Archive Record
Metadata
Catalog Number |
MS081 B01 F07 |
Title |
Writ, Portsmouth Steam Factory |
Scope & Content |
Writ addressing the Selectmen of the town of Portsmouth for the Portsmouth Steam Factory. |
Admin/Biographical History |
The area covered in this collection was known earliest in New Hampshire's history as Strawbery Banke and was first settled in the 1630s. Portsmouth's seaport trade and shipbuilding flourished during the eighteenth century resulting in the construction of many houses in what was later called the Puddle Dock neighborhood. In 1907 the wharf area from which the neighborhood received its name, was filled in. During the beginning of the twentieth century many structures in the neighborhood, then being used as inexpensive rentals, fell into disrepair. The 1955 Urban Renewal Project (for which this appraisal was prepared) was proposed to remove all of the "substandard" buildings from the area. In 1958 local residents, concerned about the loss of some of the city's earliest structures, formed Strawbery Banke, Inc. and successfully saved the area from the demolition. In 1965 the area was opened as a museum. |
Collection |
Portsmouth Property Records |
Object Name |
Documents |
Date |
1849 |
System of arrangement |
Folder 1 Report introduction Folder 2-16 Appraisals |
Search Terms |
Portsmouth Steam Factory |
Subjects |
Portsmouth (N.H.) Industry Factories Writs |
Related units of description |
PS1601.001-.129 Photographs separated from original report |