Robie's Country Store Historic Preservation Corp. [ NH Historic Landmark ]

1906	History is the account of things said and done in the past. Each of us has a history of our origins and of the path to our current place in time. Communities, likewise, have a history. The north village of Hooksett was at one time an active manufacturing area producing textiles and bricks for many buildings including The Amoskeag Mills. It was also a summer tourist spot with a bustling town center, railroad depot, town hall, churches, a meat market, barber, blacksmith and harness shops and thriving inns and taverns. At the same site since settlement times, Robie's store was the oldest continuously operating business in Hooksett. Located in the midst of road, river, and rail traffic, the mercantile shop flourished. The original building had a dock facility and received merchandise by river barge until the advent of the railroad in 1842. The building burned in 1857, was rebuilt, burned again in 1906, and was again rebuilt. George A. Robie bought the store in 1887, and over the next 110 years it was passed down from father to son. It provided the then-small town of Hooksett with staples and supplies and also doubled as the town's post office. Robie's was a town institution for over a century.
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