Moffatt-Ladd House
Moffatt-Ladd House is a building in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 24, 1968.
Plan your visit
- Access
- Open to visitors
Source: Moffatt-Ladd House & Garden: https://www.moffattladd.org/visit · last verified November 1, 2026 - Location
- Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
- Official website
- See the official website
- Directions
- Get directions
National Register listing does not mean a place is open to the public. Parking and accessibility are shown only when verified.
About this place
Moffatt-Ladd House is open to visitors and run by Moffatt-Ladd House & Garden, according to its official visitor page (verified November 1, 2026). The National Park Service records its period of significance as 1750-1799, with significance in politics/government, architecture.
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. The house is now owned by the National Society of Colonial Dames in New Hampshire, and is open to the public.
Among the contents are Whipple's sword and other personal items, along with a portrait of him. Outside is a horse chestnut tree that Whipple planted in 1776 with seeds that he brought back from Philadelphia. The house was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1968.
Excerpt from the Wikipedia article, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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