Saint Anne Historic District

The Saint Anne Historic District encompasses a collection of institutional buildings associated with the French Canadian Roman Catholic community in Berlin, New Hampshire.

[1] Berlin's French Canadian community has its beginnings in the 1860s, after the Grand Trunk Railway began service to the area.

The parish grew rapidly as the city became a lumber processing center, and the present church was built in 1900 to a design by Archibald I. Lawrence, a local architect.

[2] This complex of buildings is located northeast of Berlin's central business district, on three blocks bounded by Pleasant, Main, Church, School, and Success streets.

The church, located at the western end of the grouping, is a distinctive example of Romanesque architecture, and is separately listed on the National Register.