Benedict House (Portsmouth, New Hampshire)

Benedict House
Location 30 Middle St., Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Coordinates 43°4′31″N 70°45′41″W / 43.07528°N 70.76139°W / 43.07528; -70.76139Coordinates: 43°4′31″N 70°45′41″W / 43.07528°N 70.76139°W / 43.07528; -70.76139
Area 0.3 acres (0.12 ha)
Built 1811 (1811)
NRHP Reference # 73000168[1]
Added to NRHP May 11, 1973

The Benedict House is a historic house at 30 Middle Street in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The three story brick house was built sometime between 1810 and 1813 for Thomas Morton, a local merchant. The brick is laid in Flemish bond throughout, and its workmanship is of exceptionally high quality when compared to that of other period buildings in the city, and may have been an early work of locally noted builder Jonathan Folsom. Its construction just outside central Portsmouth also apparently kicked off a minor building boom of fashionable houses in the immediate area. The house was joined in 1954 to the adjacent Portsmouth Academy building when it housed the city's public library;[2] this complex is now home to Discover Portsmouth, a local tourism promotion organization.[3]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "NRHP nomination for Benedict House" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2014-06-12.
  3. ↑ "Building History". Discover Portsmouth. Retrieved 2014-06-12.

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