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Tilton is a town located on the Winnipesaukee River in Belknap County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 3,567 at the 2010 census.〔United States Census Bureau, (American FactFinder ), 2010 Census figures. Retrieved March 23, 2011.〕 It includes the village of Lochmere. Tilton is home to the Tilton School, a private preparatory school. == History == Originally the southern part of Sanbornton, the present area of Tilton was known as Sanbornton Bridge and Bridge Village. These two names refer to the bridge, built in 1763, that crossed the Winnipesaukee River from Canterbury to Sanbornton and onto what is now Main Street in Tilton.〔Brochure: Tilton-Northfield Historical Walking Tour, Northfield/Tilton Economic Development Corp., PO Box 659, Tilton, NH 03276〕 In 1869, Sanbornton Bridge was set off and incorporated as Tilton, named in honor of Nathaniel Tilton, whose grandson Charles E. Tilton was the owner of textile mills and the community's wealthiest citizen. Nathaniel Tilton established an iron foundry and the area's first hotel, the Dexter House. Charles E. Tilton donated many statues to the town, a unique feature, and his estate is now part of the Tilton School. Tilton Hall, his former mansion built in 1861, houses the Lucian Hunt Library. The attached carriage house was renovated in 1980 to become the Helene Grant Daly Art Center. Charles E. Tilton also donated what is perhaps the most notable landmark in the area, the hilltop Memorial Arch, located in the neighboring town of Northfield, across the Winnipesaukee River from the center of Tilton. The Roman arch replica was built in the late 1800s as a memorial to his ancestors. It is built of Concord granite, high and wide. Image:View of Main Street, Tilton, NH.jpg|Main Street in 1909 Image:Winnipesaukee River, Tilton, NH.jpg|Tilton Island Park c. 1908 Image:View on the Winnipesaukee, Tilton, NH.jpg|View of the mills in 1908 Image:View of Tilton, NH from Arch Hill.jpg|View from Arch Hill in 1906 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tilton, New Hampshire」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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