The Mill Buildings of Harrisville, NH

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About 25 years ago,  I was in the the scrap silver business. I would buy and recover the silver from used film.  Yankee Magazine in Dublin, NH was one of my customers.  Just at the corner of Yankee Publications building was a sign saying Harrisville 4 miles.  

It was a nice summer's day and for some unknown reason felt compelled to take the road.  Winding up a mountainous road I came upon a town lost in time....Really!  Unlike the pictures below, the mills were in poor shape.  But it was clear that for some reason, all the old buildings seemed to be frozen in 1850! ....I kept looking over my shoulder thinking I got caught in an episode of the Twilight  Zone.

It was a classic design for a mill village. A large lake...dammed off.... a canal to divert the water right underneath the stone mill building.... Elegant brick homes for the managers....row houses made of wood for the workers.  I was floored!  Prior to the internet, all the information  I could only find was that the town was still owned by one family.   To a Boston boy, this was the boonies. Its isolation must have helped it survive.  

I was in Keene, NH on business the other day and took a detour to take these pictures.  Much fixed up but still in the boonies.   Still just as charming.

If you want to really see the gem of all mill villages...go to Harrisville, NH!

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