5-534: The Ladd-Gilman House , also known as Cincinnati Memorial Hall , is a historic house at 1 Governors Lane in Exeter, New Hampshire , United States. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is designated a National Historic Landmark . The home was built about 1721 by Nathaniel Ladd as one of the state's first brick houses, and was subsequently clapboarded three decades later. The home
10-459: The house in 1747, it was extensively altered by Col. Nathaniel Gilman, his son. He removed the wall separating the two rooms on the right side, and built the two-bay addition beside it, knocking down the original house wall on that side, and then clapboarding the rest of the house to match the new work. A further addition, originally designed as a caretaker's residence, was added after the Society of
15-489: The night of July 4, 1776. The Ladd-Gilman House and its grounds are now part of the American Independence Museum , which opened in 1991. The noted Dunlap Broadside is the centerpiece of the museum’s collection. The house is a rambling frame structure, consisting of a main block and a series of additions. The main block was originally built as a two-story brick structure. After Daniel Gilman purchased
20-635: Was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1973, principally for its association with Nicholas Gilman, Jr. It has been maintained since 1902 by the Society of the Cincinnati , in which organization the Gilman family took a prominent role. In 1985, a Dunlap Broadside was discovered in the home's attic. The document is one of the first published copies of the Declaration of Independence , printed on
25-632: Was purchased in 1747 by Daniel Gilman, a prominent Exeter merchant. It served as the state treasury during the American Revolutionary War when two members of the Gilman family, Col. Nicholas Gilman and his son John Taylor Gilman , later the state's governor, served as treasurers of the state. Also born in the house was Founding Father Nicholas Gilman, Jr. , a signer of the United States Constitution and U.S. senator from New Hampshire. The Ladd-Gilman House
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