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Title: History of Concord, New Hampshire, from the original grant in seventeen hundred and twenty-five to the opening of the twentieth century; Year: 1903 (1900s) Authors: Concord (N.H.). City History Commission Lyford, James Otis, 1853-1924 Hadley, Amos Howe, Will B Subjects: Concord (N.H.) -- History Publisher: Concord, N. H., The Rumford Press Contributing Library: University of New Hampshire Library Digitizing Sponsor: University of New Hampshire Library

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Text Appearing Before Image: Here are sit-uated the state cap-itol, the state library,the high school, thepost-office, and sev-eral churches. It willstand at the head ofCapitol street, in aprominent position where it can be readily seen from all points.Owing to the preponderance of entire granite buildings in this local-ity, the architects have used the colonial style, carried out in colortones by the use of rusticated brick work on a Concord granite base,panels, window quoin and cornice. A very steep copper roof, sur-mounted by a graceful spire, will add to the effectiveness of colorand dignity of line. It is expected that these aesthetic qualities willenhance the beauty of the square. At the rear of the administration building, and separated fromit by a fire wall, is a large auditorium. This building, with its twogalleries, has a seating capacity for about sixteen hundred people, andample provision has been made for fire protection and exits. The proscenium arch is twenty-six by twenty-eight feet. The heat- 45

Text Appearing After Image: New City Building. 1374 HISTORY OF CONCORD. ing, ventilating, and plumbing plants have been arranged with greatcare, and it is expected that the system will be the most complete inthe city. The building was begun under the administration of ex-MayorHarry G. Sargent, and will be dedicated by Charles R. Corning, thepresent mayor. Military Organizations. Of the early military companies of Concord Major Henry McFar-land has this to say in his Sixty Years in Concord: The annual militia trainings in May and the autumnal regi-mental musterings were interesting events which assembled the Con-cord Light Infantry [dating back to at least 1797], Captain DavidNeal, with blue coats, white trousers, and waving plumes of red andwhite; the Columbia Artillery, Captain Thomas P. Hill, clad inpatriotic blue; the troop with red coats and horses of every color,led by the redoubtable Cotton K. Simpson; and the Borough rifle-men, Captain Timothy Dow, with a front rank of pioneers dressedlike Indians and bea

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