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The Portsmouth Athenæum is an independent membership library, gallery, and museum in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States.It preserves and provides access to an extensive collection of manuscripts, rare books, photographs, artworks and artifacts, and digital collections related to local history and genealogy, in addition to a circulating library for its membership.
Strawbery Banke is an outdoor history museum located in the South End historic district of Portsmouth, New Hampshire.It is the oldest neighborhood in New Hampshire to be settled by Europeans, and the earliest neighborhood remaining in the present-day city of Portsmouth.
The Portsmouth Downtown Historic District encompasses the historic urban core of Portsmouth, New Hampshire.With a history dating to the 17th century, Portsmouth was New Hampshire's principal seaport and the center of its economy for many decades, and the architecture of its urban center is reflective of nearly four centuries of history.
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 ...
Portsmouth is a city in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States.At the 2020 census it had a population of 21,956. [2] A historic seaport and popular summer tourist destination on the Piscataqua River bordering the state of Maine, Portsmouth was formerly the home of the Strategic Air Command's Pease Air Force Base, since converted to Portsmouth International Airport at Pease.
The South Meetinghouse is a historic ward hall at 260 Marcy Street (corner of Meeting House Hill) in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Completed in 1866, it is one of the city's finest examples of Italianate architecture, and a rare surviving example of a 19th-century ward hall. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in ...
The Rockingham Hotel is a historic former hotel and contemporary condominium at 401 State Street in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States.Built in 1885, it is a prominent early example of Colonial Revival architecture, built in part in homage to Woodbury Langdon, whose 1785 home occupied the site.
Portsmouth Public Library is the public library of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Established in 1896, the library's mission is to provide popular media materials to the public as well as to supply information and access to reference works.