Discover a kinship
with Portsmouth’s past
in nine, centuries-old
historic houses,
some of the
most important in America.

Within these architectural treasures,
a multitude of rooms with authentic
antique furnishings reveal
poignant stories of family life in a
thriving seaport community.

Seafaring merchants,
enterprising women,
military heroes, politicians,
skilled craftsmen,
domestic servants,
Blacks, and new immigrants
are some of the characters
in the stories of these houses.