Post Office
by Mrs. Roy Cluff
The first post office in Contoocook was established on March 5, 1831. Probably the postmasters used their homes as offices until about 1869 when the office was located in the northern end of the Groverner Curtice block (now owned by J. F. Kirk, Inc.). Later it was moved to the Railroad Station. In October of 1892 the office was moved back to the Kirk Building. In the southern end this time. Here it remained until December 29, 1958 where the new building was built by Tom Astles. It is presently leased from him.
In 1951, when Al Hankins started as a mail carrier, the post office handled mail for about 700 people. Now 3,000 are served by this post office.
Following is a list of all the Contoocook Postmasters:
1831-1840 Thomas Burnham
1840-1844 Charles A. Savory
1844-1849 Frank R. Fuller
1849-1853 Hamilton E. Perkins
1853-1861 Isaac D. Merrill
1861-1869 Ira Dimond
1869-1871 Stillman C. Davis
1872-1877 Joab Patterson
1877-1885 Edward W. Stevens
1885-1889 John A Fuller
1889- ???? Amos Currier
1905-1908 William Patterson
1908-1912 John A. Fuller
1912-1913 Frank I. Morrill
1913-1921 Irving Hicks
1921-1934 Lloyd S. Everson
1934-1937 John E. Bean
1937-1944 Joseph Hazeltine
1944-1967 Miriam C. Emerson
1967-unknown Albert L. Hankins
My thanks to Ginny Herrick for her drawing of the building, without which I'm afraid the Post Office would not have been recognizable.
Mrs. Roy Cluff
Pine Street
LOC Subject Headings
Post office buildings -- New Hampshire -- Hopkinton -- Pictorial works
Post office buildings -- New Hampshire -- Contoocook -- Pictorial works
