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Preserving
Greenland's
Living Past

A volunteer-driven society dedicated to the history of one of New Hampshire's oldest communities — through archives, programs, and the stories that connect us.

Vintage black-and-white photo of a historic one-story brick building in Greenland, NH, with a cupola, weathervane, and flagpole flying the US and New Hampshire flags.

1635

Greenland Founded

1966

GHS Established

50+

Archival Boxes

Featured Archive Documents

"Taverns" by Russell A. Rolston (unpublished manuscript)

Manuscript | About 1970 (undated)

Greenland Community Profile Report, February 2006

Report | February 3–4, 2006

Explore Greenland's
Historical Records

The GHS archives hold over 51 boxes of primary source material, generously bequeathed by the Hughes Family, including the multi-volume, unpublished manuscript A Pleasant Abiding Place: A History of Greenland, NH, 1635–2000. Browse maps, personal diaries, church records, town reports, and vintage photographs spanning nearly four centuries.

Programs & Public History

We host public talks, walks, and presentations throughout the year at landmarks across Greenland. Programs are usually free and open to the community, although a few are member only events. Donations are always gratefully accepted. Watch for emails, flyers, and postings for news.

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Vintage Photographs from the Community Archive

Browse photographs of Greenland spanning from the early 1900s through the late 20th century, drawn from the Hughes Family bequest and community donations. 

Colonial New England Village (Illustration)

An illustration evoking colonial-era New England: a white meetinghouse with a steeple between clapboard houses, a dirt road, stone walls and rail fences.

Sepia-toned illustration of a colonial village with a white steepled meetinghouse between two clapboard houses, a large tree, a dirt road, a stone wall and wooden rail fences.
Greenland 300th Anniversary Banner

Member Dean Katiniotis's tricentennial design, hung on streetlight poles around town to mark Greenland's 300th anniversary, 1721–2021.

Dark green street banner on a pole reading "1721–2021" above a white wading bird, with "300" containing a silhouette of trees and buildings and the words "Greenland nh."
Greenland Parade, Greenland, N.H.

"Greenland Parade," a hand-colored postcard (No. 183) showing the town center in the early 1900s: a dirt road lined with elms, white fences, a brick building, and a steeple rising above the trees.

Hand-tinted vintage postcard of a tree-lined dirt road through Greenland's town center, with white picket fences, a utility pole, a red brick building and a church steeple in the distance. Printed title reads "183 Greenland, N.H. Greenland Parade."

Help us preserve Greenland's story

The Greenland Historical Society is an all-volunteer 501(c)(3) with no building and no endowment. Your support directly funds digitization, community programming, and preservation.

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