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Portsmouth’s most popular
attraction is Strawbery Banke,
a 10-acre (4-ha) site near the
water front located at the very
spot at which Portsmouth was
founded. This outdoor museum
contains more than 40 buildings
that depict life from 1695 to 1954.
Many buildings are set amid
gardens cultivated according
to their eras, from early pioneer
Portsmouth’s Market Street, a favorite with tourists herb gardens to formal Victorian
flowerbeds. The houses open
such as Andrew Wyeth (1917– boutiques and restaurants, to the public are furnished in
2009) and Georgia O’Keeffe are in the downtown core, period style and contain
(1887–1986). Also part of the especially along Market Street. interesting collections of
museum is the Zimmerman Historic houses and gardens decorative arts and ceramics.
House. The single-story home can also be found along the The Jones House, a 1790
with its elegant exterior was Portsmouth Harbor Trail, structure, has activities for
built in 1950 by the pioneering a walking tour of the Historic children. The elegant 1760s
American architect Frank Lloyd District. Especially worth Chase House is furnished with
Wright. He also designed the visiting is the elegant 1763 sumptuous pieces from several
furniture now displayed within Moffatt-Ladd House on Market periods, while the Sherburne
the house. Street, one of the earliest House, built in 1695, now serves
The only indoor mall in examples of the Federal style as an exhibit on 17th-century
the state is the Mall of New of architecture. The Wentworth- house design and construction.
Hampshire in Manchester. Gardner House on Mechanic In the Dinsmore Shop, built in
Street, is regarded as one of the 1800, visitors can watch a cooper
E Currier Museum of Art finest examples of Georgian making barrels and casks.
150 Ash St. Tel (603) 669-6144. architecture in the country. Strawbery Banke also has the
Open 11am–5pm Mon, Wed–Fri & Both houses have beautiful Colonial Revival Aldrich Garden,
Sun, 10am–5pm Sat. & 8 7 = interiors and are open to planted with flowers mentioned
- ∑ currier.org visitors in summer and fall. in the poetry of Portsmouth
A popular destination in native Thomas Bailey Aldrich.
summer is Water Country, which On Sundays from June through
b Portsmouth has a huge wave pool, a pirate October an open market is held
ship, and a man-made lagoon. on Puddle Dock.
* 26,000. k @ 10 Ladd St. n 500
Market St or Market Sq, (603) 610-5510. Interactive exhibits are the E Children’s Museum of
( mid-May–Oct: 8:30am–1pm daily. highlight of the Children’s
_ Market Square Day (Jun), Prescott Museum of New Hampshire, New Hampshire
Park Arts Festival (Jul–Aug daily). where children can interact 6 Washington St, Dover. Tel (603) 742-
∑ goportsmouthnh.com with a sound sculpture or 2002. Open 10am–5pm Tue–Sat (also
command a submarine. Visitors Mon in summer), noon–5pm Sun. &
Girded by the Piscataqua River can explore the real thing at 7 ∑ childrens-museum.org
and North and South Mill ponds, Albacore Park where a sleek E Strawbery Banke
Portsmouth is a historic town, submarine, the USS Albacore, is Marcy St. Tel (603) 433-1100.
compact enough to be explored on display. When it was built in Open check for hours. & 7 limited
on foot. Established in 1623, 1953, it was the fastest access to some buildings. 0 - =
it became a prosperous hub underwater vessel of its kind. ∑ strawberybanke.org
of maritime commerce by the
18th century. It was also a
hotbed of revolutionary fervor,
and the place where the
Colonial naval hero John Paul
Jones (1747–92) took command
of the warship Ranger. During
the American Revolution,
Jones led several raids along
the British coast, for which he
was awarded a gold medal
by Congress.
A number of Portsmouth’s
historic buildings, many of which
have been turned into Inside lavishly furnished Chase House, Strawbery Banke, in Portsmouth

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