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The Richard Jackson House is a historic house in
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. Built in 1664 by Richard Jackson, it is the oldest wood-frame house in
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. It was designated a
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in 1968. It is now a
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owned by
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, and is open two Saturdays a month between June and October.


History

Richard Jackson was a woodworker, farmer, and mariner, and built the oldest portion of this house on his family's plot, located on an inlet off the
Piscataqua River The Piscataqua River (Abenaki language, Abenaki: ''Pskehtekwis'') is a tidal river forming the boundary of the U.S. states of New Hampshire and Maine from its origin at the confluence of the Salmon Falls River and Cochecho River to the Atlant ...
, north of Portsmouth's central business district. Jackson's house resembles English
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prototypes, but is notably American in its extravagant use of wood. The house as first built consisted of a two-story structure with two rooms on each floor, flanking a massive central chimney. Not long afterward, a lean-to section was added to the rear (north side) of the house, which slopes nearly to the ground. Further single-story additions were made to the gable ends of the house, probably c. 1764. The founder of the
Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities Historic New England, previously known as the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities (SPNEA), is a charitable, non-profit, historic preservation organization headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. It is focused on New England a ...
(SPNEA, now Historic New England),
William Sumner Appleton William Sumner Appleton Jr. (May 29, 1874 – November 24, 1947) was founder of the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities (SPNEA) in 1910. He was the chief force behind much of the preservation of historic homes in the New Engla ...
, acquired the house for SPNEA in 1924 from a member of the seventh generation of Jacksons to live there. Appleton undertook a restoration of the property, removing 19th century modifications, and providing the building with leaded diamond-pane windows of a type that it would have had in the 17th century. It was declared a
National Historic Landmark A National Historic Landmark (NHL) is a National Register of Historic Places property types, building, district, object, site, or structure that is officially recognized by the Federal government of the United States, United States government f ...
in 1968. and   The George Rogers House, located just east of the Jackson house, is also a Historic New England property, but is not open to the public.


See also

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Oldest buildings in America This article lists the oldest buildings in the United States and its territories. The list includes sites in current U.S. state, states and Territories of the United States, territories which were not part of the original Thirteen Colonies when th ...
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List of the oldest buildings in New Hampshire A list is a set of discrete items of information collected and set forth in some format for utility, entertainment, or other purposes. A list may be memorialized in any number of ways, including existing only in the mind of the list-maker, but ...
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List of National Historic Landmarks in New Hampshire New Hampshire currently has 24 National Historic Landmarks; the most recent addition was Lucknow (Castle in the Clouds) in Moultonborough added in 2024.National Register of Historic Places listings in Rockingham County, New Hampshire This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Rockingham County, New Hampshire. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Rockingham County, ...


References


External links


Historic New England: Jackson House
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