Francestown – The Gregg-Montgomery House, a well-preserved Colonial-era building outside of Francestown village, has been added to the New Hampshire State Register of Historic Places, according to the Department of Historical Resources.

Across the Granite State, a public library, town hall and two homes have also received the distinction.

The two-and-a-half story Gregg-Montgomery House was built between 1773 and 1778 in the classic Georgian-Federal transitionalist style and is notable for its ornamental moldings, wood-paneled walls and center chimney. The house is located at 105 Bible Hill Extension.

Owner Leonard Allen described it as the perfect home for him and his wife, Meredeth, to retire in. The couple bought the home in 1998 and invested $150,000 to restore it. “It’s an honor for us, but it’s the house that deserves to be recognized,” Allen said. “You feel proud to have people recognize this as a special house.”

The home, which is about a mile and a half northeast of Francestown village, sits on 15 acres on Bible Hill. It overlooks Joe English Hill in New Boston.

The land was settled by David Gregg in the early 1700s and was sold to Hugh Montgomery around the time of the Revolutionary War. It was later bought by Moses Eaton, who raised Merino sheep on Bible Hill. His son Thomas was a prominent doctor.

Michael Petrovick, a Francestown library trustee who oversaw a recent restoration of the George Holmes Bixby Memorial Library, praised the news. “It just allows these properties to be preserved for future generations so they remain intact and remain in their surroundings,” he said.

Petrovick – an architect – owns a home by the builder of the Gregg-Montgomery House and hopes to get it listed as well. “It’s significant that we get these houses on the state register because this is one of the few intact villages in the area,” Petrovick said.

Also, the Old Daniel Bixby House at 190 Main St. in Francestown was added to the Francestown Main Street Historic District. The Cape-style home dates to about 1826. Because the home is now in the Francestown historic district, it is also listed on the State Register of Historic Places, according to Mary Kate Ryan, the survey coordinator for the Department of Historical Resources.

Three other properties were put on the State Register of Historic Places.

• The Stoddard Town Hall in Stoddard. The Greek Revival-style town hall was built in 1868 and has been the center of civic life for 140 years.
• The Thayer Public Library in the village of Ashuelot in Winchester. Built in 1823, the Greek Revival-style home was turned into a town library in 1902 by its owner.
• The Robert Lane Farm House—also known as the R.P. Claggett Farm—in Newport is also included. The well-preserved home, built in about 1782, is one of the oldest houses in town. It is a Colonial-style building with small additions in later revival styles.

Also, the state added the Whittemore House to the Bennington Village Historic District. The house was built in about 1830 in the Federal style.