Vilas Pool Park

CONCORD (AP) — A park with a man-made pool, a former grange hall, a homestead and a library have been added to the New Hampshire State Register of Historic Places.

* The Vilas Pool Park, constructed in 1925-1926 in Alstead, is regarded “both as a well-preserved example of an early twentieth century recreational area and for its architecture and landscape architecture,” the New Hampshire Division of Historical Resources said in a news release.

The pool is formed by a dam that slows the flowing Cold River. The park also features a pedestrian bridge, pavilion, boat house, carillon, stone tables and fireplaces.

* In Brentwood, the Waldron Store and Keeneborough Grange Hall, built in 1855, has been the site of suppers, performances, a general store, post office and library. It’s now home to a historical society.

* The Calley Homestead/1820 House in Plymouth served as a boarding house, restaurant, and antique shop through the years.

* The Webster Memorial Library in Wentworth, built in 1916, is one of only five in the state that’s classified as Arts and Crafts style. Its concrete basement also has a gymnasium where basketball games were played as late as the 1970s.