Walking tours of Portsmouth
Federal is the label the register puts on more Portsmouth buildings than any other, 11 of them. Houses make up the largest group by what the buildings were for.
2 themed routes run through those listings. Of the routes below, one follows a single style and one follows one kind of building. A subject becomes a route only where the register holds enough of it close enough together to walk.
Every listing in Portsmouth → · 42 in all
The routes
- StyleFederal houses in Portsmouth11 stops · 1.2 miles · stops last changed Sep 18, 2026Federal architecture is a restrained classical manner with flat wall surfaces, fanlights over the door and delicate ornament around openings and mantels. The Portsmouth examples on this route went up between 1807 and 1835.
- Building typeHouses and mansions in Portsmouth15 stops · 0.9 miles · stops last changed Sep 18, 2026The route links houses built between 1720 and 1835. Many are private homes and the stops are meant to be seen from the sidewalk.
Every route holds at least ten stops and stays under two and a half miles. Routes are computed from the coordinates in the National Park Service National Register spatial data or, where it has no point, Wikidata, and the distances are straight lines between stops. Listings with a restricted address in the Register are never mapped and never become stops. Data refreshed November 02, 2026.
Local history books for Portsmouth
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New Hampshire travel guides
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