Portsmouth Athenaeum

  • Also Known As: New Hampshire Fire and Marine Insurance Company Office

  • Address: 9 Market Sq
  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Building


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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1805/00/00 Bradbury Johnson Architect Portsmouth Athenaeum built as the New Hampshire Fire and Marine Insurance Company Office in 1805.
1823/00/00 Portsmouth Athenaeum takes over the offices of the New Hampshire Fire and Marine Insurance Company Office
1872/05/18 Arabella Rice Benefactor Arabella Rice, through her will, leaves $3,000 to the Portsmouth Athenaeum

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Particulars for Portsmouth Athenaeum:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Sight Category Building
Area of Significance Business
Historic Use Clubhouse
Area of Significance Commerce
Architectural Style Federal Style
Criteria Historic Event
Historic Use Meeting hall
Owner Private
Building Type Warehouse



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration:

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name:
Registry Address:
Registry Number: 73000171
Resource Type:
Owner: Private
Architect: Johnson,Bradbury
Architectural Style: Federal
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: State
Area of Significance: Commerce, Architecture
Applicable Criteria: Event, Architecture-Engineering
Period of Significance: 1800-1824
Significant Year: 1804, 1805
Historic Function: Social, Commerce, Trade
Historic Sub-Function: Meeting hall, Clubhouse, Warehouse, Business
Current Function: Recreation and Culture, Education
Current Sub-Function: Museum Library

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