce44396d1afd70/1771532573340-ZGXPW3AH3H8EJO3HG2J2/MonumentDedication2025.jpg Our Work Memorial Park: Located next to Veterans Hall, granite markers honor Richmond veterans who served their country during the Revolutionary War and the Civil War. In 2025, the Historical Society installed an additional monument to honor Richmond veterans from all branches of the military. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6646156545ce44396d1afd70/8bf5fc5e-1e34-425b-9b40-1837d1e21a33/telephone+building+picture.jpg Our Work Telephone Building: Restored in 2016, the Richmond automatic telephone exchange building was originally constructed in 1938 as one of the first such buildings in N.H. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6646156545ce44396d1afd70/746b8a66-d428-4f3c-9de6-09d9f59a08b0/town+pound.jpg Our Work Town Pound: This 40' x 40' stone structure, constructed in 1802 and reclaimed in 2023, was used to corral stray livestock until 1886. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6646156545ce44396d1afd70/1773257854415-07JUZ8YK4Q0YQDEUHFHO/tramp%2Bhouse%2Bpicture.jpg Our Work Tramp House with Hobo Reenactors: One of the few remaining such structures in N.H., this building was originally constructed in 1914 and restored in 2015. It served as a one-night refuge for passing vagrants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6646156545ce44396d1afd70/1774832667998-EBOD7GCHI5ZP857WIMTM/BrewerPark.jpg Our Work Sign erected at the intersection of Rte 32 & Rte 119 by the Heritage Commission. Sign reads: "This intersection was the site of Richmond’s Town Common before the turn of the 20th Century. It held a town well, pump, watering trough, hitching post and road signs directing travelers to towns at each compass point. There was also a grist mill wheel believed to have been moved from the Great Steam Mill (est. 1855) located 1/4 mile to the east. This private park is named in honor of Geraldine Brewer, who lived in the adjacent house, which was built in 1798 and once known as the Widow Haines Tavern. She worked for 48 years in the former A & W’s Store that stood directly across the road to the west. Gerry was Richmond’s unofficial greeter, much beloved by residents and visitors." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6646156545ce44396d1afd70/1774639939719-AVKBYSEBDRXW71G038ES/TownWell.jpg Our Work Richmond Town Well Pump & Watering Trough Site of the Richmond Town Well, a place where animals and people could gather for refreshment. In 1953, Richmond resident Emerson H. Pearson, a carpenter, built and installed the pump and watering troughs. Later, the well was restored by local volunteers. https://www.richmondnhhistoricalsociety.org/directors daily 0.75 2026-04-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6646156545ce44396d1afd70/79e52a53-1725-4edc-8fec-eace774ad3bc/ArchiveMembers2.jpg https://www.richmondnhhistoricalsociety.org/donate daily 0.75 2026-03-30 https://www.richmondnhhistoricalsociety.org/historic-sites daily 0.75 2026-04-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6646156545ce44396d1afd70/665d5aa3-0ae5-49b4-875a-b7fae73dbd29/TrampHouseD.Frances.jpg Historic Sites TRAMP HOUSE - (photo courtesy of Darlene Frances.) This one room dwelling housed many “tramps” who passed through town during the first half of the 20th century. Severe economic conditions and high unemployment caused hundreds of thousands of people to take to the roads and railroads seeking work, handouts, food and shelter. Many towns built simple one room hostels where these vagrants were given a free meal and a bed before being urged to move on. The Richmond Tramp House, one of only a few remaining in the State of New Hampshire, serves as a mini museum recalling a significant era in Richmond's history and culture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6646156545ce44396d1afd70/ec416aab-8d73-4c05-8590-a2b2f8630729/MiddletownCemetery.jpg Historic Sites MIDDLETOWN CEMETERY located on Old Homestead Hwy (Rte 32N) next to the Richmond Town Hall. It is one of the town’s oldest burial grounds, likely dating to the late 1700s or early 1800s. It began as a small, local cemetery serving families in the Middletown district and gradually became a central community burial site. Over time, it has held generations of early Richmond families and likely includes graves of veterans from early American wars. Today, it is town-owned and maintained, still in use but with limited space. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6646156545ce44396d1afd70/31bd94ee-e60d-4610-ac62-3b27cb7907ae/BallusHouse.jpg Historic Sites HOSEA BALLOU (1771–1852) marker Old Homestead Hwy near Mill Rd. Born in an almost uncleared wilderness in an area then known as Ballou’s Dell, 1.5 miles east of here, on Fish Hatchery Road, this farm boy, reared in the Baptist faith, became known as the Father of Universalism. In the 19th century, as an author and preacher, he expounded religious liberalism from pulpits in Portsmouth, N.H., Salem and Boston, Mass. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6646156545ce44396d1afd70/541b9116-1852-44d7-86bf-d5569c6a8324/VetsHall.jpg Historic Sites VETERANS' MEMORIAL HALL, 150 Old Homestead Hwy. Formerly the First Universalist Society Meeting House, is a historic community building on New Hampshire Route 32 in Richmond, New Hampshire. 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