Cram Avenue

With the coming of the railroad in 1869, Charles T. Cram solicited 20 people to lend him $100 each at 6% interest to help pay for 10 brick houses he would build the following year. In July 1870, he started producing bricks in his newly constructed kiln on Tilton Hill Road. Within a month they were used in erecting the residences lining this street. These buildings are distinguished by their “French roofs” and double-thick walls.

Pittsfield, New Hampshire · United States