Joshua Wentworth House
Joshua Wentworth House | |
Formerly listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
Location | 119 Hanover Street, Portsmouth, New Hampshire |
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Coordinates | 43°04′39″N 70°45′37″W / 43.07748°N 70.76030°WCoordinates: 43°04′39″N 70°45′37″W / 43.07748°N 70.76030°W |
Built | 1770 |
Architectural style | Georgian |
NRHP reference No. | 71001097[1] |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | July 2, 1971[2] |
Removed from NRHP | 1975 |
The Joshua Wentworth House is an historic building in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, which was formerly listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
Description[]
The building, erected in 1770,[3] previously was located at 119 Hanover Street in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.[4][5] Joshua Wentworth (1742–c. 1809),[6] namesake of the house, was a grandson of John Wentworth (1671–1730), who had served as Lieutenant Governor for the Province of New Hampshire.[7] The house has similarities to the Gov. John Wentworth House and the Wentworth-Gardner House, both of which are also located in Portsmouth.[8]
In 1970, the organization overseeing the Strawbery Banke historic district in Portsmouth undertook an effort to save the house, as it was threatened with destruction as part of an urban renewal project.[8] Organizers initially planned to cut the house in half to relocate it,[8] and sought to raise $70,000 for the move.[9] The building itself was donated to Strawbery Banke, Inc.[10] While a move date of May 1971 was set,[10] that plan did not come to fruition. The house was subsequently listed in the National Register of Historic Places on July 2, 1971.[2]
In May 1973, due to logistical difficulties with potentially moving the house across the city of Portsmouth by land, the possibility of moving it on a barge via the Piscataqua River was considered.[11] The building, with an estimated weight of 190 short tons (170,000 kg) including its chimney, was moved the following month, with a signifiant part of the journey being on a barge.[12][13] The house was de-listed from the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.[14]
Since the move, the building has been located at 27 Hancock Street in Portsmouth.[6] The Strawbery Banke organization undertook a restoration effort on the house in 1980.[15] Work on the house yielded more insight about its history: originally built as a single-family house, it was converted into a duplex in 1820, and later served as a tenement, bakery, and finally as a newspaper office.[16] As of January 2018, the Joshua Wentworth House was privately owned.[17]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "PHA Seeks Funds for House Move". The Portsmouth Herald. Portsmouth, New Hampshire. September 16, 1972. p. 15. Retrieved December 27, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "Joshua Wentworth House" (PDF). Historic American Buildings Survey. 1937. Retrieved December 27, 2020 – via loc.gov.
- ^ "Portsmouth Home Has Rich History". The Telegraph. Nashua, New Hampshire. August 21, 1971. p. 11. Retrieved December 27, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "Pictures Of Portsmouth Houses Exhibited In U. S. Capitol Display". The Portsmouth Herald. Portsmouth, New Hampshire. July 28, 1937. p. 3. Retrieved December 27, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Campbell, Ron (October 3, 2012). "Colonel Joshua Wentworth House". Walk Portsmouth. Retrieved December 27, 2020 – via blogspot.com.
- ^ "Public Forum". The Portsmouth Herald. Portsmouth, New Hampshire. September 25, 1941. p. 4. Retrieved December 27, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Banke Makes Bid to Save Joshua Wentworth House". The Portsmouth Herald. Portsmouth, New Hampshire. November 28, 1970. p. 1. Retrieved December 27, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "Saving the Joshua Wentworth House". The Portsmouth Herald. Portsmouth, New Hampshire. February 18, 1971. p. 4. Retrieved December 27, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Banke to Move House May 15". The Portsmouth Herald. Portsmouth, New Hampshire. March 19, 1971. p. 1. Retrieved December 27, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "House May Be Floated Downriver". The Portsmouth Herald. Portsmouth, New Hampshire. May 5, 1973. p. 1. Retrieved December 27, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "House Rides The Piscataqua". The Portsmouth Herald. Portsmouth, New Hampshire. June 4, 1973. p. 1. Retrieved December 27, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "190 Tons". The Portsmouth Herald. Portsmouth, New Hampshire. June 4, 1973. p. 2. Retrieved December 27, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "Spreadsheet of Removed properties". NPS.gov. April 4, 2019. Retrieved January 8, 2021.
- ^ Whitney, D. Quincy (June 6, 1999). "The house detectives at work". The Boston Globe. p. NH9. Retrieved December 27, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ Whitney, D. Quincy (June 6, 1999). "Strawbery Banke teaches historic restoration". The Boston Globe. p. NH13. Retrieved December 27, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ Robinson, J. Dennis (January 11, 2018). "Historic Portsmouth: Where does history live?". seacoastonline.com. Retrieved December 28, 2020.
External links[]
- Colonel Joshua Wentworth House materials at the Library of Congress
- Joshua Wentworth House at strawberybanke.org (April 2001) via Wayback Machine
- Former National Register of Historic Places in New Hampshire
- Houses in Portsmouth, New Hampshire
- Houses completed in 1770
- 1770 establishments in New Hampshire
- Relocated houses