Franconia Heritage Museum

Site Owners: Town of Franconia, Managed by FAHC
Address: 553 Main St, PO Box 169
Franconia, NH 03580

Contact: Jewell Friedman, Curator
823-5000 museum@franconiaheritage.org
Website: www.franconiaheritage.org

Description: c. 1880 Victorian house, large attached woodshed and barn.

Hours: All year, Th-Sat 1-4pm, holiday wkds and appt
Admission: by donation

Directions: I-93 - Exit 38S or 37N

Programs Offered: December 18-24 - Open House. Old Fashioned Christmas, Christmas carols, piano music, tree decorating, plum pudding etc.

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Iron Furnace Interpretive Center

Site Owners: Town of Franconia
Address: Rte 18, Main St, PO Box 169
Franconia, NH 03580

Contact: Jewell Friedman, Curator
823-5000 museum@franconiaheritage.org
Website: www.franconiaheritage.org

Description: Visitors can see a scale model of the furnace and the shed that enclosed it. Also on display at the Interpretive Center are an ore cart, stove, kettles and tools, as well as panels explaining the process.

The 32' granite octagonal stone stack that is visible on the far bank of the Gale River in Franconia is all that remains of a 200-year-old iron smelter shown on an 1805 map of Franconia. The stone furnace is on private property.

Hours: Always Open. Self-guided.
Admission: by donation

Directions: I-93, Exit 38S, 38N to Route 18. Right 1/2 mile on Route 18.

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1889 Iron Bridge

Site Owners: Town of Franconia
Physical Address: Main St, Rte 18, Franconia, NH 03580

Contact: Jewell Friedman, 823-5000

Hours: always visible

Directions: I-93 - Exit 38N, S to Route 18. Right, 1/2 mile

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Dow Academy

Address: Academy St, Franconia, NH 03580

Contact: Pam Yarosh, Manager
823-8777

Description: 1903 originally private school, then public school, now condominiums.

Directions: I-93, North/South, Cross Route 18, Main Street, onto Church Street. Left onto Academy Street.

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