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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 ...
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 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 is located at the northern end of New Hampshire's short seacoast, and is bounded on the north by the Piscataqua River and on the east by the island community of New Castle. Its downtown area is roughly bounded on the north and south by mill ponds, and is where the town was first settled in 1630.
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 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.
PORTSMOUTH — The landmark Custom House has been put up for sale, less than two years after being purchased by a New Hampshire real estate development and investment company.. Book & Bar is among ...
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.