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Wentworth Lear Historic Houses
Historic houses in New Hampshire, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Wentworth Lear Historic Houses[2] (formerly Wentworth-Gardner & Tobias Lear Historic House Association) are a pair of adjacent historic houses on the south waterfront in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Both buildings and an 18th-century warehouse were owned by the Wentworth Lear Historic Houses and were operated as a house museum. Only the Wentworth-Gardner house is a museum.[3] They are located at the corner of Mechanic and Gardner Streets. The two houses, built c. 1750–60, represent a study in contrast between high-style and vernacular Georgian styling. The Wentworth-Gardner House is a National Historic Landmark, and the houses are listed as the Wentworth-Gardner and Tobias Lear Houses on the National Register of Historic Places.
Wentworth-Gardner and Tobias Lear Houses | |
![]() Tobias Lear House | |
Location | 50 Mechanic Street, Portsmouth, New Hampshire |
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Coordinates | 43°4′27.52″N 70°45′0.07″W |
Built | 1760 |
Architectural style | Georgian |
NRHP reference No. | 79000319[1] |
Added to NRHP | October 30, 1979 |