Wentworth-Gardner House, Portsmouth

Name: Wentworth-Gardner House
Address: 51 Hunking St, Portsmouth, 03801-4613, United States
Telephone: +1 603-661-4117

#7 among attractions in Portsmouth

Museum, History museum, Top attraction, Historical place

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The Wentworth Lear Historic Houses are a pair of adjacent historic houses on the south waterfront in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Both buildings and an 18th-century warehouse are owned by the Wentworth Lear Historic Houses and are operated as a house museum. They are located at the corner of Mechanic and Gardner Streets. The two houses, built c. 1750–60, represent a study in contrast between high-style and vernacular Georgian styling. The Wentworth-Gardner House is a National Historic Landmark, and the houses are listed as the Wentworth-Gardner and Tobias Lear Houses on the National Register of Historic Places. ()

Built: 1760 (264 years ago)Coordinates: 43°4'28"N, 70°45'1"W

Address

51 Hunking StPortsmouth 03801-4613 United States

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+1 603-661-4117

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Wentworth-Gardner House – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Wentworth by the Sea, Point of Graves Burial Ground, Strawbery Banke Museum, Portsmouth Athenæum.

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Hotel, Spa, Golf
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Cemetery
Point of Graves Burial Ground, Portsmouth
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Church
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~1130 ftNW
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Nearby attractions include Point of Graves Burial Ground, Portsmouth (2 min walk), The Players' Ring, Portsmouth (5 min walk), Strawbery Banke Museum, Portsmouth (5 min walk), Prescott Park, Portsmouth (6 min walk).