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In 1646 Wheelwright left Wells for Hampton, New Hampshire, but Wentworth stayed a few years beyond that, until late 1649, when he made his final move to Dover, New Hampshire. [7] He settled in the central part of the town that was given the name Cochecho, after an earlier trading post that had been established there at Cochecho Falls. [8]
1675 William Damm Garrison, one of the oldest intact garrison houses in the state, as well as the oldest house in Dover and one of the oldest houses in New Hampshire. The museum's campus now includes three brick houses of Federal style architecture, one of which is the former home of noted abolitionist Senator John P. Hale.
The Wentworth-Gardner House is a 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-story wood-frame house that was built in 1760 by Mark Hunking Wentworth, one of New Hampshire's wealthiest merchants and landowners, as a wedding present for his son Thomas. [3] The exterior of its main facade is flushboarded with corner quoining, giving it the appearance of masonry construction.
John Wentworth (January 16, 1671 – December 12, 1730) was an American politician, judge and colonial administrator who served as the lieutenant governor of New Hampshire from 1717 to 1730. [ 1 ] [ 2 ]
Oldest church building in New Hampshire James House Hampton 1723 First period house, dated by dendrochronology [6] Jaquith House (Farley Garrison House) Gilmanton: c.1725 [7] Building was moved to NH from Billerica, Massachusetts, in 2010. Once thought to date from 1665; architectural survey estimates c.1725 Newington Old Parsonage: Newington
Governor Wentworth Historic Site is a 96-acre (0.39 km 2) protected area in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire. [4] The undeveloped property features a plaque and the stone remains of an extensive northern country estate built just before the outbreak of the American Revolution by New Hampshire's second Royal Governor, John Wentworth.
New Hampshire officials reported the 911 emergency calling system was restored and functioning properly Friday morning after an outage. ... which includes Wentworth-Douglass Hospital of Dover ...
The Wentworth Lear Historic Houses [2] (formerly Wentworth-Gardner & Tobias Lear Historic House Association) are a pair of adjacent historic houses on the south waterfront in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Both buildings and an 18th-century warehouse were owned by the Wentworth Lear Historic Houses and were operated as a house museum.