National Register of Historic Places

Wentworth-Gardner and Tobias Lear Houses

Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
Listed
October 30, 1979
Type
District
Period
Listed
Ref No.
79000319

About this property

The Wentworth Lear Historic Houses (formerly Wentworth-Gardner & Tobias Lear Historic House Association) are a pair of adjacent historic houses on the south waterfront in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Both buildings and an 18th-century warehouse were owned by the Wentworth Lear Historic Houses and were operated as a house museum. Only the Wentworth-Gardner house is a museum. They are located at the corner of Mechanic and Gardner Streets. The two houses, built c. 1750–60, represent a study in contrast between high-style and vernacular Georgian styling. The Wentworth-Gardner House is a National Historic Landmark, and the houses are listed as the Wentworth-Gardner and Tobias Lear Houses on the National Register of Historic Places.

Location

Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
43.07441, -70.75007

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Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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When was Wentworth-Gardner and Tobias Lear Houses listed on the National Register?

Wentworth-Gardner and Tobias Lear Houses was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 30, 1979.

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Wentworth-Gardner and Tobias Lear Houses is classified as a district in the National Register of Historic Places.

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