The N.H. Preservation Alliance is pleased to announce our 2022 Preservation Achievement Award winner, the Mill Hollow Heritage Association, for the revitalization and rehabilitation of Chase’s Mill in Alstead.
Read More“Century-Old N.H. Mill Returns to Life”→
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Helen Frink is an author, historian, and Mill Hollow Heritage Association board member. Her article about Chase’s Mill, “Century-Old N.H. Mill Returns to Life” is included in the Spring 2020 Society for Industrial Archeology newsletter.
Read MoreGroup receives $87,000 in grants toward making Chase's Mill a museum
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“ALSTEAD - A group turning a historical mill into an interactive museum has been awarded two grants totaling more than $87,000. The nonprofit Mill Hollow Heritage Association said in a news release Monday that it will receive $78,622 from the federal Northern Border Regional Commission - as part of an economic development program administered by the N.H. Preservation Alliance - and $8,600 from the Putnam Foundation.” Read more…
Read MoreEconomic Development Investment For Three New Hampshire Community Landmark Projects Thanks to N.H. Preservation Alliance and Northern Border Regional Commission
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Efforts to revitalize three historic buildings and their communities in Colebrook, Alstead and Lancaster, New Hampshire will get boost thanks to grants awarded this month by the N.H. Preservation Alliance. “While our families’ and communities’ health is of paramount importance right now,” said Jennifer Goodman, executive director of the N.H. Preservation Alliance, “we’re pleased to offer this good news of investment in our workforce and in anchors of our communities that will have wonderful short and long-term benefits.” The grant funds are made possible by an award to the N.H. Preservation Alliance along with the Preservation Trust of Vermont, Maine Preservation and the Preservation League of New York State from the Northern Border Regional Commission (NBRC). Read more…
Read MoreAlstead mill scheduled to reopen as 'working museum' in July →
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ALSTEAD - With the help of local donors, the Mill Hollow Heritage Association is breathing life back into what "used to be the heartbeat of the community" in Alstead, the nonprofit group's president said. Chase’s Mill, which sits along Warren Brook on Pine Cliff Road, has been undergoing restoration since it was purchased by the association in October 2016. It is expected to be reopened to the public as a “working museum” in July, according to association President Sharon Spaulding.” Read more…
Read MorePreserving an Old-time Makerspace in Alstead →
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ALSTEAD - Speeding around a corner of Camp Brook Road in Alstead, passing motorists fly over a bridge they may not even notice, past an old building sporting a newly painted sign. But below that bridge runs a swift and noisy stream, once the lifeblood of a community. This place was called Mill Hollow because it boasted five mills at one time, all clustered along the ravine where Warren Brook tumbles downhill, and this old building is the last mill standing. Read more…
Read MoreChase's Mill, Alstead, NH Opening July, 2020
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In Alstead, New Hampshire a century-old water-powered mill is being restored as a workshop, learning center, and community gathering place that will open to the public in mid-July of 2020.
Chase's Mill stands on a dry-laid stone foundation dating to the 1700s, and the building incorporates ancient handhewn beams and boards. Its location on Warren Brook in East Alstead's Mill Hollow was once the site of a grist mill and a carding machine and fulling mill that processed much of the 11,440 pounds of wool from the town's 6,331 sheep between 1810 and 1830. Read more…
MILL HOLLOW HERITAGE ASSOCIATION RECEIVES $150,000 MATCHING GRANT FROM LCHIP
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ALSTEAD - Dec. 14, 2018 -- New Hampshire’s Land and Community Heritage Investment Program (LCHIP) has awarded the Mill Hollow Heritage Association (MHHA) a $150,000 matching grant to support its rehabilitation of Chase’s Mill, according to Sharon Spaulding, President of MHHA.
Read MoreSavings Bank of Walpole Awards Chase's Mill $2,500 Grant
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ALSTEAD, NH - Aug. 17, 2018 - Mark Bodin, President, Savings Bank of Walpole, today announced the Bank has awarded a $2,500 grant to be used towards the renovation of the waterworks at Chase's Mill. According to Mr. Bodin, "Savings Bank of Walpole is happy to support Chase's Mill renovations. Bringing this building back to life will not only preserve the historical heritage of the structure but will also help provide an educational component for the community to share with the next generation."
