Editing Concord, New Hampshire (section)

==Sites of interest==
[[File:Concordcapitolsign.jpg|thumb|left|[[New Hampshire historical marker]]]]

The [[New Hampshire State House]], designed by architect Stuart Park and constructed between 1815 and 1818, is the oldest state house in which the legislature meets in its original chambers.<ref name=":4">{{cite web|url=https://www.nh.gov/nhdhr/publications/documents/state_house_history.pdf|title=State House History|publisher=nh.gov|access-date=August 19, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161006014218/https://www.nh.gov/nhdhr/publications/documents/state_house_history.pdf|archive-date=October 6, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> The building was remodeled in 1866, and the third story and west wing were added in 1910.

Across from the State House is the [[Eagle Hotel (Concord, New Hampshire)|Eagle Hotel]] on Main Street, which has been a downtown landmark since its opening in 1827. [[U.S. President]]s [[Ulysses S. Grant]], [[Rutherford Hayes]], and [[Benjamin Harrison]] all dined there, and [[Franklin Pierce]] spent the night before departing for his inauguration. Other well-known guests included [[Jefferson Davis]], [[Charles Lindbergh]], [[Eleanor Roosevelt]], [[Richard M. Nixon]] (who carried New Hampshire in all three of his presidential bids), and [[Thomas E. Dewey]]. The hotel closed in 1961.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM1Q7R_Eagle_Hotel__Concord_NH|title=Eagle Hotel|publisher=waymarking.com|access-date=July 23, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150501122727/http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM1Q7R_Eagle_Hotel__Concord_NH|archive-date=May 1, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>

South from the Eagle Hotel on Main Street is Phenix Hall, which replaced "Old" Phenix Hall, which burned in 1893. Both the old and new buildings featured multi-purpose auditoriums used for political speeches, theater productions, and fairs. [[Abraham Lincoln]] spoke at the old hall in 1860; [[Theodore Roosevelt]], at the new hall in 1912.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nhtourguide.com/history/concord.htm |title=New Phenix Hall |publisher=nhtourguide.com |access-date=July 23, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140629222308/http://nhtourguide.com/history/concord.htm |archive-date=June 29, 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

[[File:Old Walker House, Concord, NH.jpg|thumb|right|Walker-Woodman House, built from 1733 to 1735, as it appeared {{circa|1908}}]]

North on Main Street is the Walker-Woodman House, also known as the Reverend Timothy Walker House, the oldest standing two-story house in Concord.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.concordnh.gov/documentcenter/view/3413 |title=History of Concord Police Department (Pre 1853) |date=March 7, 2014 |website=City of Concord, NH |access-date=January 23, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161224002351/http://concordnh.gov/DocumentCenter/View/3413 |archive-date=December 24, 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> It was built for the Reverend Timothy Walker between 1733 and 1735.

On the north end of Main Street is the [[Pierce Manse]], in which President Franklin Pierce lived in Concord before and following his presidency.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.piercemanse.org/learn.html |title=Learn |website=The Pierce Brigade |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100816064656/http://www.piercemanse.org/Learn.html |archive-date=August 16, 2010 |url-status=dead |access-date=October 25, 2017}}</ref> The mid-1830s [[Greek Revival]] house was moved from Montgomery Street to North Main Street in 1971 to prevent its demolition.

Beaver Meadow Golf Course, located in the northern part of Concord, is one of the oldest [[golf course]]s in New England.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.beavermeadowgolfcourse.com/golf/emailer2020/img/beavermeadowgolfcourse/Press_Release_-_Golf_Simulators_Nov_2015.pdf |title=Beaver Meadow Golf Course |date=November 19, 2015 |website=Beaver Meadow Golf Course |access-date=February 6, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170207114008/http://www.beavermeadowgolfcourse.com/golf/emailer2020/img/beavermeadowgolfcourse/Press_Release_-_Golf_Simulators_Nov_2015.pdf |archive-date=February 7, 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Besides this golf course, other important sporting venues in Concord include [[Everett Arena]] and Memorial Field.

The SNOB (Somewhat North Of Boston) Film Festival, started in the fall of 2002, brings independent films and filmmakers to Concord and has provided an outlet for local filmmakers to display their films. SNOB Film Festival was a catalyst for the building in 2007 of Red River Theatres, a locally owned, nonprofit, independent cinema named after the [[Red River (1948 film)|1948 film]] featuring John Wayne.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About |url=https://redrivertheatres.org/about/ |access-date=2024-05-04 |website=Red River Theaters}}</ref>

Other sites of interest include the [[Capitol Center for the Arts]], the [[New Hampshire Historical Society]], which has two facilities in Concord, and the [[McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center]], a science museum named after [[Christa McAuliffe]], the Concord teacher who died during the [[Space Shuttle Challenger disaster]] in 1986, and [[Alan Shepard]], the [[Derry, New Hampshire|Derry]]-born astronaut who was the second person and first American in space as well as the fifth and oldest person to walk on the Moon.