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Moffatt-Ladd House
1905 depiction of the Moffatt-Ladd House
Location: 154 Market Street, Portsmouth, New Hampshire Coordinates: 43°4′43.91″N 70°45′32.17″W / 43.0788639°N 70.7589361°WCoordinates: 43°4′43.91″N 70°45′32.17″W / 43.0788639°N 70.7589361°W Built: 1763 Architect: Unknown Architectural style: Georgian Governing body: Private NRHP Reference#: 68000010 Significant dates Added to NRHP: November 24, 1968[1] Designated NHL: November 24, 1968[2] Moffatt-Ladd House is a 1763 Georgian house in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. It was a home of William Whipple, a signer of the Declaration of Independence and Revolutionary War general.
Located at 154 Market Street, between Hanover and Deer Streets, the house is open to the public. Among the contents are Whipple's sword and other personal items, along with a portrait of him. Outside is a horse chestnut tree that Whipple planted in 1776 with seeds that he brought back from Philadelphia.[3]
The house was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1968.[2][4]
Photo gallery
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1915 postcard
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December 2009
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2007-01-23. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ a b "Moffatt-Ladd House". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=767&ResourceType=Building. Retrieved 2007-10-21.
- ^ Never too late: Declaration signers being honored, Associated Press article, July 3, 2011, accessed July 3, 2011
- ^ Charles W. Snell (February 25, 1971). National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Moffatt-Ladd House / William Whipple HousePDF (496 KB). National Park Service and Accompanying 5 images, exterior and interior, from 1967, 1968 and undated.PDF (3.14 MB)
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