John Paul Jones House - Portsmouth N.H.

Harbour Trail Map
Section III:
State Street
to Haymarket Square
and Congress Street

Approx 0.5 miles, 1 hour

1 & 2. Market Square and North Church 52. South Church 53. State Street
54. Abraham Shaw House
55. Rockingham Hotel 56. Haymarket Square
57. John Peirce Mansion
58. Rundlet-May House 59. Langley Boardman House
60. John Paul Jones
House 61. Portsmouth Library
62. Islington Street
63. North Cemetery
64. Richard Jackson
House 65. Congress Street
66. YMCA
67. Kearsarge House
68. The Music Hall 69. Franklin Block
70. National Block
71. Faye Block

The John Paul Jones House

The John Paul Jones House
Morang

Godfrey Purcel's widow boarded John Paul Jones in this building, built in 1761, while his ships Ranger (1777) and America (1781) were outfitted at the Langdon yards. Often featured in Sears paint commercials, the building has been home to the Portsmouth Historical Society since 1922.

A quarter mile out Maplewood Avenue: 1664 Richard Jackson House

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