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Portsmouth - Historic sites


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Things to Do: Historic sites

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TripAdvisor Traveller Rating: 4 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #7 of 36 attractions in Portsmouth

View and visit some of the numerous buildings at this 10-acre outdoor museum that traces the history of this seaport town, with costumed interpreters providing demonstrations of trades and insights into earlier Portsmouth times.

Attraction type: Historic village; History museum
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TripAdvisor Traveller Rating: 4 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #16 of 36 attractions in Portsmouth

This 1758 colonial, gambrel-roofed house was the home of Revolutionary War naval hero John Paul Jones while in Portsmouth during the war, and now features a collection of furniture, toys, guns, canes and a historic garden.

Attraction type: Historic home
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TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #18 of 36 attractions in Portsmouth

The governor's mansion when Portsmouth was state capital in the 1700s, this historic 1718 house was the site of many important decisions about New Hampshires future.

Attraction type: Historic home
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TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #19 of 36 attractions in Portsmouth

An historic stop on the Portsmouth Harbor Trail that contains America's oldest working Brattle organ and a rare copy of the Vinegar Bible.

Attraction type: Cemetery; Religious site
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TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #20 of 36 attractions in Portsmouth

Many notable historic figures from pre-Revolution days rest here - governors, counselors and secretaries of the Province of New Hampshire.

Attraction type: Cemetery
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TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #21 of 36 attractions in Portsmouth

Originally built for a wealthy merchant family, and later the residence of one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, this splendid home features an elegant 18th-century garden, interesting carvings and much of the original furniture.

Attraction type: Historic home; Garden
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TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #22 of 36 attractions in Portsmouth

An historic attraction on the Portsmouth Harbor Trail that has interiors decorated by New England's renowned figurehead carvers.

Attraction type: Historic home
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The look and feel of colonial New Hampshire is still visible in the sloping roof of the Portsmouth's Jackson House, the oldest surviving wood frame house in New Hampshire and Maine.

Attraction type: Historic home
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