Hampton Falls Historical Society
Hampton Falls Historical Society is a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving the history of our town. Our home is the Historical Society Museum at 45 Exeter Road, and we have exhibits at the East School House at 7 Drinkwater Road.
Our Mission: The purpose of the Hampton Falls Historical Society is to investigate, collect, preserve, elucidate and communicate whatsoever may relate to the history of Hampton Falls and its people.
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This winter we will be OPEN by appointment. We would be happy to welcome you for research, to view our exhibits, or to answer your questions about Hampton Falls history. Please complete this FORM to request a visit!
Hampton Falls welcomed back Marquis de Lafayette
after 200 years!
Visit our Lafayette page to enjoy the memories.
Lafayette Road at the time of Lafayette’s 1824 Tour
From the earliest days of travel by stagecoach from Newburyport to Portsmouth, the road we now know as Route 1, Lafayette Road, was called “the Country Road”. Lafayette would have traveled in his carriage with his entourage in 1824 during his Farewell Tour along this road from Newburyport to stop at Hampton Falls. There he met the “Committee of Arrangements” who would escort him to Portsmouth. First, he would have been welcomed by an adoring crowd on the Common, and taken to the Governor Weare house for morning tea. In this video, you will see the homes that Lafayette would have seen on “the Country Road” in 1824. Some are still standing. In 1897, the road was officially named Lafayette Road. Be sure to pause the video if you wish to spend more time looking at any of these eight historic homes.