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Dover, N.H.
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The Best in the World
D. Lothrop & Co., Agents,
Dover, N.H.

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Wentworth Home for the Aged
The Wentworth Home for the Aged was dedicated June 25, 1898 and named for Arioch Wentworth who donated $10,000 to build it. He also endowed it with another $20,000 for a permanent fund. The three story brick building with granite trimmings was built specifically to meet the needs of the elderly. Alvah T. Ramsdell, the architect, designed the building to resemble the colonial mansions of New England. It contains 30 rooms, including a matron's room, library, sitting rooms and sleeping rooms. dover.nh.gov

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Guppy House, 1911
John Guppy was born in Portsmouth on July 13, 1768. When he was less than one year old his father bought the house at the corner of Portland and Oak Streets from Captain Heard. The house was built in 1690, and became known as the Guppy House. His youngest son, Jeremy Belknap Guppy, was a farmer and lived all his life in the Guppy House. He never married and died on March 16, 1917 at age 85. He left the house and land to the city of Dover. The land became the site of the Guppy park. dover.nh.gov

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American House
...by the 1840's the Franklin Square area boasted the railroad, hence there was a veritable boom in hotel building at this time. The hotels in the area differed in both size and style. The most famous, and most successful, was the American House on Main Street. Established in 1853, the American House was a landmark of Franklin Square... Throughout the 19th century and well into the 20th, the American House enjoyed remarkable success. It was, however, torn down about 1960 and replaced with a motel. dover.nh.gov

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Woodman Institute
The Woodman Institute Museum is located at 182 Central Avenue in Dover, New Hampshire, United States. It is a museum dedicated to history, science and the arts. It was created in 1915 with a bequest of $100,000 from philanthropist Annie Woodman to encourage her city's education in those three fields. The institute opened on July 26, 1916. Under the name of "Woodman Institute", the museum was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. wikipedia