Governor John Langdon House

Infobox_nrhp | name =Gov. John Langdon Mansion
nrhp_type =nhl


caption =
location= 143 Pleasant Street, Portsmouth, New Hampshire
lat_degrees = 43
lat_minutes = 4
lat_seconds = 31
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 70
long_minutes = 45
long_seconds = 23
long_direction = W
locmapin = New Hampshire
area =
built =1784
architect= Unknown
architecture= Georgian
designated= December 02, 1974cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1410&ResourceType=Building
title=Gov. John Langdon Mansion
accessdate=2007-10-13|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added = December 02, 1974cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = Private
refnum=74000197

The Governor John Langdon House, also known as Governor John Langdon Mansion, in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA, is a mansion house built in 1784 by John Langdon, that is now a National Historic Landmark. Langdon was a merchant, shipbuilder, American Revolutionary War general, signer of the United States Constitution, and three-term President (now termed governor) of New Hampshire. The house he built for his family expresses his status as Portsmouth's leading citizen and received praise from George Washington, who visited there in 1789. Its reception rooms are ornamented by elaborate wood carving in the rococo style.

After Langdon's death in 1819, the house was occupied by other leading families. At the end of the 19th century, Langdon descendants purchased the house and restored it to its 18th-century glory, adding on a substantial wing designed by McKim, Mead, and White to house modern conveniences. The garden, dating from the same era, features restored perennial beds, a rose and grape arbor, and a pavilion. The house and grounds are now owned and operated as a house museum by Historic New England.

The house was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1974.citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/74000197.pdf National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Gov. John Langdon Mansion] |310 KB|date=July 3, 1973 |author=Robert C. Post |publisher=National Park Service and PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/74000197.pdf Accompanying 3 photos, exterior, from 1973.] |788 KB]

It is located at 143 Pleasant Street in Portsmouth.

References

External links

* [http://www.historicnewengland.org/visit/homes/langdon.htm Historic New England - Governor John Langdon House]