Point of Graves Burial Ground, Portsmouth

Name: Point of Graves Burial Ground
Address: Portsmouth, United States

#2 among attractions in Portsmouth

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Point of Graves Burial Ground, Portsmouth

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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. It is the oldest known surviving cemetery in Portsmouth, and one of the oldest in the state. It has about 125 gravestones. Previously neglected, it is now well maintained by the Mayor's Committee and the city. The cemetery plot was on a point of land that directly overlooked the Piscataqua River in earlier times. ()

Coordinates: 43°4'31"N, 70°45'3"W

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Portsmouth United States

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Point of Graves Burial Ground – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Strawbery Banke Museum, Portsmouth Athenæum, Wentworth-Gardner House, North Church.

~660 ftW
Museum, History museum, Historical place
Strawbery Banke Museum, Portsmouth
4 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.
~1850 ftW
Museum, Library, Art museum
Portsmouth Athenæum, Portsmouth
9 min walk • The Portsmouth Athenæum is an independent membership library, gallery, and museum in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States.
~380 ftSE
Museum, History museum, Historical place
Wentworth-Gardner House, Portsmouth
2 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.
~1880 ftW
Church
North Church, Portsmouth
10 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.
0.4 miW
Historical place, Memorial
African Burying Ground, Portsmouth
11 min walk • The Portsmouth African Burying Ground is a memorial park on Chestnut Street in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States. The memorial park sits on top of an 18th century gravesite containing almost two hundred freed and enslaved African people.
~750 ftN
Park, Garden, Theater
Prescott Park, Portsmouth
4 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.
0.4 miW
Music and shows, Nightlife, Theater
The Music Hall, Portsmouth
11 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.
0.5 miW
Museum, History museum, Historical place
John Paul Jones House, Portsmouth
13 min walk • The John Paul Jones House is a historic house at 43 Middle Street in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
~1240 ftNW
Museum, History museum, Historical place
MacPheadris–Warner House, Portsmouth
6 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.
~1450 ftW
Museum, History museum, Historical place
Governor John Langdon House, Portsmouth
7 min walk • The Governor John Langdon House, also known as Governor John Langdon Mansion, is a historic mansion house at 143 Pleasant Street in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States.
~1630 ftNW
Church
St. John's Church, Portsmouth
8 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.

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Nearby attractions include Wentworth-Gardner House, Portsmouth (2 min walk), The Players' Ring, Portsmouth (3 min walk), Strawbery Banke Museum, Portsmouth (4 min walk), Prescott Park, Portsmouth (4 min walk).