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South Meeting House, Meeting House Hill, facing Marcy Street, Portsmouth, Rockingham County, NH

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South Meeting House, Meeting House Hill, facing Marcy Street, Portsmouth, Rockingham County, NH

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Summary

Significance: This is one of the landmarks of Portsmouth. It replaced the Old South Meeting House built in 1731, which was demolished in 1863. Its steeple can bee seen by mariners far at sea, and was their guide for entering Portsmouth Harbor.
Survey number: HABS NH-105
Building/structure dates: 1866 Initial Construction

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Date

1933 - 1970
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Contributors

Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Fenwick, Marston, field team
Vaughan, Dorothy M, historian
Boucher, Jack E, photographer
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Location

Portsmouth43.07395, -70.75121
Google Map of 43.0739491, -70.7512113
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Library of Congress
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No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html

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