| The Mind of John Mead Howells |
Strawbery Banke Presents
HISTORIC PORTSMOUTH #191
In the 1930s architect John Mead Howells had a brilliant idea. Why not restore the dilapidated South End waterfront into a National Park? Howells lobbied the federal government under Franklin Roosevelt for years, but to no avail.(See more below)
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Portsmouth was among three top park sites when World War II struck, and the national park plan was set aside. It was later revived by Howell’s daugher-in-law Muriel Howells who helped found Strawbery Banke Museum. J. M. Howells’ book "Architectural Heritage of the Piscataqua" is till popular today. (Photo courtesy of Howells family)
READ: Portsmouth Almost Becomes a National Park
This image from the book STRAWBERY BANKE:
A Seaport Museum 400 Years in the Making
by J. Dennis Robinson
(c) Strawbery Banke Museum Collection
