Sparhawk Mansion on Death Row

Sparkhawk Mansion (c) Strawbery Banke Museum Collection. All rights reserved. Strawbery Banke Presents
HISTORIC PORTSMOUTH #172

This snapshot shows Sparhawk Mansion at Kittery Point prior to its demolition in 1967. A wedding gift from Sir William Pepperrell to his daughter in 1750, the 19-room colonial was too costly for its final owners to maintain. The door and some carved wooden panels were salvaged was burned "like an old worn flag" according to a witness.

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Sparhawk Mansion in Kittery Point, Maine (c) Strawbery Banke Museum Collection

This image from the book STRAWBERY BANKE:
A Seaport Museum 400 Years in the Making
by J. Dennis Robinson
(c) Strawbery Banke Museum Collection

BONUS CLOSE-UP

Rare close-up of Sparhawk door before the mansion
was demolished in 1967. Picture (c) Doug armsden
of Kittery Point, Maine.

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