Historic Shrines of America

Paul Revere's house, Faneuil Hall, the Craigie House where Longfellow wrote, a hundred more — an American pilgrimage told building by building, when many of these places were still fighting to survive.

The Wentworth House, Portsmouth, New Hampshire

3 shrines in this part of Historic Shrines of America.

The Wentworth House, Portsmouth, New Hampshire

THE SCENE OF THE ROMANCE OF LADY WENTWORTH When, in 1750, Governor Benning Wentworth began to rebuild for his mansion at Little Harbor, two…

The Wentworth House, Portsmouth, New Hampshire: Martha

Martha Hilton, the heroine of the romance, was "a careless, laughing, bare-footed girl." One day a neighbor saw her, in a short dress…

The Wentworth House, Portsmouth, New Hampshire: Warner

There are a number of houses in Portsmouth which tell of the ancient glories of different branches of the Wentworth family. Perhaps the…

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