Read MoreVisit the Mill This Summer
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Chase's Mill (map)
Chase’s Mill is open for small group or individual tours most Saturdays, July 7th through Saturday October 6th from 10:00am - 12:00pm.
You can also step inside for a virtual tour...
Read MoreFor the love of Chase's Mill: How shared memories are fueling a relic's rebirth→
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By William Holt Sentinel Staff
April 21, 2018
ALSTEAD - Perched on the edge on Warren Brook, near the junction of Route 123 and Pine Cliff Road, Chase’s Mill is one of only nine water-powered woodworking mills left in New Hampshire. Parts of its stone foundation date back more than 250 years, making it older than the country it occupies. In July 2016, Chase’s Mill was named to the N.H. State Register of Historic Places. But unlike many other sites on that list, it won’t stay dormant for long.
Read More1767 Chase's Mill Receives $35,000 in Grants
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Vermont Journal
Alstead, NH - July 20, 2017
The Mill Hollow Heritage Association (MHHA) announced it has received a $25,000 grant from the New York City based Bay and Paul Foundation and a $10,000 grant from the Samuel P. Hunt Foundation of Manchester, NH, towards the rehabilitation of the historic Chase's Mill, according to Sharon Spaulding, president of MHHA.
Read MoreChase's Mill in Alstead Receives $100,000 Grant from New Hampshire's LCHIP
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The New Hampshire Land Heritage and Community Investment Program (LCHIP) earlier this month announced it has awarded a $100,000 matching grant to Alstead's Mill Hollow Heritage Association (MHHA), according to Sharon Spaulding, president of MHHA. In celebrating the award in Concord on Dec. 8th, Gov. Maggie Hassan observed, "The Land and Community Heritage Investment Program is critical to protecting our natural, historical and cultural resources, and I am proud that we restored funding for LCHIP in 2013 and maintained that commitment in our current bipartisan budget.
Read MoreChase’s Mill Acquired by the Mill Hollow Heritage Association
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Vermont Journal
Alstead, NH - Oct. 28, 2016 - East Alstead’s Chase’s Mill has been purchased by the non-profit Mill Hollow Heritage Association (MHHA) from its former owners, Mowlot Kazati and Kate Tarlow Morgan, according to Sharon Spaulding, president of MHHA. “MHHA was founded in 2012 to purchase and renovate the Mill and then open it to the community as both a seasonal museum and as a makerspace / workshop,” said Ms. Spaulding.
Alstead property added to state register of historic places→
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ALSTEAD - Chase’s Mill in town has been added to the N.H. State Register of Historic Places.
Read MoreNew Hampshire Preservation Alliance Grant Awarded
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We are pleased to announce the receipt of a $1,250 grant from the Rick and Duffy Monahon Fund of the New Hampshire Preservation Alliance, for the specific purpose of providing a building assessment with preservation guidelines for the mill. From the Preservation Alliance: "The Mill Hollow Heritage Association has good forward momentum but needs the boost of a professional assessment grant to help them prepare for a campaign that will complete important preservation repairs and allow the public to use this building.”
Read MoreChase’s Mill sign is reproduced
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For years Chase’s Mill had a distinctive sign made by Heman Chase that read “Chase’s Mill Woodwork and Ironwork”. The partial remains of the original sign were found in the upstairs part of the Mill.
Read MorePurchase and sale agreement has been signed
/We are pleased to let you know that MHHA has reached an agreement with the Mill owners, Mow Kazati and Kate Tarlow Morgan, to purchase the property and that we are already hard at work to secure funding through a multi-phase plan. Over the next few months, we will continue gathering community input, and will finalize plans to secure this treasure for future generations. Stay tuned for more details.
Renovation work on the windows
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Currently the windows are being repaired and restored. While much of the wood is still sound, the weather has removed all paint and even most of the glazing. A number of panes have fallen out and many more are barely holding on. While much of the wood is still sound there is considerable weather checking and some of the wood is suffering decay.
Read MoreOwners hope to preserve historic Alstead building→
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By Marilou Blaine Alstead Historical Society
January 17, 2012
ALSTEAD - The peak of water-powered mills, both in Alstead and the state, was between 1810 and 1820. New Hampshire’s population of 244,161 was served by 697 gristmills, 964 sawmills, 262 fulling mills and 251 carding machines.
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