Built 1892 (1892) Opened 1892 Added to NRHP 14 September 2002 | NRHP Reference # 02000959 Area 4,900 m² Architect William M. Butterfield | |
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Location 62 School St., Hillsborough, New Hampshire Architectural style Queen Anne style architecture Similar Franklin Pierce Homestead, Goffstown Congregational Church, Beth Eden Baptist Church, Franklin Pierce Lake | ||
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The Gov. John Butler Smith House, also now known as the Community Building, is a historic house at 62 School Street in Hillsborough, New Hampshire. The large Queen Anne Victorian is significant as one of few known residential works of a prolific New Hampshire architect, William M. Butterfield, and as the home of John Butler Smith, a principal owner of the local Contoocook Mills, who also served as Governor of New Hampshire 1893-95. This house began as a two-story Italianate structure built in 1866, which was extended with a mansard roof in 1885. Smith hired Butterfield to make major modifications in 1892, rotating the 1866 house and moving it back on the lot, and then adding the front section of the house, more than doubling its size. The interior, like the exterior, is lavishly appointed with woodwork. The property also includes a carriage house built in 1892. Smith's heirs donated the building to the town of Hillsborough, which has converted into town offices, library, and a community meeting space.
The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.