Federal building

17: Federal Building

Conceived and built during the Depression era as the United States Forestry Building, the cornerstone was laid in 1939, and the building was dedicated soon after in July 1940. The building, authorized under the New Deal’s colossal building program, is designed in a stripped Classical Revival style and is representative of one of several styles preferred by government architects in the 1930s.  

Originally built to house the offices of the White Mountain National Forest, it now houses a regional social services agency. This is the original site of the Joseph P Pitman House.  Pitman came to Laconia around 1830, and began building the mercantile business, Pitman Hardware. He then founded the Pitman Manufacturing Company in 1868, which manufactured knit goods. 

Laconia City Walk
  1. 1: Belknap Mill
  2. 2: Busiel Mill
  3. 3: Avery Dam
  4. 4: Guild-Northland Mills
  5. 5: Sunrise Towers
  6. 6: Stewart Park
  7. 7: Main Street and Urban Renewal
  8. 8: Allen-Rogers Buildings
  9. 9: Laconia Car Company
  10. 10: Pitman's Freight Room
  11. 11: Laconia Passenger Station
  12. 12: Bank Square
  13. 13: Rotary Park
  14. 14: McIntyre Building
  15. 15: Moulton Opera House
  16. 16: Pleasant Street Homes
  17. 17: Federal Building
  18. 18: Gale Memorial Library
  19. 19: Veterans Square
  20. 20: Evangelical Baptist Church
  21. 21: Congregational Church
  22. 22: Bank of New Hampshire
  23. 23: Woolworth Building
  24. 24: Cook Building
  25. 25: Pemaco Block
  26. 26: Colonial Theatre
  27. 27: Piscopo Block
  28. 28: Masonic Temple
  29. 29: Stafford House/Tavern
  30. 30: U.S. Post Office
  31. 31: John W Busiel House
  32. 32: St. Joseph Church
  33. 33: Perley Canal