Discover Portsmouth invites on a Historic Preservation Tour with Richard Candee
Date and Time
Saturday Aug 12, 2017
The 2017 schedule features seven of Portsmouth’s famous neighborhoods.
- May 6, Portsmouth Landmarks: Major architectural features of downtown Portsmouth
- May 27, North End: Lost Neighborhood-Urban renewal and conflicting urban vision since 1960's
- June 17, South End Preservation: 20th century preservation efforts in Portsmouth's old South End
- July 15, Brick Act: The great fires of early 19th century Portsmouth & Portsmouth's first building code
- Aug. 12, Federal West End: Court street, Haymarket Square & the Federal Domestic Architecture
- Sept. 2, Victorian West End: Victorian Portsmouth & the development of 'Rundlett's Mountain'
- Sept. 16, New! Industrial Portsmouth: Islington St. / McDonough St.
- Oct. 14, Piscataqua Waterfront: Georgian Mansion's & Federal Warehouses
Location
Discover Portsmouth
10 Middle St, Portsmouth
Website
Discover Portsmouth invites on a Hist...
Description
Portsmouth Advocates presents a series of 75 min. guided architectural walking tours led by local historian, Richard M. Candee, author of Building Portsmouth. These one-hour tours generally run one Saturday per month and showcase our famous neighborhoods, explore the unique architectural landscape and the stories embedded in the bricks and mortar.
