This was the scene at the intersection of Lowell and Canal streets some 65 years ago last week, when a general alarm fire swept through the New Hampshire National Guard Armory, causing enough damage that what was left of the building was later taken down. Shortly after that, the Unitarian-Universalist Church, partially visible at left, built an addition that stretched from the church's main building to the western end of where the armory stood. The addition, which mainly consisted of classrooms and space for children's activities, would be named the White Wing kindergarten and nursery school. The current National Guard Armory at the end of South Main Street at Veterans Drive was built several years later.

This was the scene at the intersection of Lowell and Canal streets some 65 years ago last week, when a general alarm fire swept through the New Hampshire National Guard Armory, causing enough damage that what was left of the building was later taken down. Shortly after that, the Unitarian-Universalist Church, partially visible at left, built an addition that stretched from the church’s main building to the western end of where the armory stood. The addition, which mainly consisted of classrooms and space for children’s activities, would be named the White Wing kindergarten and nursery school. The current National Guard Armory at the end of South Main Street at Veterans Drive was built several years later.