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Photograph of Hale House, on the corner of Main Street and Winchester Street, Keene New Hampshire, was built c.1860 for ex-governor Samuel Dinsmoor,who was born in Keene in 1799. In 1849 he was elected governor of N.H. and like his father, served three consecutive terms.
It was bought by Governor Samuel W. Hale in 1869, where he lived until his death in 1891.
In 1909, the house was presented to the state by the City of Keene when the Keene Normal School was established. It is now an administrative building at Keene State College.
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