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Historical Society of Kensington NH

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The Historical Society of Kensington NH, founded in 1970, is responsible for maintaining the "Old Brick" North School House located in Kensington.

The Society was established to: (1) Preserve the historical records of the Town, (2) Preserve and maintain its antiquities, and (3) Interest and encourage the younger generation in perpetuating the traditions of the Town.

06/21/2026

We'll be joining in on the Community Conversation next week - and hope you will too!

On June 27th, townsfolk will come together to explore what community means here in Kensington through a conversation with professional facilitators. We'll look at questions like:

What are our common values?

How can we honor our past while embracing the future?

How can communities stay strong through challenges?

This is a conversation for everyone.
Those who participate will decide on a way to spend funds, granted by the NH Community Development Finance Authority, on a community project in September. The project will be based on the ideas and themes we uncover in our discussion. Join us, bring a friend, and help do something great for our town!

Where and When:

Kensington Congregational Church on June 27th from 10am to 1pm. Light refreshments will be served with a full lunch to follow at no charge. Free childcare is also available on site during the discussion.

06/13/2026

Our Annual Yard Sale will return on August 7, 8, and 9, and this year we’re going old school—pun intended! Did you know this beloved tradition began as a food and rummage sale back in the 1970s? For more than 50 years, the Historical Society has looked forward to this special August tradition as a way to bring neighbors together and celebrate our shared history. To celebrate more than 50 years of this wonderful tradition, we’re inviting community members to contribute delicious baked goods, homemade jams and jellies, baked beans, or extra fruits, vegetables, and flowers from your backyard garden for this year’s sale. Long-time member Carl Rezendez used to make baked beans to sell each year, and we’d love to honor that tradition once again.

05/31/2026

Watch our latest YouTube post (link in story and coming soon to our website). Our friends Elaine and Ruth talk to the 4th grade class about their time attending the North School. We’re so lucky to know several folks who went to school there before it closed in 1952!

05/30/2026

Effingham, N.H. Is an absolute treasure trove of historic buildings. What a gem of a small town! Highly recommend a visit!

05/01/2026

This Georgian house near the town center, built in 1738, was the home of Kensington’s first minister, Reverend Jeremiah Fogg. Rev. Fogg was voted at a special meeting on June 27, 1737 to become the first minister for the new parish at Kensington. At another special meeting on July 11, freeholders of the parish voted to build Mr. Fogg a “a convenient house and barn and digg him a well and stone it and to find him land to keep two cows and a hors summer and winter,” and to “find mr fogg wood so long as he shall be our minister.” He was ordained as minister on November 23, 1737 and he remained pastor until 1789 (when he was ousted from his position for “liberal views”). It is reported that he baptized 1,235 people and performed 402 marriages in his long tenure of 52 years!. He is buried front and center in the Upper Yard.

The house was also residence to the reverend’s son, Captain Jeremiah Fogg of the 1st New Hampshire Regiment, who served throughout the duration of the American revolution between 1775 and 1783 and then returned home to Kensington. Roland Sawyer also mentions that a store was located in the house and run by Capt. Fogg’s widow.

The house remained in the same family until 1941 (the Fogg women had married into the Osgood family) when it was purchased by John and Hazel Perfect from Exeter.

04/23/2026

This 18th century home, among the oldest homes in town, is going up for auction tomorrow on Drinkwater Road. The house, built in 1755 by Dr. Benjamin Rowe, still has some of its original paneling, plaster, and flooring. It’s had some newer additions that make it easily livable by modern standards, too! And the property comes with 35 acres of conservation land. We hope its new owners will appreciate its history!

The original owner, Dr. Benjamin Rowe, lays claim to the most famous gravestone in town. See our post from March 28, 2023 to read about his headstone and battle with dropsy!

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04/09/2026

We have big news! The Kensington Historical Society has its very own website now! Visit us at our new digital home over at www.KensingtonNHHistory.com where you can expect to find information about who is on our Executive Board and Board of Directors, a nascent blog with some interesting articles, links to historic resources so you can peruse historical records at home and links to our recently digitized collections and oral history interview highlights. You can expect more to be added to our blog and oral history archives as time marches on. We are so excited to have this new platform to share our work with the community. localhistory kensingtonnh connectingwithcommunity

03/15/2026

Just over here in Manchester having a blast at the hosted by ! Love my day job! Come say hi on Sunday, March 15!

02/24/2026

Winter in New Hampshire is beautiful! Happy vacation week to all.

02/04/2026

Join us in two weeks for a presentation of Redcoats and Rebels: New Hampshire and the American Revolution. Mary Adams has been presenting this talk across the state for the occasion of the 250th and we’ve heard it’s amazing! So happy she’ll be here in Kensington. Sawyer Room at the library, 2/18; 5pm. See you there!

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126 Amesbury Road
Kensington, NH
03833

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