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Gilmanton Corner (or simply "Gilmanton", as shown on topographic maps) is the location of several historic buildings, including Gilmanton Academy and Centre Congregational Church. Gilmanton Ironworks is located in the eastern part of town along NH 140, near the outlet of Crystal Lake.
Gilmanton is a town in Belknap County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 3,945 at the 2020 census. Gilmanton includes the villages of Gilmanton Corners and Gilmanton Ironworks. The town became well known in the 1950s after it was rumored that the popular novel Peyton Place, written by resident Grace Metalious, was based on the town.
Facing southwest, this impressive, solid brick building has been recently restored and deserves notice as one of the Lakes Region’s most outstanding late Federal–era residences. While lacking in exterior decoration, the pitched-roof (slate) main block is dominated by pairs of end wall chimneys.
THE OLD GILMANTON CORNER as seen looking southward on the road to Pittsfield at the junction of Route 107 and Route 140 of today. At left is the former homestead of the late historian and scholar, Curtis Hidden Page.
Just a typical quiet, wooded New Hampshire backcountry road, right? You are looking toward the intersection of Meadow Pond, Loon Pond and Stockwell Hill Roads in Gilmanton, the location of one of Five Rivers newest conserved properties, a conservation easement donated by Graham Wilson and Gina Sapiro.
The Kelley's Corner School, was listed on the New Hampshire State Register of Historic Places on April 28, 2008. It is the last of the many one-room schoolhouses in Gilmanton to remain in public ownership.
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Gilmanton Corner (or simply "Gilmanton", as shown on topographic maps) is the location of several historic buildings, including Gilmanton Academy and Centre Congregational Church. Gilmanton Ironworks is located in the eastern part of town along NH 140, near the outlet of Crystal Lake.
