John Paul Jones in Portsmouth
250 years later, we're still talking about his visit

250 years later, we're still talking about his visit

It may look like a church on a hill, but it's been recycled many times

For a quarter million dollars, he owned it all, or thought he did

A controversial North End hotel dig yields ground-breaking colonial history

After years of lawsuits, plans, and controversy--no progress yet.

Louis de Rochemont newsreels used fakery to dramatize facts

A lost 1969 interview reveals the candid opinions and emotions of the city's original preservationist


Through the American Revolution and into the 19th century

The life of the Portsmouth Academy building over 200 years

Treadwell and Wentworth mansions lost to history.

His manner was "lofty and sour," but he had great influence and skill.


