If you have been wandering around the village recently, you may have heard the tink, tink, tink sound of brick wall repairs being made. But did you know mankind has been using bricks as a building material stretching back to 7,000 BC? And that the first brick building to appear in Harrisville was built in 1819?

Before the tiny white building by the General Store was moved to its current location, it served as Harrisville’s first tramp house. With the introduction of railroads paired with economic hard times, transient paupers, or tramps, became an issue across New Hampshire. Tramps became so numerous that many towns built small, simple buildings called tramp houses.

The public is invited to join us at 10 a.m. in the Granite Mill on April 22, 2023 for our annual meeting and the premiere screening of Ned Porter’s new documentary about Historic Harrisville, Red Brick Village. The screening will be followed by a free community lunch.

We were disappointed not to be able to hold our Fall Incorporator's meeting in October. Instead, we prepared a presentation that reviews some of the highlights from this summer and fall and share it here.

Harrisville owes its existence to its water resources and the dams built to control the waterpower of its streams. A new online guide called the Dams of Harrisville, New Hampshire details the history of these 15 dams. Read it here.

2020 has been a challenging and memorable year. Though we had to cancel our annual meetings due to the pandemic, HHI has been busy! In this video Executive Director Erin Hammerstedt and Store Manager Sam Rule give us an update on all that they have accomplished in the second half of 2020.