Claremont, NH Not quite an NHA Fountain
When our good friend Bill Chiles at the Vinalhaven Historical Society forwarded this beautiful postcard from Claremont, NH we were excited because we had never heard of a fountain being given to Claremont. The fountain in the postcard certainly looks like an NHA Fountain, but it seems that it is not. We put something on the Claremont History Museum Facebook page and followed up with a phone call.
IN MEMORY OF
Wayne forwarded this additional information about Stephen from Waite's History of Claremont, published in 1895: ![]() He also informed us that Marshall Rossiter was the superintendent of schools in Claremont. So as with North Haven, Maine and Vinal Haven Maine, it appears that there were some additional fountains sold to communities that are technically not NHA fountains. The good news about them is that they are still around! The Rossiter Fountain has been moved to the Union Cemetery in Claremont. Here's another look at it in the 1950's before being moved.
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