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The Court House


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The Court house was built in 1791 on the site of the existing Mobil Gas Station. In 1792 Dover was the capitol of New Hampshire for one year and the legislature met here in June. The building was sold for tenements in 1845 and later removed. The building to the left of the Court House is Bellevue Hall, an opera house.

Court house

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