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Wentworth-Coolidge Mansion
392 Sagamore Ave, Portsmouth,
NH 3801
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USA
Latitude & Longitude:
43° 3' 39.492",
-70° 45' 14.1732"
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New Hampshire State
Historical Marker
Listed in the National Register of Historic Places |
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At the end of Little Harbour Road is the farm of Royal Governor Benning Wentworth (1696-1770). Appointed in 1741 by George II, Wentworth governed the province of New Hampshire for 25 years, promoting expansion as far west as
Bennington, in present-day Vermont. The Cushing family acquired the farm in 1816, and by the 1840's began to show the mansion as one of America's first historic houses open to the public. In 1886, John Templeman Coolidge (1856-1945) of Boston purchased the site for a summer home. In 1954, his widow, Mary Abigail Parsons Coolidge, donated it to the state of New Hampshire.
Wentworth-Coolidge Mansion was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on November 24, 1968.
| StoppingPoints.com Editorial on Wentworth-Coolidge Mansion: | | Located 2 mi. S of Portsmouth, off US 1A |
Last updated: 9/21/2011 11:05 |
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Wentworth-Coolidge Mansion Historical Marker Location Map, Portsmouth, New Hampshire
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