The Short Life of Old Portsmouth Armory
Coastal defenses historian Peter Payette details the life of Portsmouth armory (1916-2005)
Goodbye to Charles Bulfinch
The librarian could not let go of the Bulfinch legend.
Atlantic Heights was Architecture for the Poor
Like Portsmouth, no longer low-income, but still charming and neighborly
Portsmouth’s 1814 Brick Act Was an Unpopular Law
Even without the brick law, Portsmouth would likely look much as it does today
Unraveling the 1694 Murder of Ursula Cutt
What do two carved "putti" have to do with the murder of the wife of NH's first governor?
Teaching an Old Library New Tricks
Newington, NH, center looks much the same today, if you can find it.
Heavenly Days at the Hellish Portsmouth Naval Prison
Rod Watterson's "Whips to Walls" explored Portsmouth Naval Prison History
Poem: The Vane of the Old North Church
If weathervanes could talk by Charles Brewster
Why Portsmouth Went to Virginia in 1907
A copy of the Langdon Mansion went to Virginia in 1907--and stayed there.
Keys to Finding the First New Hampshire House
Despite new research, much of our early historians were wrong
What Happened to Portsmouth’s North End?
A neighborhood destroyed and largely undeveloped for 50 years
Captain Hull of Old Ironsides Jumpstarts Portsmouth Shipyard
From battle to a desk job, Isaac Hull changed the War of 1812