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Moffatt-Ladd House and Garden

Historic Sites, Attractions, Museums

(603) 436-8221 (Office): 603-430-7968

154 Market Street, Portsmouth, NH 03801

A National Historic Landmark, the Moffatt-Ladd House is one of America's finest Georgian mansions, built for merchant John Moffatt between 1760 and 1763. The grounds also feature one of the region's finest gardens.

Jackson House

Historic Sites, Attractions

(603) 436-3205

76 Northwest Street, Portsmouth, NH 03801

The oldest surviving wood frame house in New Hampshire and Maine, Jackson House was built by Richard Jackson in 1664.

St. John’s Episcopal Church

Historic Sites, Attractions

(603) 436-8283

101 Chapel St, Portsmouth, NH 03801-3894

One of the state’s most historic churches, St. John’s stands on a hill overlooking Bow Street. The church houses the oldest operating pipe organ in...

Warner House

Historic Sites

(603) 436-8420

150 Daniel St., Portsmouth, NH 03801

Perhaps the finest brick residence of the first quarter of the eighteenth century left in New England.

Market Square

Historic Sites, Attractions

The economic and commercial center of Portsmouth since the mid-1700s.

North Church

Historic Sites

(603) 436-8220

2 Congress St., Portsmouth, NH 03801

North Church, constructed in 1854 to replace a meeting house built in 1713, dominates the eastern side of Market Square and can be seen from almost anywhere in the city.

Wentworth-Gardner House

Historic Sites, Museums

(603) 436-4406

50 Mechanic Street, Portsmouth, NH 03801

Built at the edge of the Piscataqua River in 1760, the Wentworth-Gardner House has been called "the most perfect specimen of Georgian architecture in this country."

John Paul Jones House

Historic Sites, Attractions, Museums

(603) 436-8420

43 Middle St., Portsmouth, NH 03801

Portsmouth Black Heritage Trail

Historic Sites, Attractions

603-570-8469

222 Court St., Portsmouth, NH 03801

Strawbery Banke Museum

Historic Sites, Attractions, Museums

(603) 433-1100

14 Hancock St., Portsmouth, NH