After a dozen years, a newly revised and enlarged edition brings a Portsmouth classic back in print! A rare survivor of three centuries of urban change, with new emphasis on preservation and revitalization, Portsmouth, NH, is recognized today as one of the architectural treasures of New England. The evolution of its many neighborhoods, house types, building technologies, and related design ideas are all found in Building Portsmouth. Elaborate colonial and federal mansions, smaller dwellings of mariners and artisans, handsome Victorian suburbs, and housing for industrial workers are all documented here as part of the city's built fabric. Illustrated with both modern and historic photographs, maps and drawings, Building Portsmouth began in 1992 as a group project to bring the accumulated knowledge of many scholars under the editorial eye of architectural historian Richard M. Candee. This new and revised second edition captures research done in the intervening decade and corrects old errors. The book is redesigned to help all who are interested in how Portsmouth grew and changed to make connections with their city. It contains new information about historic homes in the South End, along South Street and out New Castle Avenue, expands on the rebuilding of the brick urban core and on new discoveries about the Edwardian summer colony along Little Harbor Road. Like the first edition, it will become a key to all those buying or restoring a building anywhere in the city.

Building Portsmouth: The Neighborhoods & Architecture of New Hampshire's Oldest City

History

Candee, Richard M.

Americas

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The business of naming is as old as language itself. The names a town bestows on its rivers and river banks, streets, buildings and other landmarks provide a window into the soul of that town, through the history it chooses to celebrate. In 1623, the first settlers arrived in what would one day be known as Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Native Americans in these parts already had a name for the swift flowing Piscataqua River. The settlers took over from there. Delighted with the vegetation they found, they named their new home Strawbery Banke. Join Portsmouth writer, artist and amateur historian Nancy Grossman for an informative and entertaining stroll through the town's historic South End and downtown, its Victorian neighborhoods and the newer streets of the 20th century - and beyond. 466 Streets, 253 Images, 16 Maps Meet a colorful array of Portsmouth's citizens - heroes, heroines, everyday folks and pillars of the community, even the odd scoundrel. Visitors from 'away' have made their mark too, but let there be no mistake - this is a Portsmouth story, through and through.

The Placenames of Portsmouth: Being an Anecdotal Stroll Through the Centuries And Neighborhoods of Portsmouth, New Hampshire (The Placenames of America)

Grossman, Nancy Wright

Book by Friends of the Rice Public Library

Kittery - Gateway to Maine: A History & Guidebook to Kittery And Kittery Point

Travel

Friends of the Rice Public Library

United States

'Sarah-Her Story' is a story of change and transition in America, and how they affected the life of one woman, Sarah Parker Rice Goodwin (1805-1896), a native of Portsmouth, New Hampshire and wife of New Hampshire's Civil War governor. Based on memoirs that she titled, 'Pleasant Memories,' her daily journals and other family correspondence, Sarah chronicles the many events, innovations and ideas that arose during her life and the impact they had on the city of Portsmouth during this pivotal period in American history. As the wife of the governor of New Hampshire at the outset of the Civil War, Sarah knew, hosted and commented on many of the prominent players on the world stage. Contains black-and-white illustrations. Includes Bibliography and Index.

Sarah: Her Story; The Life Story of Sarah Parker Rice Goodwin, Wife of Ichabod Goodwin, New Hampshire's Civil War Governor

Biographies & Memoirs

Kelly, Margaret Whyte

Memoirs

A comprehensive guidebook including the history of Portsmouth from its beginning in 1623. All the information about tours, cruises, art galleries, theatre, dining, shopping lodging, places of worship, rentals and other local events. Two walking tours from Market Square. Includes local cuisine recipies. Maps and lots of photos.

Portsmouth 2007-2008: New Hampshire's Colonial Capital - A History & Guidebook

Join the Old Berwick Historical Society for a stroll along South Berwick's village streets and country roads. From the Point to Tatnic, from Dunnybrook to Agamenticus Estates, along Witchtrot and down Oldfields Roads, each page is loaded with facts, stories, and picturesque descriptions by local authors Sarah Orne Jewett and Gladys Hasty Carroll.The archives of the Counting House Museum provide hundreds of maps, photos, drawings and anecdotes, detailing: old railroad stations and trolley stops , one room schoolhouses, Civil War soldiers, historic farms, landmark trees, plants and wildlife, country and village churches, Native Americans, cemeteries and burial plots, immigrants and factory workers , gundalow landings , water powered mills, South Berwick's tall ships, veterans - from the Revolution to Vietnam, and much, much moreCheck out your street, the roads you drive to work and your favorite spots in town - and find out what happened there!You won't find a more historic walkable village in New England than South Berwick. Now you can find everything when you get there with this much-needed, carefully researched guide." - J. Dennis Robinson, SeacoastNH.com

The Placenames Of South Berwick (Placenames of America)

Old Berwick Historical Society

In Beyond Beautiful, volume one of The Song Trilogy, rock stars Jenna Bradford and Scott Tenny managed to find love-perhaps the truest love either had ever experienced-in spite of the chaos of the worlds in which they lived. Hardly youngsters, these two arrived at the doors of love with complicated pasts and emotional baggage that would leave the sturdiest Cupid staggering. Through a year filled with more loss and grief than most face in a lifetime, these two titans of music prospered, grew close and closer yet. As they mingled their voices, to the wild delight of their fans, they began to build something new and strong from the strengths they both possessed. And when we left them at the lake, autumn's radiance bringing to a close a summer of mending and new memories, a life they had both created was just making its tiny presence known . . . Rejoin Jenna and Scott as their frenzied lives careen off in new and equally unexpected directions, as they continue their struggle to attain a life and happiness together each so richly deserves, one where bitter, difficult truths can be eclipsed by Sweet Emotions.

Sweet Emotions

Romance

Bornstein, Jan

Contemporary

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