Troy Heritage Commission

The Heritage Commission is involved in preservation and educational efforts regarding the town's history.


Two of their recent publications:

A New England Mill Town Walking Tour
Fold-out brochure and map

TROY: The Way It Was
24-page booklet, $3.00 + postage

Either one can be ordered from the address below.


The Walking Tour is now online.


The Commission recently had success in a submission to the National Register of Historic Places:




The Troy Village Historic District has been named to the National Register of Historic Places.

Word has been received that on December 13, 2002, the Secretary of the Interior, National Park Service listed 241 buildings, sites, structures and objects on the National Register of Historic Places. covering 177 acres including the town common, streets radiating from the common and a large area surrounding the mill. The Historic District is comprised of a mix of building and property types, including residences, public buildings, churches, commercial structures, and a factory structure. They Illustrate a range of architectural styles, with excellent representation of the Federal, Greek Revival periods and turn of the century residences.

The 2 1/2 year old project was sponsored by the Troy Heritage Commission. It was coordinated by Marion Austin, Heritage Commission Chairperson, working with Commission members and Lynne Munroe, Preservation Company Consultant.

Funding for the project was sponsored by contributions from a large number of Troy residents, local businesses, and the Badger Monadnock Fund.

The industrial village developed because it was the location of sources of water power, rather than according to principles of town division or planning. Originally the village was located largely on the borders of two separate towns, Marlborough and Fitzwilliam. Then it was a largely agrarian community. About or shortly after Troy's incorporation as a town in 1815, settlers began to use available water power to process the products of the surrounding hills.

Planning has begun on spring events to commemorate the listing of the Troy Village Historic District in the National Register.

A copy of the National Register nomination consisting of about 500 pages is available for your perusal at the Gay-Kimball Library.



Mailing Address:
Troy Heritage Commission
P.O. Box 22
Troy, NH 03465
Chairwoman:
Marion R. Austin