Harrisville
Small Monadnock Region Mill Village Of Brick Mills, Millpond And Worker Housing, A National Historic Landmark District Often Described As One Of The Best Preserved 19th Century Industrial Villages In The United States (Confirm); Home Of A Yarn And Weaving Business In The Old Mills (Harrisville Designs, Confirm). · Harrisville, New Hampshire
A small mill village in the hills of the Monadnock Region, where brick textile mills, a granite dam, a millpond and rows of brick and clapboard worker housing survive around a single short main street. Woolen cloth was made here through the 1800s and into the 20th century, and when the last mill closed the village was saved almost intact rather than torn down. It is a National Historic Landmark district, often described as one of the best-preserved 19th-century industrial villages in the United States (confirm the wording). Unlike a museum village, Harrisville is lived in: the old mills hold offices, studios and a yarn and weaving business (Harrisville Designs, confirm), and a village store sells coffee and sandwiches (confirm). The walk takes an hour or two, with the reflection of the brick mills in the pond as the famous view. Beyond the village, the hamlet of Chesham and Silver Lake add a quiet drive and a swim, and the region's big mountain rises to the south. It is a stop for photographers, knitters and lovers of old New England.
Main Street, Harrisville, New Hampshire, 03450, United States
The village streets, the millpond and the outside of the mills can be seen at any time, all year, free. The mills are working buildings, not a museum, and are not open for general tours. The yarn and weaving shop keeps daytime shop hours on most days, with shorter hours or closures early in the week and in winter (confirm). The village store opens early for coffee and breakfast and closes by late afternoon, with reduced hours on Sundays and in the off-season (confirm). Silver Lake swimming is a summer affair, roughly late June to Labor Day. Winter roads are plowed, but little is open on weekday evenings.