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Horses have played a significant role throughout the history of Lyme, New Hampshire, which was located on a stagecoach route that ran from Boston to Montreal. This circa-1910 photo depicts a horse-drawn delivery wagon for Central Market in Lyme.

New Hampshire town working to preserve centuries-old horse sheds

Catherine Saunders-Watson
Catherine Saunders-Watson

Horses have played a significant role throughout the history of Lyme, New Hampshire, which was located on a stagecoach route that ran from Boston to Montreal. This circa-1910 photo depicts a horse-drawn delivery wagon for Central Market in Lyme.
Horses have played a significant role throughout the history of Lyme, New Hampshire, which was located on a stagecoach route that ran from Boston to Montreal. This circa-1910 photo depicts a horse-drawn delivery wagon for Central Market in Lyme.
LYME, N.H. (AP) _ An auction has raised $3,500 toward replacing the roof of the town horse shed in Lyme, New Hampshire, believed to be the longest string of horse sheds in New England.

The 27 attached sheds are in need of a new roof, and that costs about $20,000. The Valley News reports some of that money will come from a restoration fund containing private donations.

The sheds sit on town property, but they are maintained by the Lyme Congregational Church. They rely on private sources of funding for maintenance.

Bill Ackerly of Lyme said the sheds were built by his great-great-great grandfather. He estimates his family settled in Lyme in the late 1700s.

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Information from: Lebanon Valley News, http://www.vnews.com

 

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Horses have played a significant role throughout the history of Lyme, New Hampshire, which was located on a stagecoach route that ran from Boston to Montreal. This circa-1910 photo depicts a horse-drawn delivery wagon for Central Market in Lyme.
Horses have played a significant role throughout the history of Lyme, New Hampshire, which was located on a stagecoach route that ran from Boston to Montreal. This circa-1910 photo depicts a horse-drawn delivery wagon for Central Market in Lyme.