State of NH Chapter 204 establishes “State Trade Schools”
with the passage of House Bill 279.
State Trade School of Portsmouth was founded within state
college system to provide “trade and vocational training
and retraining for the occupational adjustment of youths
and adults and particularly to provide trade school facilities
for veterans demobilized from the armed services…”
“It is recognized that no such facilities are available
within the state at the present time, that the need
is sufficiently
urgent to create an emergency and that prompt
action is necessary.”
On July 17, the City of Portsmouth makes space