A Quad of Collectible Ornaments to Celebrate the
Christmas Season
The Carroll Street Bridge, depicted in one of the
Pittsfield Historical Society’s four ornaments, carried folks over the
Suncook River from 1883 to 1934.
The Pittsfield Historical Society has four ornaments issued to
commemorate our local history and to help you with your decorating and
gift giving.
The first ornament, issued in 2005, depicts the Pittsfield Railroad
Station and the “Old No. 1” Baldwin steam locomotive which ran up and
down the Suncook Valley. The first train left the Pittsfield
station on December 12, 1869 and later became known as the “Blueberry
Express.”
The 2006 ornament, Balloons Over the Pittsfield Dam, was issued to
celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Pittsfield Rotary Club’s present
colorful balloon rally and to acknowledge Pittsfield’s hot air
ballooning history dating from the first ascent at the Pittsfield
Agricultural Fair way back in 1889.
The Old Meetinghouse ornament commemorates Pittsfield’s decision,
immediately after Pittsfield’s founding in 1782, to build a
meetinghouse. Issued 225 years later, this ornament displays
an old image of what is now the Pittsfield Community Center.
The subject of the fourth souvenir is the 1883 wooden covered bridge
over the Suncook River, sometimes referred to as “Suicide Bridge”, that
served what is now Barnstead Road.
All three ornaments can be purchased for $10 each to be enjoyed
locally or to send off to those former Pittsfield residents to enjoy a
piece of “back home”. Each ornament is produced of 24k gold
flashed brass and is packaged in an attractive box with a bit of history
printed on it.
Obtain your ornaments today at Moo-veez, the Pittsfield Town Hall,
the Pittsfield Historical Society Building on Elm Street on Tuesday
mornings, or by calling Fuzz Freese at 435-7777.
Holiday Special: Buy 5 and get a 6th one FREE.