The Granite monthly, a New Hampshire magazine, devoted to literature, history, and state progress . ff had its carefully built concrete side-walk. The public water, sewer andgas systems were introduced, andeach street lined with shade trees. twenty-six houses have been built inthree years at an average cost of$2,500. With but a single exceptioneach is a single family home and theone exception has but two familiesand each dwelling is owned by its oc-cupant. Each lot has an averagefrontage of eighty feet, with averagedepth of 125 feet, and many of thelots still retain a portion of thestately pin
The Granite monthly, a New Hampshire magazine, devoted to literature, history, and state progress . ff had its carefully built concrete side-walk. The public water, sewer andgas systems were introduced, andeach street lined with shade trees. twenty-six houses have been built inthree years at an average cost of$2,500. With but a single exceptioneach is a single family home and theone exception has but two familiesand each dwelling is owned by its oc-cupant. Each lot has an averagefrontage of eighty feet, with averagedepth of 125 feet, and many of thelots still retain a portion of thestately pine trees indigenous to thelocality. A public school house isan adjunct of Pine Bluff and thetrolley lines are in close proximity toits north, east and south bounds. Among the many fine old home-steads in Claremont is that of theRossiter family. The home hereshown was built in 1803 by Nathan-iel Goss, who settled on the farmabout 1775. JMr. Goss w-as an exten-sive farmer, keeping some twenty-fiveor thirty cows and each season heaimed to fatten as many hogs as hekept cows. In the winter of 1831-32. Rossiter Home From the first there has been nopromiscuous sale of house lots, buteach has been sold under restrictionsthat secured the construction of a sub-stantial residence. In all a total of he sent Pomeroy Rossiter to Bostonwith a team of three yoke of oxenand sled, carrying 6,000 pounds ofproduce, and the team returned withan equal amount of merchandise. 148 New Ilaniyshire^s Largest Toiun Mr. Rossiter was twelve days on thetrip and the whole expense for selfand team was $ Mr. Rossiter,present owner of the farm, carries
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