Attractions in Jaffrey, New Hampshire

Amusements

Monadnock Berries 603-242-6417
545 West Hill Road, Troy, NH 03465
A pick-your-own blueberry, gooseberry, currant, and raspberry farm. more info

Meeting House
This building was raised the day of the Battle of Bunker Hill. The Bell Tower and spire were added in 1822, and a bell cast by the Paul Revere Foundry was installed in... more info

Amos Fortune Grave Site
Amos Fortune arrived in New England as a slave, but purchased his freedom in 1769. He moved to Jaffrey with his wife Violet (a former slave whom he had purchased) and... more info
Buddy Memorial
Virgo Brandt-Erickson, a Danish sculpture and artist of much talent constructed a plaster image of the "Buddy Memorial" in 1928. He built the memorial out of a stone... more info
Cathedral of the Pines 603-899-3300
10 Hale Hill Road, Jaffrey, NH 03461
Nearby Rindge
Cathedral of the Pines is a place of spiritual nourishment for people of all faiths. It is also a national memorial to patriotic sacrifice, a physical declaration that... more info map
Hannah Davis Grave Site
In the Cemetary Behind the Meeting House
Hannah Davis (1784-1863) made and sold the country's first wooden bandboxes, covered in colorful papers and used for jewelry, hats and even suitcases. Davis chose the... more info
Soldiers Rock
Route 124, Jaffrey, NHOn Mountain Road West of Monadnock
On one expedition through Jaffrey during the Revolutionary war, it is said on the authority of old families in the neighborhood, a company camped for the night on the... more info
Willa Cather Grave Site
The Author Willa Cather (1873-1947) spent the fall months in Jaffrey from 1917 until 1940. She completed "My Antonia" here and wrote portions of many other books. She... more info

Melville Academy 603-532-7455
Jonas Melville and friends funded this private, co-educational High School. It closed as a private institution in 1859 but reopened as a town school in 1863 and remained... more info