New Hampshire - Portsmouth - S. of Court St.

Portsmouth south of Court Street



Let's start with a photo of an iconic Portsmouth building. This stately building overlooks the South Mill Pond inlet from the Piscataqua River and resembles a state legislature or other government building. Surprise - it's a middle school. I've never looked up what the high school looks like, because I can only be disappointed.


East of there, on the south side of South Mill Pond, there are these old buildings that are now part of the City Hall complex. I can find no history of this smoke stack and whether it's original to this site or moved here to be next to the old building. For that matter, I don't even know what the building was. Power plant? But there's no flowing water.


Heading south on Washington Street from Court Street. All but the first photo are on the left.


The Leonard Cotton House (#144 on the right) claims to be built in 1747, but the "Walk Portsmouth" blog says 1789. Who to believe?


The first photo looks southwest from Washington Street at Hancock Street, and the second photo looks west along Gates Street. Turns out this very visible rectangle isn't even on Washington Street at all.


Leading up to Gates Street, where the second house is on the northwest corner.


Remaining photos at Washington and Gates Street: northeast, southwest, and southeast corners respectively.


Heading east on Gates Street, with a look south along Manning Street.


Up to Marcy Street. The last two houses are at the southwest and southeast corners.

The last house is the 1710 Tobias Langdon House. I swear one person designed and built the chimneys on every house in Portsmouth. He must have had a long life.


Continuing east along Gates Street to Mechanic Street and looking south.

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