General Porter House
General Porter House | |
43°4′24″N 70°45′16″W / 43.07333°N 70.75444°W / 43.07333; -70.75444 | |
Area | 0.2 acres (0.081 ha) |
---|---|
Built | 1751 (1751) |
Architectural style | Georgian |
NRHP reference No. | 85003359[1] |
Added to NRHP | October 11, 1985 |
The General Porter House is a historic house at 32-34 Livermore Street in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Built about 1751, it is a well-preserved example of a Portsmouth gambrel-roofed double house, and has been home to a number of prominent individuals. Now housing residential condominiums, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[1]
Description and history
The General Porter House is located on the east side of Livermore Street, a short residential street facing Haven Park south of downtown Portsmouth. It is a 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure, with a gambrel roof and clapboarded exterior. A "Portsmouth double house", it is five bays wide and two deep, with additions on either side, and an ell to the rear. The main entrance is at the center of the facade, topped by a rounded pediment and flanked by pilasters. The roof is pierced by five dormers, all but the center one with gabled roofs. The center one matches the entry trim in having a rounded roof. The right-side projecting has a secondary entrance, also flanked by pilasters.[2]
The house was built c. 1751 by Matthew Livermore, who was New Hampshire's first formally-educated lawyer, and was a representative to New Hampshire's provisional government during the American Revolutionary War. The house has been moved twice, both times in the 19th century. Another major owner was Samuel Coues, a leader of the shipbuilding industry in Portsmouth during the 19th century, and leader of the American Peace Party in the 1840s. Its most recent notable resident was General Fitz John Porter, a United States Army general who served in the Mexican–American War and the American Civil War. The building was converted into condominiums in 1983, at which time the doorways were reconfigured, removing one in the left projection.[2]
See also
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b "NRHP nomination for General Porter House". National Park Service. Retrieved 2014-07-16.
- v
- t
- e
- Gov. John Langdon Mansion
- John Paul Jones House
- Josiah Bartlett House
- Ladd-Gilman House
- MacPheadris–Warner House
- Matthew Thornton House
- Moffatt-Ladd House
- Richard Jackson House
- Robert Frost Farm
- USS Albacore
- Wentworth–Coolidge Mansion
- Wentworth-Gardner House
- Atlantic Heights Development
- Deerfield Center Historic District
- East Derry Historic District
- Exeter Waterfront Commercial Historic District
- Front Street Historic District
- Highland Road Historic District
- Isles of Shoals‡
- Jewell Town District
- Little Boar's Head Historic District
- Newington Center Historic District
- Newmarket Industrial and Commercial Historic District
- Old Deerfield Center Historic District
- Portsmouth Downtown Historic District
- Portsmouth Parade Historic District
- Richman Margeson Estate
- Salem Common Historic District
- Scammon Farm Historic District
- Smith's Corner Historic District
- Strawbery Banke Historic District
- Town Center Historic District
- Wentworth-Gardner and Tobias Lear Houses
- Woodman Road Historic District
- Fort Constitution
- Old North Cemetery
- Plains Cemetery
† This entry has been removed from the registry.