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Richard Jackson was a woodworker, farmer, and mariner, and built the oldest portion of this house on his family's 25-acre (10 ha) plot, located on an inlet off the Piscataqua River, north of Portsmouth's central business district. Jackson's house resembles English post-medieval prototypes, but is notably American in its extravagant use of wood ...
The river runs southeastward, with New Hampshire to the south and west and Maine to the north and east, and empties into the Gulf of Maine east of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The last 6 miles (10 km) before the sea are known as Portsmouth Harbor and have a tidal current of around 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph). [1]
Portsmouth: Oldest surviving wooden house in New Hampshire, built 1664 46: Benjamin James House: Benjamin James House: March 13, 2002 : 186 Towle Farm Rd. Hampton: 47: Jewell Town District: Jewell Town District
The Atlantic Heights Development is a historic company-built worker subdivision in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.Bounded by I-95, the Piscataqua River, and the tracks of the Boston and Maine Railroad, this small neighborhood was built in 1918–1920 to meet housing demand for workers at the Atlantic Company Shipyard, located just to the south, and served as a prototype for later residential ...
Casey Anderson and his fiancée and restaurant manager, Halley Bushe, enjoy the Oar House deck, which overlooks the Piscataqua River in Portsmouth. The restaurant is celebrating its 50th ...
The Henry Sherburne House is a historic house at 62 Deer Street in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.Built about 1766, it is a well-preserved example of late Georgian architecture in the city, distinctive for its scrolled pediment entrance surrounded, the only in situ period example of its style.
Location: Bounded by Deer St., High St., the former location of School St., and a line running parallel to High St., Portsmouth, NH [1]: 5 Coordinates: a]: Architectural style: Greek Revival, Late Victorian, Federal: NRHP reference No.: 72001570: Significant dates; Added to NRHP: March 24, 1972 [1]: 18 : Removed from NRHP: 1999: The Portsmouth Parade Historic District is an area in Portsmouth ...
The Moffatt-Ladd House, also known as the William Whipple House, is a historic house museum and National Historic Landmark in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States.The 1763 Georgian house was the home of William Whipple (1730–1785), a Founding Father, a signer of the Declaration of Independence and Revolutionary War general.