Historic places in Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Portsmouth in Rockingham County has 43 properties on the National Register of Historic Places: 37 buildings, 4 districts, 1 structure, 1 site. The first was listed in 1966 and the most recent in 2026. The most common areas of significance here are architecture, commerce, community planning and development. 8 are National Historic Landmarks: Langdon, Gov. John, Mansion, Moffatt-Ladd House, USS ALBACORE, Wentworth-Coolidge Mansion, Jackson, Richard, House, Jones, John Paul, House, MacPheadris-Warner House, Wentworth-Gardner House. Open to visitors: Langdon, Gov. John, Mansion, Moffatt-Ladd House, USS ALBACORE, Wentworth-Coolidge Mansion, Portsmouth Athenaeum, Strawbery Banke Historic District.
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Langdon, Gov. John, Mansion
The Governor John Langdon House, also known as Governor John Langdon Mansion, is a historic mansion house at 143 Pleasant Street in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States. [Wikipedia]
143 Pleasant St. · NPS record #74000197
Moffatt-Ladd House (also William Whipple House)
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. [Wikipedia]
154 Market St. · NPS record #68000010
USS ALBACORE
USS Albacore (AGSS-569) is a retired, unique research submarine that pioneered the American version of the teardrop hull form, sometimes called an "Albacore hull", of modern submarines. [Wikipedia]
Portsmouth Maritime Museum · NPS record #89001077
Wentworth-Coolidge Mansion (also Benning Wentworth Mansion)
Wentworth–Coolidge Mansion is a 40-room clapboard house which was built as the home, offices and working farm of colonial Governor Benning Wentworth of New Hampshire. [Wikipedia]
2 mi. S of Portsmouth, off US 1A · NPS record #68000011
Jackson, Richard, House
The Richard Jackson House is a historic house in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #68000009
Jones, John Paul, House (also Purcell--Jones--Langdon House)
Now a historic house museum and a National Historic Landmark, it is where American Revolutionary War naval hero John Paul Jones, resided from 1781 to 1782 when it was operated as a boarding house. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #72000084
MacPheadris-Warner House (also The Warner House)
Built 1716–1718, it is the oldest, urban brick house in northern New England, and is one of the finest early-Georgian brick houses in New England. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #66000028
Wentworth-Gardner House
The house is operated as a museum by the Wentworth-Gardner Historic House Association. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #68000012
Portsmouth Athenaeum (also New Hampshire Fire and Marine Insurance Company Office)
The Portsmouth Athenæum is an independent membership library, gallery, and museum in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States. [Wikipedia]
9 Market Sq. · NPS record #73000171
Strawbery Banke Historic District
Strawbery Banke is an outdoor history museum located in the South End historic district of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. [Wikipedia]
Bounded by Court and Marcy Sts. and both sides of Hancock and Washington Sts. · NPS record #75000236
Atlantic Heights Development
The Atlantic Heights Development is a historic company-built worker subdivision in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. [Wikipedia]
Concord, Crescent, Falkland, Kearsarge, Porpoise, Preble, Raleigh and Saratoga Ways · NPS record #06000869
Beck, Samuel, House
Built about 1761, it is a well-preserved example of late colonial architecture with an early Federal period door surround. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #73000167
Benedict House (also Thomas W. Penhallow House)
Built in 1810–1813, it is a fine example of Federal style architecture, and may be an early work of the noted local builder Jonathan Folsom. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #73000168
Boardman, Langley, House
Town-level location only · NPS record #100012683
Franklin Block (also The Franklin Buildings)
The Franklin Block is a historic commercial building at 75 Congress Street in downtown Portsmouth, New Hampshire. [Wikipedia]
75 Congress St. · NPS record #84003228
Freewill Baptist Church-Peoples Baptist Church-New Hope Church (also The Pearl of Portsmouth; The Pearl Street Church)
The Freewill Baptist Church—Peoples Baptist Church—New Hope Church is a historic structure built in 1868 located at 45 Pearl Street in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. [Wikipedia]
45 Pearl St. · NPS record #03000925
Hart, Jeremiah, House
The Jeremiah Hart House is a historic house at The Hill in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #72000081
Hart, John, House
Built in the late 18th century, this comparatively modest house exhibits stylistic changes reflective of architectural trends up to the mid 19th century. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #72000082
Hart, Phoebe, House
The Phoebe Hart House is a historic house at The Hill in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA. Built about 1808–10, it is a well-preserved example of a middle-class urban Federal style house. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #73000170
Hart-Rice House
