Cornish (New Hampshire)

Sullivan County

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Cornish is a town in Sullivan County, New Hampshire. In the United States Census 2010 Cornish had 1,640 inhabitants.

History

Established in 1763 Cornish was initially under the name Mast Camp known because of this place English settlers shipped logs for ship masts on the Connecticut River. Is named the village after Sir Samuel Cornish, an admiral of the Royal Navy.

1885 moved the sculptor Augustus Saint -Gaudens, a summer residence in Cornish, to escape the heat in New York City. Since then, the area has established itself as a retreat for artists and writers who were initially referred to as the Cornish Art Colony, after the painter Maxfield Parrish built a country estate in Cornish. Other well-known personalities who lived in Cornish are temporarily Sir Winston Churchill, Louis Saint -Gaudens, Thomas Dewing, Michael Dorris, Louise Erdrich, Hamlin Garland and Percy MacKaye. The writer J. D. Salinger moved to Cornish after his successes and lived retired until his death.

• Place in New Hampshire
• Place in North America
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