| 1795/00/00 |
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Washington Reed House is built at 351 Middle St for Captain John Thompson. After the Civil War, Washington Reed buys the house and adds 6 rooms. |
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| 1820/00/00 |
Francis Grice |
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Grice-Neeley House is built at 202 North St. The ironwork on the North St side of this house was found in the basement during restoration and is original. The white marble step to the backyard is a stone from the grave of a boy who died here in the 1870s. |
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| 1824/10/22 |
Marquis de Lafayette |
National Guest |
Lafayette is welcomed at Portsmouth with an artillery salute, a triumphal arch, local militia, Societies of the Borough and school children. The Arch is near the corner of Glasgow and Crawford St. |
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Lafayette's Triumphal Tour of America |
| 1825/00/00 |
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Hill House is built for Colonel John Thompson. This branch of the Hill family died out in the 1940s leaving the house with all of its furnishings to the Portsmouth Historical Society. |
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| 1830/00/00 |
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The first floor of 215 Glasgow is built. In 1870, the original city market is built as a 2nd floor. On the 2nd floor window is a set of "busybody" mirrors. This home features the original windows and shutters. |
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| 1845/00/00 |
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Benthall-Brooks Row is built at 415-421 Crawford St by Captain Benthall, who builds one floor a year to allow for settling. Benthall builds one ship, sends it to the Caribbean, sells it for rum and sells the rum to pay the sailors and shipwrights. |
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| 1850/00/00 |
Rev James Chisholm |
Vocation |
St John's Portsmouth original worship space is completed at the corner of Court and London Sts (razed, site is now a parking lot for Court Street Baptist Church). The congregation calls the Rev'd James Chisholm to be their first rector. |
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| 1855/07/05 |
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Machinists, Mr Carter, who is working in the ship's hold comes down with the fever, and three days later he died. His death was followed by an outbreak of the fever in a crowded nearby tenement known as "Irish Row," from which it spread into Portsmouth. |
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1855 Norfolk Yellow Fever Epidemic |
| 1863/00/00 |
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During the Civil War, in the basement of the Pass House (built 1841) at 422 Crawford St, Union provost-marshal issues passes enabling people to cross the ferry to Norfolk. Citizens have to swear allegiance to the Union to be permitted to leave the city. |
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| 1877/00/00 |
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John Cornelius Portlock Edwards host the Grand Duke Alexis of Russia at his home at 218-220 London St. Built in 1770s as the Red Lion Tavern, a cockfighting pit was in the discovered in the basement during renovations. |
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| 1890/00/00 |
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205 Glasgow Street is built. The last of the Irish Row homes, the house has a walk-in fireplace and a 24-inch stairway leading to its loft, in the style of cottages in Ireland. |
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| 1897/00/00 |
Charles E Cassell |
Architect |
St John's Episcopal Church is completed at London St and Washington St. |
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| 1907/04/28 |
Mark Twain |
Visitor |
Mark Twain stays at the Cassell-McRae House (108 London St, built c 1829) while he is at the Jamestown Exposition. |
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Jamestown Exposition |