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Rundlet-May House stands in what is now a predominantly residential area south of downtown Portsmouth, on the west side of Middle Street, a busy north–south road. It is a three-story wood-frame structure, topped by a low-pitch hip roof surrounded by a wooden balustrade. It is finished in wooden
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The house was built in 1807 by James
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