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The house was erroneously believed to be the oldest house in New
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38:U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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388:National Register of Historic Places
306:National Register of Historic Places
218:National Register of Historic Places
557:Portsmouth Parade Historic District
536:Newington Center Historic District
495:Deerfield Center Historic District
329:G. Newton Weeks (March 18, 1975).
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490:Atlantic Heights Development
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1080:Armstrong Memorial Building
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123:Greenland, New Hampshire
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779:St. Andrew's-by-the-Sea
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563:Richman Margeson Estate
463:Wentworth-Gardner House
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955:Joshua Wentworth House
860:Edward Sewall Garrison
810:Bartlett-Cushman House
744:Hampstead Meetinghouse
433:Matthew Thornton House
230:New Hampshire Route 33
169:2 acres (0.81 ha)
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1100:Kensington Town House
1021:Simeon P. Smith House
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925:Henry Sherburne House
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648:North Hampton Library
443:Richard Jackson House
418:Josiah Bartlett House
413:John Paul Jones House
311:National Park Service
266:Boston, Massachusetts
206:historic house museum
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840:Daniel Pinkham House
825:Benjamin James House
678:Smyth Public Library
526:Jewell Town District
200:, also known as the
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1006:Samuel Tenney House
940:John Crockett House
935:Jeremiah Hart House
890:George Rogers House
663:Portsmouth Athenæum
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875:Emery Farm
850:Drake Farm
284:References
262:Portsmouth
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