Wender·Vista
Jaffrey Center meetinghouse on the green
shown on ceramic, 12-inch tileNew Hampshire
in southwest New Hampshire, at the foot of Mount Monadnock

Jaffrey Center meetinghouse on the green

— a frame raised the day they fought at Bunker Hill.

— Where it lives

Not only on a wall.

A small tile on the nightstand catching the morning. A larger one above the fire. Yours, wherever you spend the slow hours.
— On the nightstand, a 6-inch on a walnut stand
— Among the books, a 6-inch leaning into the spines
— Beside the kettle, a 12-inch propped
— Down a quiet hall, an 18-inch floating off the wall
— Above the fire, the 24-inch in a walnut surround
— a note from the studio

“The Original Meetinghouse stands on a quiet green at Jaffrey Center, two miles west of the modern town. The frame went up on June 17, 1775. Behind the building, in the Old Burying Ground, Willa Cather is buried; she came summers to Jaffrey to write. Mount Monadnock rises beyond the steeple, the way it has since the meetinghouse was new.

from the studio
Jaffrey Center meetinghouse on the green
— bring it home

Jaffrey Center meetinghouse on the green, on ceramic.

Each tile is finished by hand in our Knoxville studio. Artwork is slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure, and rests beneath a thin glossy finish. The colour lives in the surface, not on top of it.

What kind of piece?
One tile — square or rectangle.
How big?
the popular one — counter, shelf, nightstand
6 × 6 in · 15 cm · 1.6 lb
Surface finish
A clear glossy finish — the artwork reads as if under resin. Ideal for show-pieces and framed wall art.
How it sits
A hidden cleat — sits ¼″ proud of the wall.
$58
Hand-finished and shipped from our studio at the foot of the Smokies. On your wall in about ten days.
— size
6 × 6 in
15 cm
— weighs
1.6 lb
solid in the hand
— surface
ceramic, hand-finished
art rests beneath a thin glossy finish
— from
Knoxville, TN
our family studio, at the foot of the Smokies
— start a Coaster Set

Pick any four 4-inch tiles — National Parks you've been to, a Smokies set, the four seasons of one place. $ for a set of , cork-backed, ready to live on the table.

— about Jaffrey Center meetinghouse on the green

The place, in three passes.

A little of what's known, in case you fall down the rabbit hole — or want to go see it yourself.
— the place

Jaffrey Center is the historic village of Jaffrey, in Cheshire County in southwestern New Hampshire, about 60 miles west of Manchester. The Original Meetinghouse sits at roughly 1,100 feet on the green at the corner of Route 124 and Gilmore Pond Road, two miles west of present-day downtown Jaffrey. Mount Monadnock, at 3,165 feet often cited as one of the most climbed mountains in the world, rises about two miles to the north and frames every view of the building.

— the year

The frame of the meetinghouse was raised on June 17, 1775, the same day colonial militia fought British regulars at Bunker Hill outside Boston. Local accounts hold that the raising crew heard the cannon. The building served as the town's combined civic and religious hall through the early republic. In 1822 it was moved a short distance and the steeple was added. The Old Burying Ground behind it holds the grave of novelist Willa Cather, who spent summers in Jaffrey from 1917 and asked to be buried there.

— the visit

The meetinghouse is owned by the town of Jaffrey and open for public events through the summer and fall, including the long-running Amos Fortune Forum Friday lecture series founded in 1947. There is no admission. The Old Burying Ground behind the building is open daylight hours; Willa Cather's grave is marked plainly along the back wall. Parking sits along the green. Mount Monadnock's main trailheads are a short drive north at the state park headquarters off Dublin Road.

— where
United States · Jaffrey, Cheshire County, New Hampshire
— elevation
335 m · 1,100 ft
— position
42.8137° N · 72.0742° W
— the neighborhood

What's nearby.

A handful of named places within an hour's walk or short drive. Some we've already painted; some we will.
3 km N
Mount Monadnock
mountain summit
3 km E
Jaffrey
town center
13 km NE
Peterborough
town
9 km N
Dublin
village
at the lake
Old Burying Ground
historic cemetery
N
Jaffrey Center meetinghouse on the green
Mount Monadnock
Jaffrey
Peterborough
Dublin
Old Burying Ground
— common questions

What people ask.

A few questions we get about Jaffrey Center meetinghouse on the green — and about bringing the piece home.
— about the place

It is the original 1775 town meetinghouse of Jaffrey, New Hampshire, with its frame raised on June 17, the day of the Battle of Bunker Hill. It stands on the green at Jaffrey Center, two miles west of the modern downtown.

Cather spent summers in Jaffrey from 1917 onward, writing parts of My Antonia and other works at the Shattuck Inn. She asked to be buried in the Old Burying Ground behind the meetinghouse, beneath a plain stone along the back wall.

Mount Monadnock stands 3,165 feet and is often cited as one of the most climbed mountains in the world. Its bare summit sits about two miles north of the meetinghouse and frames most views of the building.

Jaffrey Center is a historic village in the town of Jaffrey, Cheshire County, southwestern New Hampshire, about 60 miles west of Manchester. The green sits at the junction of Route 124 and Gilmore Pond Road.

Yes. The building hosts public events through the warmer months, including the Amos Fortune Forum Friday lecture series founded in 1947. The town of Jaffrey owns and maintains it as a working civic space.

— about the piece in your home

It has been a meaningful gift for customers who climbed Monadnock with family, read Willa Cather in college, or were married on the green. A Small or Medium with a handwritten note from the studio carries the place well.

The white clapboard and green commons sit easily in New England Traditional, Federal, and Farmhouse rooms. The quiet palette of bone white, deep green, and slate pairs with wide pine, painted brick, and rag rugs.

A single Large reads well above a console or a mantel. Above a full sofa a four-tile Mural carries the meetinghouse and mountain at scale; a nine-tile Mural suits long entry walls or stairwells.

Yes. Order the Dura Satin or Matte finish for those rooms. Both are scratch resistant and read well in steam; the color is held in the ceramic surface and does not fade with cleaning.

A soft microfibre cloth and water is enough. Skip abrasive pads, ammonia, and bleach. The thin glossy finish wipes clean and the color beneath it is not affected.

Yes. Every WenderVista piece is curated and finished in our single Knoxville studio, with no licensing or third-party printing. Reid Wender chooses every place that enters the atlas.

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