New Hampshire Exeter Garrison House 1903, Gilman cm1076

Oriental Rug Review/Asian Trade is pleased to offer an original article from Granite State Magazine: "The Old Garrison House of Exeter," by Frederick Warren Jenkins. This is an original article from Granite State Magazine, Vol. XXIV, No. 5, May, 1903, 5 pp. (loose), 4 Illustrations, 6 1/4" x 9 1/4".

About The Magazine:

Granite State Magazine, An Illustrated Monthly Devoted to the History, Story, Scenery, Industry, and Interests of New Hampshire. GEORGE WALDO BROWNE, Managing Editor. The earliest # in our collection is Vol. IV, No. 3, December, 1880, the latest is Vol. 61, No. 10, October, 1929.

About The Subject and/or Author

Gilman Garrison House, 1709, A National Historic Landmark, 12 Water Street, Exeter, N.H. 03833, (603) 436-3205. Admission : Free on June 6 and July 18, $5 on August 22, Historic New England Members free. Tours on the hour, last tour at 3pm. From the first English settlements of the 1630s to the Treaty of Paris in 1763, the frontier towns of New England lived with the threat of Indian attack. The Gilman Garrison House, described in 1719 as "the old logg house," was built as a fortified house, strategically sited to protect the valuable sawmills and waterpower sites owned by John Gilman. The interior of this unusual building reveals walls constructed of massive sawn logs and a pulley above the main entrance that was used to operate a portcullis, or reinforced door. In the mid 18th century, Peter Gilman substantially remodeled the house, adding a wing with elegantly paneled rooms. The building was restored in the 1950s by local preservationist William Dudley to reveal its early architecture and to commemorate the lives of its varied occupants over the centuries. Directions: Take I-95 to New Hampshire Exit 2. Follow Route 101 west 3.5 miles to Route 108 south. Continue one mile to Exeter. Turn right onto High Street. The Gilman Garrison House is three blocks ahead, just after a small bridge.

DARTMOUTH COLLEGE LIBRARY. By Frederick Warren Jenkins, Departmental Librarian