Editing Claremont, New Hampshire (section)

==Arts and culture==
[[Image:Park and Opera House, Claremont, NH.jpg|thumb|right|Broad Street Park in 1909]]
A commercial area centered on Washington Street is Claremont's primary commercial district. An [[Italian Renaissance]]-styled City Hall building, which houses the historic [[Claremont City Hall|Claremont Opera House]], was built in 1897 and designed by architect [[Charles A. Rich]].<ref name="claremontoperahouse">{{cite web| url=http://www.claremontoperahouse.info/history/| publisher=Claremont Opera House| title=History| access-date=February 3, 2017}}</ref> City Hall faces Broad Street Park, a rotary-style [[town square]]. This square connects Washington Street, Broad Street, and Main Street, which branch into different portions of the city. Broad Street Park contains war monuments to [[World War I]], [[World War II]], [[Korean War|Korea]] and [[Vietnam War|Vietnam]], and Freedom Garden Memorial dedicated to the victims and families of [[September 11 attacks|September 11]]. Included are two Civil War cannon and the centrally-located Soldier's Monument, designed by [[Martin Milmore]] and dating to 1890.<ref name="members.valley.net">{{cite web| url=http://members.valley.net/~connriver/Trail6.htm| work=Connecticut River Historic Sites Database & Connecticut River Heritage Trails| title=Trail 6 – Connecticut River Heritage Trail| access-date=February 3, 2017| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160515012541/http://members.valley.net/~connriver/Trail6.htm| archive-date=May 15, 2016| url-status=dead}}</ref> The park is also home to a historic [[bandstand]], originally built in a Victorian style in 1890<ref name="members.valley.net"/> and redesigned in 1922 in a Classical Revival style,<ref name="blogspot">{{cite web| url=http://bandstands.blogspot.com/2009/03/claremont-nh.html| publisher=bandstands.blogspot.com| title=A Secret Jewel: Claremont NH| access-date=February 3, 2017}}</ref> which primarily serves as performance space for the Claremont American Band, a [[community band]] dating to about 1880.<ref name="google">{{cite book| title=Claremont| author=McElreavy, W.L.| date=2012| publisher=Arcadia Pub. (SC)| isbn=9780738592978| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EZK7j4uRk50C&pg=PA100| page=100| access-date=February 3, 2017}}</ref> Parallel to Broad Street lies Pleasant Street, home to a [[Central Business District (Claremont, New Hampshire)|downtown business district]], which was the city's primary commercial zone until the development of the Washington Street district.

A number of [[factory|mill]] buildings dot the [[Lower Village District]] in the city's center, along the Sugar River, and several attempts have been made at [[historic preservation]] of some of them.

To the north end of the town lies the [[Valley Regional Hospital]], an [[General out-patient clinic|out-patient]] resource of the popular [[Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center]] of [[Lebanon, New Hampshire|Lebanon]].
[[Image:Moody-park-claremont-nh.jpg|right|thumb|Moody Park]]
On the southern artery out of Claremont, [[New Hampshire Route 12|Route 12]], stood Highland View, the summer home of Claremont native William Henry Harrison Moody (1842–1925), who made his fortunes as a businessman and shoe manufacturer in the [[Boston]] area, but kept a residence in his hometown until his death.<ref name="google2">{{cite book| title=The New England States: Their Constitutional, Judicial, Educational, Commercial, Professional and Industrial History| author=Davis, W.T.| date=1897| volume=1| publisher=D.H. Hurd & Co.| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lDshAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA294| page=294| access-date=February 3, 2017}}</ref> The large William H. H. Moody estate was known for its horses and its five large barns (the last of which burned in 2004 from a lightning strike<ref name="kkg500">{{cite web| url=http://www.kkg500.com/2004%20Arch%20Rd%20Barn%20Fire.htm| publisher=kkg500.com| title=Claremont Firefighters Association| access-date=February 3, 2017}}</ref>), which once hosted several hundred imported horses on over {{convert|500|acre|km2}}. Its [[Victorian architecture|Victorian]] farmhouse stands at the top of Arch Road. In March 1916, a {{convert|175|acre|adj=on}} portion of the estate was donated by Moody to the city of Claremont for a city park, the entrance of which is on Maple Avenue; facilities include [[tennis]]. A lone access road leads through a [[Pinophyta|coniferous]] forest to the top of a hill, maintained as a large field by the city, with a large, open-air stone structure suitable for picnics. The park has several miles of interconnected walking [[trail]]ways; several of these trails terminate at the [[Boston and Maine Railroad]].<ref>{{Cite web| url=http://www.claremontnh.com/uploads/pdf/Moody-Park-System.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150922012420/http://www.claremontnh.com/uploads/pdf/Moody-Park-System.pdf |archive-date=2015-09-22 |url-status=live| title=Moody Park: Community Park & Trail System| publisher=City of Claremont| access-date=February 3, 2017}}</ref><ref name="claremonthistoricalsociety">{{cite web| url=http://www.claremonthistoricalsociety.org/Articles.html| publisher=Claremont Historical Society| title=W.H.H. Moody| last=Sanborn| first=Colin J.| access-date=February 3, 2017}}</ref>

In 2021, The Ko'asek (Co'wasuck)Traditional Band of the Sovereign Abenaki Nation, a group claiming descent of the original indigenous population in the region, acquired and was gifted several parcels of local land for use in cultural ceremonies, nature preserves and education along with growing herbs and plants.<ref name="Koasek">{{Cite web |title=Ko'asek (Co'wasuck) Traditional Band of the Sovereign Abenaki Nation |url=https://koasekabenakination.com/ |access-date=2024-02-04|website=Ko'asek (Co'wasuck) Traditional Band of the Sovereign Abenaki Nation |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Kisluk |first=Jessica |date=November 19, 2023 |title=New Hampshire Native American tribe continuing work on cultural center, small village in Claremont |url=https://www.wmur.com/article/new-hampshire-ko-asek-traditional-band-claremont/45886546 |access-date=2023-11-20 |website=WMUR |language=en-US}}</ref> In 2024 the group claims 554 members and now owns 26.37 acres in Claremont.<ref name="Koasek"/>

===Notable sites===
[[Image:Ascutney.jpg|thumb|right|[[Mount Ascutney]], seen from Claremont]]
* [[Arrowhead Recreation Area]]
* Claremont Historical Society & Museum<ref>[http://www.claremonthistoricalsociety.org/ Claremont Historical Society & Museum]</ref>
* [[Claremont Municipal Airport]]
* Sugar River Rail Trail<ref>[http://members.fortunecity.com/railtrails/NH/CC/Sugar-rv.htm Sugar River Rail Trail] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090614025950/http://members.fortunecity.com/railtrails/NH/CC/Sugar-rv.htm |date=2009-06-14 }}</ref>
* Twin State Speedway<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.twinstatespeedway.net/ |title=Twin State Speedway |access-date=2009-05-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006115600/http://www.twinstatespeedway.net/ |archive-date=2014-10-06 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Historic sites===
* [[Claremont Opera House]]
* [[David Dexter House]]
* [[Hunter Archeological Site]]
* Lower Village Historic District<ref>[http://www.crjc.org/heritage/N07-26.htm Lower Village Historic District]</ref>
* Monadnock Mills Historic District<ref>[http://www.crjc.org/heritage/N07-23.htm Monadnock Mills Historic District]</ref>
* [[Union Episcopal Church (Claremont, New Hampshire)|Union Episcopal Church]]
* [[William Rossiter House]]