Over the years, Salisbury has seen a variety of commercial ventures come and go.
Here is an almost complete list of the enterprises we are aware of, and we would welcome any additional information or corrections. contact@salisburyhistoricalsociety.org
Blacksmith Shop/Wheelwright Shops
Andrew Pettingill, likely Old Coach Road, South Road Village
P.A. Fellows near Bog Road, Route 27, South Road Village
West Salisbury Black Smith Shop, possibly. Photo in Salisbury Lost.
George Calef’s Carriage repair, Blacksmith Shop, Clock repair. 1883-1911 Center Road Village, (Salisbury Heights)
Bookbinder, Christopher Paige South Road
T.D. Little Bull Rake Factory, Old Coach Road, South Road Village
Chair Back Factory Sawyers Sawmill on the road adjacent to the Blackwater River
Flaxseed Mill, Mills on Stirrup Iron Brook, late 1700s, Wilder & Bowers Flaxseed
Fulling & Carding Mill, Captain William Pingree on the Blackwater
Edward Renfew’s Cider Mill, South Road Village, from home at the Corner of Old Coach Road and Rte 127.
Filling Stations
Heath’s Filling Station, ca. between 1905 and 1957, Center Road Village, (Salisbury Heights), 624 Route 4
Cunliff (likely a filling station as well as a store) Barton, Crossroads Store (currently) Route 4 & 127 South Road Village
General Stores
Maj Stephen Bohonon’s Store from his home- First Store in Salisbury, Route 4 & 127. The first public hall was over Stephen Bohonon’s store. South Road Village
Nathanial Noyes Store: -Second store in Salisbury, 1785-1808 South Road VillageSouth Road Village moved to Israel Kelly House (Bartlett House) after 1806. Originally located between house #3 & #4 N/E side of Rte 127 east of the Crossroads, in front of the South Road Cemetery.
Thomas and Eliphalet Williams, later Samuel Bartlett -Center Road Village, (Salisbury Heights)
Eldbridge Greenough’s Store -ca 1850 C.E. Foote Cunliff, Barton, Crossroads Store (currently)- Route 4 & 127 South Road Village
Greenleaf Store before 1794, Hills Store, Red Tea House, South Road Village
Cyrus Gookin/Dunlap Store and Post Office, West Salisbury, 1857-1920, currently a residence
Jonathan P. Webster’s store, 1801-1858, Drew’s Store, Inn and Post Office, 1898-1916, Center Road Village (Salisbury Heights)
Nan Dexheimer Antique Shop and Crafts, ca 1965-1975
Rene Beaudoin’s out of home, ca 1940 to mid-1960s, South Road Village
Rene Beaudoin’s Market, mid-1960s, just south of New Crossroads junction, South Road Village
Gristmills
Cyrus Gookin Grist Mill, before 1834, to at least 1890, on the Blackwater River, West Salisbury
Henry & Samuel Calef Mill on Stirrup Iron Brook
David Kimball & Moses Sawyer converted Emerson Tannery into a Grist Mill on Stirrup Iron Brook.
James Currier Mill on the Blackwater River, West Salisbury
Townsend’s Harness & Saddle Shop, right off the Crossroads on Route 4 NE, South Road Village
Thomas R. Greenleaf Hat Factory, Caleb Morse. Initially, right off the Crossroads on Route 4 NE, moved in 1834, Old Coach Road, South Road Village.
Inns & Taverns & Meeting Places
Major Stephen Bohonon Public Hall
Bell Tavern, located at the Reuben True House (Salisbury Heights)
Stephen Webster 2-story hotel South Road Village
Abel Elkin 1794 Tavern Center Village (Salisbury Heights)
Mrs. Drew Hotel was the site of the Jonathan P Webster store (Salisbury Heights)
Masonic Hall for a time at the corner of Old Coach Rd and Route 127, opposite the Academy. South Road Village
Miles, Plumbago up Buckhorn Road, Past Scribner’s Corner
Mineral Harvesting, Tripoli polishing material, Wilders Pond Bog
Potash Factories Andrew Bowers was described in the History of Salisbury by John Dearborn, p.507, as a large Potash Factory opposite Academy Hall. Sold to John White’s Potash until 1830 -South Road near Bog Road, South Road Village
Sawmills
Charles Shaw on Stirrup Iron Brook /Shaw Pond
William Holmes (previously Wilder & Bowers, etc) on Stirrup Iron Brook
John Shaw Sawmill, West Salisbury, on the Blackwater River
Shingle/Sawmill Silas Elkins, Reuben Greeley -Mill Brook
Stevens Sawmill On Mill Brook off Scribner’s Corner (Buckhorn Road)
Samuel Loverin Saw Mill Loverin Hill Road
Fellows Mill on Beaverdam Brook, opposite, near Fellow Cemetery
Elkins, Dunlap, Pingree Sawmill, Prince’s Mill
Nathaniel Greeley Tucker Pond stream
T.D. Little Steam Shingle Mill after 1834, Old Coach Road, South Road Village
Flanders Tin Shop right off the Crossroads on Route 4 NE, South Road Village
Tailor, William Cate, Deacon 624 Ret 4 For images, Deacon William Cate & Salisbury Heights
Tannery
John Calef on Stirrup Iron Brook
John Emerson on Stirrup Iron Brook
Herschel Green Tannery Center, Range Road, Loverin Hill Rd, and Hensmith Junction
Powering the early mills: Power of Water, Power of Hot Water
Oral history accounts of the old mills and tanneries: Remembering the Old Mills, Oral Histories