Rounsevel Building

Built in 1889, this wood-frame structure housed the Littleton Public Library and the Christian Science Society, in which R.D. Rounsevel was prominent. Its tenants included diverse retailers, insurance offices, the Republic-Journal newspaper, and photography studios, where photographer Julia Eaton made a noted portrait of poet Robert Frost. Royal Dearborn Rounsevel, a native of Charlestown born in 1830 and later active in Littleton after arriving in 1851, traded timberland, owned a hotel in Carroll, and operated a tannery, farm, and merchandising ventures in Littleton. The building survived fires in 1924 and 1949 that leveled its neighbors to the east.

Littleton, New Hampshire · United States