New Hampshire: Wheelwright House, Portsmouth Wangkun Jia // Shutterstock New Hampshire: Wheelwright House, Portsmouth Built in the 1770s, Wheelwright House is a middle-class home with patrician airs. Built for local mariner John Wheelwright, the modest saltbox is embellished with Georgian architectura...
Newport was founded in 1639 by a group of religious refugees from Massachusetts who had settled at the northern end of the island and founded the present town of Portsmouth. Following a schism in that settlement, a group led by William Coddington moved to the southern end of the island and ...