Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
P0007_25_02 |
Collection |
Arthur I. Harriman Photograph |
Title |
Gov. Langdon Mansion |
Date |
circa 1935 |
Year Range from |
1900 |
Year Range to |
1950 |
Description |
View of the Gov. John Langdon House and its counting house,141 Pleasant Street, Portsmouth, NH. Built in 1784, the house was owned by John Langdon (1741-1819), a merchant, shipbuilder, American Revolutionary War general, signer of the United States Constitution, and three-term President (now termed governor) of New Hampshire. The house he built for his family showed his status as Portsmouth's leading citizen and received praise from George Washington, who visited there in 1789. Its reception rooms are ornamented by elaborate wood carving in the Rococo style. The house was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1974 and is now a house museum operated by Historic New England. |
Photographer |
Harriman, Arthur I. (Portsmouth) |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Print size |
3.5" x 2.5" |
Search Terms |
Langdon, John House (Pleasant Street) Pleasant Street Historic New England (formerly Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities) In and Around Old Portsmouth: Historical Facts and Shrines (Arthur I. Harriman) |
Subjects |
Historic house museums House museums Governors |
People |
Langdon, John, 1741-1819 Langdon family |