Jeremiah Hart House

Coordinates: 43°4′43″N 70°45′36″W / 43.07861°N 70.76000°W

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Jeremiah Hart House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


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Location	The Hill, Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Coordinates	43°4′43″N 70°45′36″W / 43.07861°N 70.76000°W / 43.07861; -70.76000
Area	less than one acre
Architectural style	Georgian
NRHP reference No.	72000081^[1]
Added to NRHP	November 14, 1972

The Jeremiah Hart House is a historic house at The Hill in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Probably built in the late 18th century, it is a well-preserved example of a late Georgian urban residential structure. It was originally located on Deer Street, and was moved as part of a road widening project. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.^[1]

Description and history

The Jeremiah Hart House stands in The Hill, a cluster of closely spaced historic houses bounded on the north by Deer Street and the east by High Street at the northern edge of downtown Portsmouth. This grouping was created by a road widening project from houses originally located on or near Deer Street. This house stands near the center of the group, east of the Phoebe Hart House and north of the Hart-Rice House. It is a 2½ story wood-frame structure, with a side gable roof, clapboarded exterior, and central chimney. Its main facade is four bays wide, with asymmetrical placement of windows around a centered entrance. The entrance is the most elaborate element of the exterior, with pilasters, a transom window, entablature, and full gabled pediment. The interior of the building has a number of original features, including a narrow three-run staircase in the entrance vestibule.^[2]

This house was originally located on Deer Street, set on a narrow lot with its side facing the street. From its style it dates to the last quarter of the 18th century, and may have been built by Michael Whidden, a master builder who lived across the street from its original location.^[2] (Whidden's House was also moved onto The Hill.)

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ ^a ^b "NRHP nomination for Jeremiah Hart House". National Park Service. Retrieved 2014-06-18.

National Register of Historic Places in Rockingham County, New Hampshire

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Religious	Chester Congregational Church Danville Meetinghouse First Church First Universalist Church Freewill Baptist Church-Peoples Baptist Church-New Hope Church Fremont Meeting House Hampstead Meetinghouse New Castle Congregational Church Northwood Congregational Church Sanborn Seminary Sandown Old Meetinghouse Searles School and Chapel South Parish St. Andrew's-by-the-Sea St. John's Church Union Meetinghouse-Universalist Church Unitarian Church
Residential	Bartlett-Cushman House Benedict House Benjamin Franklin Prescott House Benjamin James House Capt. Jonathan Currier House Cornet Thomas Wiggin House Daniel Pinkham House Deacon Samuel and Jabez Lane Homestead Drake Farm Dudley House Edward Sewall Garrison Elijah Locke House Elm Farm Emery Farm Gen. Mason J. Young House General Porter House George Rogers House Gilman Garrison House Gov. John Wentworth House Gov. Meshech Weare House Greeley House Hart-Rice House Haven-White House Henry Sherburne House James Neal House Jeremiah Hart House John Crockett House John Elkins Farmstead John Hart House Joshua Wentworth House † Larkin-Rice House Maj. John Gilman House Moses-Kent House Nutter-Rymes House Parsons Homestead Phoebe Hart House Reuben Lamprey Homestead Rundlet-May House Samuel Beck House Samuel Tenney House Scamman Farm Shapley Town House Simeon P. Smith House Weeks House Whidden-Ward House
Transportation	Newington Railroad Depot Raymond Boston and Maine Railroad Depot Sandown Depot, Boston and Maine Railroad
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‡ This entry also has portions in an adjacent state.
† This entry has been removed from the registry.

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