Northeast

Portsmouth

Rockingham County, NH

Population

22,138

Walk Score

97 · Walker's Paradise

Median rent

$1,660

Median home value

$594,000

Settled

1630

Portsmouth is a city in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States. It had a population of 21,956 at the 2020 census. A historic seaport and popular summer tourist destination on the Piscataqua River bordering the state of Maine, Portsmouth was formerly the home of the Pease Air Force Base, since converted to Portsmouth International Airport at Pease.

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On the National Register

Historic districts

  • Atlantic Heights Development · listed 2006
  • Deer Street Archeological District
  • Dyer Foss Farm
  • Portsmouth Downtown Historic District · listed 2017
  • Strawbery Banke Historic District · listed 1975
  • Wentworth-Gardner and Tobias Lear Houses · listed 1979

Notable landmarks

  • Beck, Samuel, House · listed 1973
  • Benedict House · listed 1973
  • Deer Tavern Site
  • Fort Washington
  • Franklin Block · listed 1984
  • Freewill Baptist Church-Peoples Baptist Church-New Hope Church · listed 2003
  • Hart, Jeremiah, House · listed 1972
  • Hart, John, House · listed 1972
  • Hart, Phoebe, House · listed 1973
  • Hart/Shortridge Site
  • Hart-Rice House · listed 1972
  • Haven-White House · listed 1985
  • Jackson, Richard, House · listed 1968
  • Jones, John Paul, House · listed 1972
  • Langdon, Gov. John, Mansion · listed 1974
  • Larkin-Rice House · listed 1979
  • MacPheadris-Warner House · listed 1966
  • Moffatt-Ladd House · listed 1968
  • Neal, James, House · listed 1972
  • New Hampshire Bank Building · listed 1979
  • Nutter-Rymes House · listed 1972
  • Old North Cemetery · listed 1978
  • Pinkham, Daniel, House · listed 1972
  • Porter, General, House · listed 1985
  • Portsmouth Athenaeum · listed 1973
  • …and 16 more

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