Watson Academy

United States historic place

Watson Academy

U.S. National Register of Historic Places

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Location| Academy St., Epping, New Hampshire
Coordinates| 43°2′36″N 71°4′33″W﻿ / ﻿43.04333°N 71.07583°W﻿ / 43.04333; -71.07583
Area| 0.7 acres (0.28 ha)
Built| 1883 (1883)
Architect| Charles E. Joy
Architectural style| Queen Anne
NRHP reference No.| 82000625[1]
Added to NRHP| November 9, 1982

Watson Academy is a historic school building on Academy Street in Epping, New Hampshire, United States. Built in 1883, it is the only known surviving Queen Anne style school building in southern New Hampshire. The building, which served as Epping's high school until 1966, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1]

## Description and history

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Watson Academy is located in geographically central Epping but north of the town center, on the north side of Academy Street between Prescott Road and Main Street. The building is basically rectangular in form, with symmetrical single-story wings extending the front facade, and is finished in a combination of wooden clapboards and fish-scale shingles. It has a variety of gables and window sizes and shapes, typical of the Queen Anne period, as well as Stick style applied woodwork. It was originally adorned with decoratively corbelled brick chimneys and a conical tower; these features have been removed.[2]

The school was built in 1883, and is the only known Queen Anne style school building in southern New Hampshire.[2] It was designed by Dover architect Charles E. Joy, who moved to St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1884.[3] The school was built with funds bequeathed by Daniel Watson Ladd, a local businessman, in order to provide secondary school educational opportunities to students whose families could not afford to send them to other private academies. The school was managed by private trustees for five years, and then turned over to the town. It served as Epping's high school from 1888 until 1966.[2]

## See also

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* National Register of Historic Places listings in Rockingham County, New Hampshire

## References

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1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. ^ a b c "NRHP nomination for Watson Academy". National Park Service. Retrieved July 27, 2014.
3. ^ Hess, Jeffrey A. and Paul Clifford Larson. St. Paul's Architecture: A History. 2006.

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National Register of Historic Places in Rockingham County, New Hampshire

Landmarks|

* Gov. John Langdon Mansion
* John Paul Jones House
* Josiah Bartlett House
* Ladd-Gilman House
* MacPheadris–Warner House
* Matthew Thornton House
* Moffatt-Ladd House
* Richard Jackson House
* Robert Frost Farm
* USS Albacore
* Wentworth–Coolidge Mansion
* Wentworth-Gardner House

Districts|

* Atlantic Heights Development
* Deerfield Center Historic District
* East Derry Historic District
* Exeter Waterfront Commercial Historic District
* Front Street Historic District
* Highland Road Historic District
* Isles of Shoals‡
* Jewell Town District
* Little Boar's Head Historic District
* Newington Center Historic District
* Newmarket Industrial and Commercial Historic District
* Old Deerfield Center Historic District
* Portsmouth Downtown Historic District
* Portsmouth Parade Historic District
* Richman Margeson Estate
* Salem Common Historic District
* Scammon Farm Historic District
* Smith's Corner Historic District
* Strawbery Banke Historic District
* Town Center Historic District
* Wentworth-Gardner and Tobias Lear Houses
* Woodman Road Historic District

Buildings|

| Education|

* Atkinson Academy School
* Centennial Hall
* Dame School
* Kensington Social Library
* Nichols Memorial Library
* North Hampton Library
* North School
* Portsmouth Public Library
* Portsmouth Athenæum
* Sanborn Seminary
* Searles School and Chapel
* Smyth Public Library
* Square Schoolhouse
* Stone School
* Watson Academy
* Wiggin Memorial Library

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Religious|

* Chester Congregational Church
* Danville Meetinghouse
* First Church
* First Universalist Church
* Freewill Baptist Church-Peoples Baptist Church-New Hope Church
* Fremont Meeting House
* Hampstead Meetinghouse
* New Castle Congregational Church
* Northwood Congregational Church
* Sanborn Seminary
* Sandown Old Meetinghouse
* Searles School and Chapel
* South Parish
* St. Andrew's-by-the-Sea
* St. John's Church
* Union Meetinghouse-Universalist Church
* Unitarian Church

Residential|

* Bartlett-Cushman House
* Benedict House
* Benjamin Franklin Prescott House
* Benjamin James House
* Capt. Jonathan Currier House
* Cornet Thomas Wiggin House
* Daniel Pinkham House
* Deacon Samuel and Jabez Lane Homestead
* Drake Farm
* Dudley House
* Edward Sewall Garrison
* Elijah Locke House
* Elm Farm
* Emery Farm
* Gen. Mason J. Young House
* General Porter House
* George Rogers House
* Gilman Garrison House
* Gov. John Wentworth House
* Gov. Meshech Weare House
* Greeley House
* Hart-Rice House
* Haven-White House
* Henry Sherburne House
* James Neal House
* Jeremiah Hart House
* John Crockett House
* John Elkins Farmstead
* John Hart House
* Joshua Wentworth House †
* Larkin-Rice House
* Maj. John Gilman House
* Moses-Kent House
* Nutter-Rymes House
* Parsons Homestead
* Phoebe Hart House
* Reuben Lamprey Homestead
* Rundlet-May House
* Samuel Beck House
* Samuel Tenney House
* Scamman Farm
* Shapley Town House
* Simeon P. Smith House
* Weeks House
* Whidden-Ward House

Transportation|

* Newington Railroad Depot
* Raymond Boston and Maine Railroad Depot
* Sandown Depot, Boston and Maine Railroad

Other
buildings|

* Adams Memorial Building
* Armstrong Memorial Building
* The Beach Club
* Danville Town House
* Franklin Block
* Kensington Town House
* New Hampshire Bank Building
* North Hampton Town Hall
* Plaistow Carhouse
* Portsmouth Cottage Hospital
* Portsmouth Harbor Light
* Pulpit Rock Base-End Station (N. 142)
* Rockingham Hotel
* Rye Town Hall
* South Meetinghouse
* Stevens Memorial Hall
* Town House

Sites|

* Fort Constitution
* Old North Cemetery
* Plains Cemetery

Structures|

* Chester Village Cemetery

Footnotes|

‡ This entry also has portions in an adjacent state.
† This entry has been removed from the registry.

See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Rockingham County, New Hampshire and List of National Historic Landmarks in New Hampshire
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