Samuel Badger Monument, Kittery

Name: Samuel Badger Monument
Address: Kittery, United States

#6 among attractions in Kittery

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The Samuel Badger Monument is one of the most distinctive examples of funerary art in the United States state of Maine. Located in a small private cemetery in Kittery, it depicts the locally important shipbuilding magnate Samuel Badger. The monument was designed by David M. French of Newmarket, New Hampshire, and was completed in 1858. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. ()

Coordinates: 43°5'12"N, 70°44'42"W

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Kittery United States

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Samuel Badger Monument – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Point of Graves Burial Ground, Strawbery Banke Museum, Portsmouth Athenæum, Wentworth-Gardner House.

0.8 miS
Cemetery
Point of Graves Burial Ground, Portsmouth
22 min walk • Point of Graves Burial Ground is a small historic cemetery in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, dating to the 17th century. It was the final resting place for many of Portsmouth's prominent residents including the Wentworth family, the Vaughan family, the Rogers, and the Lears.
0.8 miSW
Museum, History museum, Historical place
Strawbery Banke Museum, Portsmouth
22 min walk • Strawbery Banke is an outdoor history museum located in the South End historic district of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. It is the oldest neighborhood in New Hampshire to be settled by Europeans, and the earliest neighborhood remaining in the present-day city of Portsmouth.
0.9 miSW
Museum, Library, Art museum
Portsmouth Athenæum, Portsmouth
24 min walk • The Portsmouth Athenæum is an independent membership library, gallery, and museum in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States.
0.9 miS
Museum, History museum, Historical place
Wentworth-Gardner House, Portsmouth
23 min walk • 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.
0.9 miSW
Church
North Church, Portsmouth
25 min walk • The North Church of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States, is a historic Congregational church located in Market Square. Sited directly across from the Portsmouth Athenæum, it features an Italianate edifice and a steeple visible from most of the city, the Piscataqua River, and communities on its western bank in Maine.
0.7 miSW
Park, Garden, Theater
Prescott Park, Portsmouth
19 min walk • Prescott Park is a ten-plus acre waterfront park in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States. The land was purchased in the 1930s by two sisters, Josie and Sarah Prescott.
1.1 miSW
Music and shows, Nightlife, Theater
The Music Hall, Portsmouth
27 min walk • The Music Hall is an 895-seat theater located at 28 Chestnut Street in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, in the United States. Built in 1878, The Music Hall claims to be the oldest operating theater in New Hampshire and the 14th oldest in the United States.
0.9 miSW
Museum, History museum, Historical place
Moffatt-Ladd House, Portsmouth
24 min walk • 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, a signer of the Declaration of Independence and Revolutionary War general.
0.8 miSW
Museum, History museum, Historical place
MacPheadris–Warner House, Portsmouth
21 min walk • The Warner House, formerly known as the MacPheadris–Warner House, is a historic house museum at 150 Daniel Street in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States. Built 1716–1718, it is the oldest, urban brick house in northern New England, and is one of the finest early-Georgian brick houses in New England.
0.8 miSW
Church
St. John's Church, Portsmouth
21 min walk • St. John's Church is a historic church at 101 Chapel Street in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States. The brick building was designed by Alexander Parris and built in 1807; it was the first brick church in the state of New Hampshire, and is a rare surviving early design by Parris.
0.8 miSW
Concerts and shows, Theater
The Players' Ring, Portsmouth
21 min walk • The Players' Ring Theatre is a theater located in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States. The black box theater has a seating capacity of 75.

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Nearby attractions include Mark F. and Eliza J. Wentworth House, Kittery (3 min walk), Robert and Louisa Traip House, Kittery (3 min walk), Rice Public Library, Kittery (4 min walk), John Paul Jones Memorial Park, Kittery (8 min walk).

Samuel Badger Monument, Kittery

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Samuel Badger Monument – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

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