National Register of Historic Places Registration Form - New Boston Air Force Station Archaeological District

Author(s): Robert C. Whetsell

Year: 2004

Summary

The New Boston Air Force Station (NBAFS) Archaeological District is a time capsule of New Hampshire and New England history. The 2,826-acre District contains a diverse and wide-ranging array of archaeological sites and structures representative of human occupation of the region beginning with the Archaic Period (10,000-3,000 B.P.) and ending with the use of the land as a bombing range during World War II and the early Cold War periods of U.S. history. The district is like no other archaeological district in the region because of its size, quality of preservation, and association with important events and periods in local, state, and regional history. Contained within the district and making it a cohesive unit are significant cultural properties associated with the early settlement, agriculture, and industry, as well as prehistoric/historic archaeology, architecture, engineering, transportation, education, and social and military history. As a result, the district has great potential to provide important contextual information and knowledge about various topics of New Hampshire history. The district will make significant contribution to the understanding of New Hampshire prehistory, early settlement and land use patterns, agricultural history, rural farmstead development and architecture, early industrial history of Hillsborough County, material culture and trade in rural farmsteads communities, engineering and transportation history, New Hampshire’s World War II and Cold War military history, and in areas of New Hampshire social history topics, such as the Underground Railroad and the Abolition Movement.

Cite this Record

National Register of Historic Places Registration Form - New Boston Air Force Station Archaeological District. Robert C. Whetsell. 2004 ( tDAR id: 438078) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8438078

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Keywords

Culture
Archaic • Euroamerican • Historic

Site Name
27-HB-233 • 27-HB-234 • 27-HB-235 • 27-HB-236 • 27-HB-237 • 27-HB-238 • 27-HB-239 • 27-HB-240 • 27-HB-241 • 27-HB-242 • 27-HB-243 • 27-HB-244 • 27-HB-245 • 27-HB-246 • 27-HB-247 • 27-HB-248 • 27-HB-249 • 27-HB-250 • 27-HB-251 • 27-HB-252 • 27-HB-253 • 27-HB-254 • 27-HB-255 • 27-HB-256 • 27-HB-257 • 27-HB-258 • 27-HB-259 • 27-HB-260 • 27-HB-261 • 27-HB-262 • 27-HB-263 • 27-HB-264 • 27-HB-265 • 27-HB-266 • 27-HB-346 • 27-HB-347 • 27-HB-348 • 27-HB-349 • 27-HB-350 • 27-HB-351 • 27-HB-352 • 27-HB-353 • 27-HB-355 • 27-HB-356 • 27-HB-357 • Avenger TMB-1C Crash Site • B. Fairfield House • Barnard & Jones/Harvell Mill • Bldg. 100 • Bldg. 102 • Bldg. 103 • Bldg. 105 • Bldg. 106 • Bldg. 107 • Bldg. 108 • Bldg. 109 • Bldg. 111 • Bldg. 113 • Bldg. 118 • Bldg. 120 • Bldg. 122 • Bldg. 130 • Bldg. 131 • Bldg. 132 • Bldg. 133 • Bldg. 134 • Bldg. 135 • Bldg. 140 • Bldg. 141 • Bldg. 142 • Bldg. 143 • Bldg. 144 • Bldg. 148 • Bldg. 153 • Bldg. 154 • Bldg. 155 • Bldg. 156 • Bldg. 157 • Bldg. 158 • Bldg. 160 • Bldg. 161 • Bldg. 164 • Bldg. 212 • Bldg. 250 • Bldg. 251 • Bldg. 252 • Bldg. 253 • Bldg. 254 • Bldg. 255 • Bldg. 256 • Bldg. 257 • Bldg. 258 • Bldg. 259 • Bldg. 260 • Bldg. 301 • Bldg. 501 • Bldg. 502 • Campbell Farm • East Meadow • G. Jones Farm • Hadlock Farm • J. Haseltine Farm • J. Roby Farm • Jones House • Luther Melendy Farm • Mack Hill Road • Mack Hill Road Bridge • Marshall Farm • Mason Farm • P.W.J. Melendy Farm • Pierce House • Roby Dam • T-236 WWII Range Building • Wells Blog • Wm. Melendy Farm Show More

Site Type
Bombing Range Target Area • Bridge • Commercial or Industrial Structures • Dam • Dump • Farmstead • Military observation tower • Mill • Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features • Road • Road, Trail, and Related Structures or Features • Storage • Water Control Feature

Investigation Types
Archaeological Overview • Historic Background Research

General
Eligibility Study • National Register of Historic Places Registration Form

Geographic Keywords
Amherst, NH • Hillsborough (County) • Mount Vernon • New Boston, NH • New Boston Air Force Station • New England • New Hampshire (State / Territory)

Temporal Keywords
1941 • 1942 • 1944 • 1949 • 1956 • Archaic Period • Cold War Era • Historic • Late 18th Century • Mid 20th Century • Prehistoric • World War II

Temporal Coverage

Calendar Date: 1700 to 1941 (Pre-WWII era Historic Sites)

Calendar Date: 1793 to 1883 (Residency of Luther Melendy, abolitionist)

Spatial Coverage

min long: -72.713; min lat: 42.864 ; max long: -70.746; max lat: 43.914 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): New Boston Air Force Station

Landowner(s): New Boston Air Force Station

Prepared By(s): United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service

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