Greenville / Mason, New Hampshire

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About Greenville / Mason, New Hampshire

This Group is for Anything related to Greenville and Mason, New Hampshire. Greenville Once a part of Mason called "Mason Village", Greenville is one of the state's newest and smallest towns, incorporated in 1872. It is located at the "High Falls" on the Souhegan River, whose plentiful water power provided the mill town with the state's first industries, making cotton and woolen goods. Because of the falls, Greenville was always a manufacturing center. Notable inhabitants inlude Brian Viglione of the band Dresden Dolls.

Mason, a small middle-of-nowhere town has several places worth visiting. Mason was first known as "Number One", the first in a line of border towns including area allotted to this state by Massachusetts upon establishment of New Hampshire as a separate state in 1741. The town's charter was granted in 1749 by Colonial Governor Benning Wentworth, and in 1768 his nephew, Governor John Wentworth, named it in honor of New Hampshire's founder, Captain John Mason. Captain Mason was the holder of patent with title to the land that became New Hampshire. Greenville would be set off from Mason in 1872.

Near the town's center is the boyhood home of Samuel Wilson, the meat-supplier who is believed to have inspired the Uncle Sam character. The private house is today identified by a state historical marker. Another prominent local figure was Elizabeth Orton Jones, an author, illustrator and teacher better known as "Twig", instrumental in recording the history of the town. "Pickity Place", a local cottage built in 1786, was the model for the grandmother's house in Jones' 1948 illustrated version of Little Red Riding Hood. It was also the home of Ron Harry, Boston Garden organist from 1983-1995 and for the Boston Celtics in the TD Banknorth Garden until his death in 2004...
Also in Mason is Parker's Maple Barn, an out of the way restaurant and maple sugar shack that draws people from miles away for their famous breakfast.