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Gov. Frank West Rollins House

Governor of New HampshireHouses completed in 1890Houses in Concord, New HampshireHouses on the National Register of Historic Places in New HampshireNational Register of Historic Places in Concord, New Hampshire
Shingle Style architecture in New Hampshire
Gov. Frank West Rollins House 7887
Gov. Frank West Rollins House 7887

The Gov. Frank West Rollins House is a historic house at 135 North State Street in Concord, New Hampshire, United States. The house was built in 1890 for Frank West Rollins, a politician and eventual governor of New Hampshire, by the Boston firm of Andrews, Jaques & Rantoul. It is one of the most elaborate area instances of Shingle style architecture. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.

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Gov. Frank West Rollins House
Grappone Drive, Concord

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