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Strawbery Banke Museum

Portsmouth, NH -- It looks like a peacful colonial New England village -- but look deeper. Strawbery Banke Museum is a core sample of an ever-changing America. The 10-acre campus was once a Biritish plantation founded in 1630.  Abandoned by its founders, NH's oldest neighborhood and only seaport thrived, then fell into disrepair in the early 19th century. Considered a "blighted" location by the federal government, the Puddle Dock neighborhood was cleared by urban renewal in the 1960s. A band of preservationists saved over two dozen early houses that make up the museum campus today. This special section will take an in-depth look at the restored historic structures that tell the story of Portsmouth's dynamic waterfront.



Eminent Domain was Extreme Takeover Print E-mail
Written by SeacoastNH Archive   
Marconia Family photos on SeacoastNH.comSeacoastNH.com Presents
Historic Portsmouth #277
FAMILY ALBUM

Readers who looked carefully at our last aerial photograph of Puddle Dock could see this duplex in the center of the iamge. It faced Prescott Park on Marcy Stteet just opposite the historic Liberty Pole. (Click headline for EXCLUSIVE family photo album)

 
Puddle Dock from the Air in 1963 Print E-mail
Written by SeacoastNH Archives   
Prescott Park Harbor detail / SeacaostNH.comSeacoastNH.com Presents
Historic Portsmouth #276

This aerial image offers a crisp document of Portsmouth’s changing waterfront in the early 1960s. The two completed portions of modern Prescott Park, as you can see, are separated by the last industrial chunk of the South End. Originally an English plantation with one house in 1631, this area became a world trade center in the 1700s crowded with tall ships. (Continued inside)

 
Museum Seeks Victory Garden Data Print E-mail
Written by History News   

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HISTORY FEEDBACK

Strawbery Banke Museum is reviving a piece of Portsmouth's past to help lead the way into a more sustainable future - and the public can help by sharing their family photos and memories. Now is the time to bring back the savings, green culture and community action of these practical practices.

 
Strawbery Banke Museum Feeling the Pinch Print E-mail
Written by Strawbery Banke Museum   

Strawberry Banke from collection of SeacoastNH.com

 

HISTORY NEWS

From Wall Street to Main Street and now to Puddle Dock, the effects of the faltering economy are taking their toll. This press release comes to us from the offices of Strawbery Banke Museum. Stats show 1/3 drop in income from endowments and donations. (Continued below)

 

 
Strawbery Banke Book Wins Awards Print E-mail
Written by SeacoastNH News   

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SEACOAST BOOKS 

Two prominent history organizations have recognized our latest book with special awards. We’re pleased as punch to be selected as one of the best local history publications of the year. Read more.

 

 

 
Portsmouth History Author Q&A Print E-mail
Written by Anne Downey   

Interview

WRITERS ON WRITING

Reporter Anne Downey talks to J. Dennis Robinson about his 400 year history of the Portsmouth waterfront and Strawbery Banke. What drives a writer to spend three years digging into the past? A behind-the-scenes Q&A about our latest project that Ken Burns calls "an important book"

 

 

 
The Day the Museum Opened Print E-mail
Written by J. Dennis Robinson   

Strawbery Banke by Peter E. Randall
STRAWBERY BANKE
Memborial Day 1965 

The year is 1965. The place is the Portsmouth, NH waterfront. The even is the grand opening of a 10-acre history museum. Hundreds of newspaper across the nation announced the event, but with only two restored buildings completed, did the event live up to the hype?

 

 
Inside the Carter Collections Center Print E-mail
Written by Seacoast Sites   

Doll on a shelf / SeacoastNH.comSTRAWBERY BANKE MUSEUM

To preserve Portsmouth history, Strawbery Banke Museum now has a modern curatorial center. But where is it? Visitors may miss the high-tech facility tucked under the trees among a row of historic buildings. Designed by JSA Architects, it looks old – and it’s full of old things – but the Carter Center is as brand new.

 


 

 

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