Strawbery Banke Presents
HISTORIC PORTSMOUTH #133

The massive brick Franklin Block on Congress St replaced this magnificent structure. Wealthy cabinetmaker Langley Boardman built Franklin Hall in 1819. Inside the arched second floor window was a "spring floor" designed to absorb the bouncing of many dancers. The Masons met upstairs. It burned in 1879, six years after this rare photo.

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From HISTORIC PORTSMOUTH
Early Photographs from the Collections of Strawbery Banke
by James L. Garvin & Susan Grigg, Peter Randall Publisher
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