Built sometime between 1749 and 1756, it is a little-altered example of Georgian architecture with only modest Federal period alterations. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #72000083
Haven-White House (also Joseph Haven House)
Built about 1800 for a prosperous merchant, it is an important early example of the city's Federal architecture, with numerous high-quality interior features, and a rare surviving period stable. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #85001195
Larkin-Rice House (also Larkin--Ladd House)
Built c. 1813–15, it is a distinctive example of Federal period architecture, notable for its facade, which has five Palladian windows. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #79000205
Neal, James, House
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #72000112
New Hampshire Bank Building (also Portsmouth Savings Bank; First National Bank Building)
The New Hampshire Bank Building is a historic commercial building at 22-26 Market Square, Portsmouth, New Hampshire. [Wikipedia]
22--26 Market Sq. · NPS record #79000207
Nutter-Rymes House
Built in 1809, it is an unusual double house with an arched carriageway in the middle, and an important surviving early example of urban residential design in the city. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #72000085
Old North Cemetery
Old North Cemetery is a historic cemetery on Maplewood Avenue in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. [Wikipedia]
Maplewood Ave. · NPS record #78000218
Pinkham, Daniel, House
Built c. 1813–15, it is one of the finest Federal period houses surviving on the city's north side. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #72000086
Porter, General, House (also Livermore,Matthew,House)
Built about 1751, it is a well-preserved example of a Portsmouth gambrel-roofed double house, and has been home to a number of prominent individuals. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #85003359
Portsmouth Cottage Hospital (also Portsmouth Hospital)
The Portsmouth Cottage Hospital was the first hospital built in the city of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #96000954
Portsmouth Downtown Historic District
The Portsmouth Downtown Historic District encompasses the historic urban core of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. [Wikipedia]
Address not published · NPS record #16000820
Portsmouth Public Library (also Portsmouth Academy)
The Portsmouth Academy building is a historic academic and civic building at 8 Islington Street in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. [Wikipedia]
8 Islington St. · NPS record #73000172
Rockingham Hotel (also The Rockingham House; The Rockingham)
The Rockingham Hotel is a historic former hotel and contemporary condominium at 401 State Street in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States. [Wikipedia]
401 State St. · NPS record #82001693
Rogers, George, House
Probably built about 1839, it was home to a prominent local brickmaker, and forms a significant part of the landscape around the adjacent Richard Jackson House (c. 1690, now a National Historic Landmark). [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #76000132
Rundlet-May House
Built in 1807, it is a well-preserved example of a high-end Federal style mansion, built for a wealthy merchant. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #76000133
Shapley Town House (also Reuben Shapley House)
Built about 1815, it is unusual in the city as a particularly well-preserved example of a Federal period double house. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #73000173
Sherburne, Henry, House (also Richard Shortridge House)
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. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #72000087
Smith, Simeon P., House
Built in 1810–11, it is a fine example of a Federal-style duplex, built for a local craftsman, and one of a modest number of such houses to survive a devastating fire in 1813. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #72000088
South Meetinghouse (also South Ward Room)
The South Meetinghouse is a historic ward hall at 260 Marcy Street (corner of Meeting House Hill) in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. [Wikipedia]
Marcy St. and Meeting House Hill · NPS record #82001695
South Parish (also South Unitarian Universalist Church)
South Parish is the historic name of a church at 292 State Street in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, in the United States. [Wikipedia]
292 State St. · NPS record #79000210
St. John's Church
St. [Wikipedia]
105 Chapel St. · NPS record #78000417
Wentworth, Gov. John, House (also John Fisher House)
The Mark Wentworth House, and also known as the Gov. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #73000175
Wentworth-Gardner and Tobias Lear Houses (also See Also:Wentworth--Gardner House)
The Wentworth Lear Historic Houses (formerly Wentworth-Gardner & Tobias Lear Historic House Association) are a pair of adjacent historic houses on the south waterfront in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. [Wikipedia]
Mechanic and Gardner Sts. · NPS record #79000319
Whidden-Ward House (also Michael Whidden House)
Probably built in the late 1720s, it is a well-preserved example of Georgian architecture. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #71000077
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