History of Putnam Grove
Historic or Common Name: Putnam Grove
Construction: 1862
Description: [None]
Notes: 2 ¾ acres, given to town by Miss Catherine Putnam. Tree planting and landscaping 1958 (1996 II:415). Watering trough was here 1958-1976
Contributing/Non Contributing: C[ontributing]: C[ontributing] site
SOURCE: Driemeyer, Laura; Laprey, Kari; Monroe, Lynn; and Hill, Teresa.
New Hampshire Division of Historical Resources, Area Form, Peterborough Downtown Historic District, June 2010, page 123
Grove Street
PUTNAM GROVE
PRESENTED TO THE
TOWN OF PETERBOROUGH BY
MISS CATHERINE PUTNAM
MARCH 11, 1862
TO BE KEPT FOREVER AS A
PUBLIC GROVE
ERECTED 1915 BY PETERBOROUGH CHAPTER
DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
Putnam Park was given to the town in 1862 by Catherine Putnam, with the stipulation that no buildings ever be erected upon it. The beautiful grove of trees on the site gave Grove Street its present name.
SOURCE: A Walking Tour of PETERBOROUGH New Hampshire
THIS WALL IS ERECTED
IN MEMORY OF
CARLETON AMES WHEELER
1875-1958
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BY HIS VISION, ENTHUSIASM
AND SELFLESS DEVOTION
HE CONTRIBUTED MUCH TOWARD
THE IMPROVEMENT OF HIS NATIVE TOWN